Ethanol Blog

EPA has issued an emergency fuel waiver for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin to last the first 20 days of August.

A bipartisan group of senators wrote Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, calling on the Biden administration to restrict the eligibility of the forthcoming 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit to renewable biofuels fuels made from feedstocks sourced domestically.

Biofuels interests groups submitted comments to the USDA outlining ways to make it more practical for farmers to take advantage of the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit.

A tax incentive passed by the Michigan Legislature in June to incentivize the expanded sale of E15, known as unleaded 88, in the state was eliminated by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A bipartisan group of senators and representatives asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to finalize rulemaking for the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit by Nov. 1, 2024.

Clean Fuels Alliance America announced on Wednesday that the group intends to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an ongoing delay to set Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2026.

A new study found consumers could save upwards of $2.7 billion annually in California if state regulators would allow E15 sales.

A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell announced on Tuesday it is stopping construction on what would be one of the largest biofuels plants in Europe. The company has been building a renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel plant in the Netherlands.

Two studies commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association found the adoption of biofuels policies would achieve more greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the transportation sector than by mandating electric vehicles.

BP announced plans to take full control of a Brazilian sugarcane ethanol production joint venture with Bunge Global and pressed pause on two other biofuels projects.

Despite calls from U.S. ethanol producers and fuel interests in Brazil to eliminate a tariff on U.S. ethanol imports into Brazil, the country's trade body upheld an increase in the tariff from 16% to 18%.

A new study from the Renewable Fuels Association found several advantages to combining flex fuel vehicle technology with electric vehicles.

The former CEO and founder of sustainable fuel company Alder Renewables based in Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud.

The International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo taking place in Minneapolis will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the current state of the ethanol industry.

Federal lawmakers from Iowa asked the Biden administration to amend Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2024 and 2025, in a letter this week to President Joe Biden and Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Verbio launched construction on a renewable natural gas plant alongside an ethanol plant in Indiana this week, with commercial RNG production to begin in 2026.

A group of 25 agriculture, biofuels and other interests told U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that they need guidance on the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit "as soon as possible."

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday upheld a Renewable Fuel Standard rule for 2020 to 2022 set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

A new Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration audit of biofuel tax credits claimed in 2022 finds the potential for fraud.

Agriculture and biofuels interests are trying to intervene in a lawsuit in Europe challenging a European Union law that effectively bans the use of crop-based biofuels to produce sustainable aviation fuel.