Ethanol Blog

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Thursday the awarding of $118 million to 17 biofuels projects across the country, including many for sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, algae-based fuels, as well as a handful of projects to improve corn-ethanol emissions.

Iowa native and former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient, is scheduled to speak on March 1 during the National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Missouri Gov. Michael L. Parson filed an official request with the EPA last week to make a change to federal law for the state to allow permanent year-round E15 sales.

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor on Monday asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to schedule an in-person public hearing in the Midwest on the agency's latest Renewable Fuel Standard proposal.

Both sides of Congress have introduced legislation to restore year-round E15 sales, after a companion to a U.S. Senate bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week.

A coalition of more than 250 agriculture, biofuels and oil groups are applying a full-court press on Congressional leaders to pass legislation to allow permanent year-round E15 sales.

Biofuels groups tell the IRS to adopt the Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory's GREET greenhouse gas lifecycle emissions model in a proposed rule for a new clean fuel production tax credit created by the Inflation Reduction Act.

While the ethanol industry reacted enthusiastically to a multi-year Renewable Fuel Standard proposal covering 2023 to 2025, the biodiesel industry expressed disappointment with EPA's proposed volumes that don't match current production.