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Spotlight on Iowa

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Ethanol Producer Magazine digs into the details of ethanol production in Iowa and how the industry got started. When Jerry Mohr, president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association board of directors, talks to politicians, he

December 11, 2014 Read Full Article

Pure Ethanol Engines Could Pack a Big Punch

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A Canadian farmer and hot rodder recently talked with me about altering engines for pure ethanol. If E85 were widely available, the work racers are doing in this area could be applied to street

November 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Ethanol Advocate Wants to Keep His Issue on the Front Burner

by David Fondler (Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com)  To Randall Doyal, ethanol seems like a no-brainer: a renewable, domestically produced automotive fuel that reduces the need for imported oil; that burns clean, reducing harmful greenhouse gases and pollution; that boosts farmers and rural economies

November 03, 2014 Read Full Article

RFA Announces E85 “Post Your Price” Contest

(Rnewable Fuels Association) In an effort to promote E85 (85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline) sales and track E85 prices, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) announced a unique opportunity to win FREE E85 for one year with a simple snap

October 23, 2014 Read Full Article

What I Can Do to Lessen Our Addiction to Oil? Advanced Biofuels USA Publishes Some Suggestions

What I Can Do to Lessen Our Addiction to Oil? George W. Bush urged the US to “get off our addiction to oil.”  He talked about biofuels made from switchgrass as one solution.  So, how are we doing?  OK, but we

October 09, 2014 Read Full Article

Don’t Cut the Line on Biofuels

by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) (The Hill)  Ethanol and biodiesel are important to the national economy and U.S. energy independence. It’s frustrating when a powerful agency and top executive branch leaders in Washington, D.C., don’t seem to get it. ... The EPA

October 02, 2014 Read Full Article

Exclusive Interview With RFA CEO/President Bob Dinneen at RFA Annual Membership Meeting in Des Moines, IA

by Jerry Perkins  (BioFuels Journal)  ... RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen outlined the issues facing the Washington, DC-based ethanol advocacy organization which has 172 members, including 50 producer members, 79 associate members, 31 supporting members, and 12 members of the allied Advanced

October 02, 2014 Read Full Article

It’s Not Me, It’s You

by Ron Lamberty (American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Rather than creating programs to convince retailers to sell higher blends of ethanol, the industry should talk to fuel retailers and create programs that address what marketers really need, writes Ron

October 01, 2014 Read Full Article

Illinois Corn Marketing Board Partners with Gilbarco Veeder-Root to Bring Ethanol to Retailers

(MarketWired)  Illinois Corn Marketing Board Will Provide Incentives for Retailers to Adopt Ethanol The Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB) and the American Lung Association (ALA) recently chose Gilbarco Veeder-Root as their partner to help drive the adoption of higher ethanol blend

September 17, 2014 Read Full Article

Power by People: ACE Discusses the Next Chapter for Ethanol

by Katie Fletcher (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Power by people; a simple slogan with the hopes of executing the complex task of changing the way people fundamentally think about the ethanol industry. Brian Jennings, executive vice president of the American Coalition

August 11, 2014 Read Full Article

Retailer Roundtable: Giving People the Choice of Higher Blends

by Katie Fletcher (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Much discussion of the E10 blend wall was to be found at the 2014 American Coalition of Ethanol conference. The last day of events began with retailers who were able to get over the

August 08, 2014 Read Full Article

E15, E85 and Biodiesel Now Available At Several Murphy USA Locations in Iowa

(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association)  Murphy USA Converts Four Stations in Iowa to Now Offer More Low-Cost, Locally-Produced Renewable Fuels Blends The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today announced Murphy USA has just converted four stations to now offer E15, E85 and biodiesel

August 04, 2014 Read Full Article

Pain at the Pump: An Illustrated Guide to the War over E85, Gasoline

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Why is everyone yakking about E85? FTC investigations. Key Senators on the warpath. Antitrust allegations. In short, all kinds of crazy.  What’s exactly going on? In today’s Digest, we’ve prepared our illustrated guide to the controversy, its

July 24, 2014 Read Full Article

Syngenta Donates $108K for Flex Fuel Infrastructure

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  During the American Ethanol 200 presented by Enogen taking place at the Iowa Speedway today, Syngenta announced that they are donating $108,000 to the renewable fuels industry to make flex fuels more widely available. The funds

July 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Syngenta, FFA Collaborate on Fundraising at Iowa Speedway Event

(Syngenta/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Syngenta and lowa FFA chapters will be joining forces to increase awareness of the benefits of American ethanol and to raise money to support flex fuel availability – and the FFA – at the American Ethanol 200

July 14, 2014 Read Full Article

Murphy USA Stations Opens First of 7 Planned E15/E85 Additions in Iowa

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Iowa, Murphy USA is now offering E15 and E85 at its Indianola, Iowa location. The fueling site is the first of seven Murphy USA locations in Iowa to begin offering these higher ethanol blends.

July 09, 2014 Read Full Article

Biofuel Advancement Threatened: How Can We Save the Renewable Fuel Standard?

by Jan Koninckx (DuPont Industrial Biosciences/Renewable Energy World)    Advanced biofuels are no longer a futuristic hope — they are here. This year, three companies including DuPont will turn on commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol biorefineries, the result of billions of dollars in

July 09, 2014 Read Full Article

Murphy USA Now Offering E15 and E85 in Indianola

(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association)  First of Seven Murphy USA Stations in Iowa to Begin Offering More Low-Cost, Locally-Produced Ethanol Blends The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today announced Murphy USA is now offering E15 and E85 at its Indianola, Iowa location. The

June 30, 2014 Read Full Article

CBO Releases RFS Forecast but Ignores Mid-Level Blends

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  This week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report, "The Renewable Fuel Standard: Issues for 2014 and Beyond."   In the analysis, CBO looks at the possible impacts on emissions, fuel and food prices under

June 27, 2014 Read Full Article

A Strong Voice in Indiana

by Jim Dukart (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ... Ethanol plants in Indiana account for some 600 jobs, with an additional 4.9 jobs created for every job at an ethanol plant. The industry has pumped $1.5 billion in direct capital into the state

May 19, 2014 Read Full Article

Two $125,000 State Grants to Boost Usage of Higher Ethanol, Biodiesel Blends

by O. Kay Henderson  (RadioIowa)  Two Iowa retailers are each getting $125,000 in state funding to help finance installation of blender pumps that will dispense a higher concentration of ethanol and biodiesel. The Creston-based Farmers Cooperative will install two blender

April 17, 2014 Read Full Article

Vilsack Outlines 3-Pronged RFS, U.S. Ethanol Strategy

by Jeannine Otto (AgriNews)  Defend, expand, export. ... “We need to make sure that people understand this entire standard is under attack. Folks in Congress, some folks in Congress, would like to do away totally with the entire Renewable Fuels Standard and

April 02, 2014 Read Full Article

E15 Now Available in Cambridge, Neb.

(Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Anew Travel Center in Cambridge, Neb., now offers E15 to consumers for use in 2001 and newer vehicles. The expanded offering of E15 will create savings at the pump for consumers. Currently, E15 is available in 14

March 25, 2014 Read Full Article

How RINs Really Work, and Why Big Oil Hates Them

by Ron Lamberty (Ethanol Producer Magazine/American Coalition for Ethanol)  The ability for independent fuel marketers to sell renewable fuels at lower prices while improving profit margins by selling RINs, has given independent fuel marketers something they have never had before:

March 18, 2014 Read Full Article

USDA Wants Ethanol Available Nationwide

by Jerry Hagstrom (AgWeek)   Higher grade levels of ethanol need to be available outside the Midwest and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help make that possible, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. Higher grade levels of ethanol need to be available outside

March 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Big Oil to Ethanol: Build Your Own Dang Distribution, If You Think E85 Has Blend-Wall Busting Potential

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Reform, repeal or compete: the options laid out for ethanol by Big Oil by Marathon’s Product Supply & Optimization Director in a frank keynote at the National Ethanol Conference.   The RFA’s Geoff Cooper and ISU’s

February 20, 2014 Read Full Article

Loebsack Introduces Legislation to Utilize and Expand Renewable Fuel Infrastructure

(Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) )  Congressman Dave Loebsack announced today that he introduced legislation that would establish a grant program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to invest in renewable and alternative fuel infrastructure. The Renewable Fuel Utilization, Expansion and

February 13, 2014 Read Full Article

Hydrogen, Gasoline, Solar Panel Hybrid or Cellulosic Ethanol: What’s Better, What’s Best?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  This past week, we’ve had the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Plenty of opportunities for new automotive technologies to strut their stuff — and they’ve

January 14, 2014 Read Full Article

Give the Earth the Gift of a Bio-Based New Year's Resolution

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) As the old year bows out, we greet the new year with wishes for happiness, good health and renewal. It's a time for resolutions to make us better people; to make this a better world. Advanced

December 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Bio-Isobutanol Wins Key Thumbs-up from Underwriters Labs

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Illinois, Underwriters Laboratories announced a joint research program has determined that gasoline fuel storage and dispensing equipment meeting latest UL standards can safely and successfully use blends of up to 16% biobutanol. This is

December 23, 2013 Read Full Article

“Fueling Our Future” Funds Available to Increase Use of Higher Blends of Ethanol and Biodiesel

(Iowa Department of Agriculture)  Applications due Feb. 7, 2014 for retailers interested in participating Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today encouraged Iowa petroleum retailers interested in participating in the “Fueling our Future” pilot project to consider

December 10, 2013 Read Full Article

Minnesota Station Celebrates State's First Biodiesel Blender Pumps

(Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council/Biodiesel Magazine)  Thanks to Staples Enterprises, motorists traveling through Heron Lake, Minn., now have even more biodiesel choices to fill their tanks. The Heron Lake convenience store recently held an open house and biodiesel promotion to

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plant Offering Blending Pump Grants

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Little Sioux Corn Processors (LSCP), a 110 million gallon per year ethanol plant based in Marcus, Iowa, is offering financial assistance to Iowa retailers who install blender pumps. The LSCP board of directors is making $75,000

October 30, 2013 Read Full Article

It's Proper Oversight, Not Bullying

by Senator Charles Grassley (The Wall Street Journal) Letter to editor:  In response to you editorial "The Ethanol Enforcers" (Oct. 8): It's no secret that Big Oil has done nearly everything possible to keep ethanol out of the marketplace. Why? Because it

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

State of Iowa to Use $250,000 in Federal Funds for E30 “Blender” Pumps

by O. Kay Henderson  (RadioIowa)  The State of Iowa will use a $250,000 federal grant to bolster a program that pays gas stations to install “blender” pumps that incorporate a higher percentage of corn-based ethanol in motor fuels. Most Iowa

October 15, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Considers U.S. Ethanol Mandate Cut Amid Complaints

by Mark Drajem & Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering scaling back legal requirements on the use of ethanol next year amid complaints from refiners that statutory mandates would exceed their ability to blend it into fuels without putting

October 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuels, Biomass Projects among Latest Round of REAP Funding

by Holly Jessen (Biodiesel Magazine)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced funding for projects in 22 states to help reduce energy consumption and cost, as well as for increasing the use of renewable technologies, including a handful of biofuels- and

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Peoria County Corn/Soy Promoters Offers Multiple Blends of Fuel to Consumers

by Steve Tarter (Peoria Journal Star)  ... The FS station in Kickapoo, the first station to offer biodiesel over a decade ago, now features a pump that allows drivers to select various grades of ethanol-blended gasoline, from E10 to E85. It’s also

September 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Blend Wall? What Blend Wall?

by Ned Stowe (Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  The oil industry has formally petitioned the EPA to reduce the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for 2014, arguing that the ethanol market is saturated. But now that corn and ethanol

September 20, 2013 Read Full Article

E15 Additions At the Right Price

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  According to some new information from the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI), the cost of upgrading an existing retail gas station to sell E15 is much less than recently suggested by ethanol opponents. For the past year, several stations throughout

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Scenarios to Determine Approximate Cost for E15 Station Readiness

(Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI)) (from a letter to US Department of Agriculture) ... "You asked on August 13 if the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) had any information regarding the average price for installing E15 storage equipment and blender pumps at retail

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Farmers Cooperative Fuel Pumps Near Completion

(Creston News)  The first E85 gasoline pump in Creston is opening as early as Tuesday at the Farmer’s Cooperative fuel pumps on 304 N. Osage St. ... The pumps will also have 87 E10, E15, E30 and 2 percent biodiesel fuel

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Announces Projects in 42 States and Two Territories Designed to Improve Farm and Rural Business Energy Efficiency

(U.S. Department of Agriculture)  Secretary Says Future Support Depends on Congressional Action on a New Food, Farm and Jobs Bill Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today (August 15, 2013) announced funding for 631 projects across the nation - including 45 in North

August 21, 2013 Read Full Article

What’s Really Happening with the So-called ‘Blend Wall’? A Fuels America Briefing

by Sarah Dik (Biotechnology Industry Organization)  The public dialog surrounding the Renewable Fuel Standard is robust- and filled with misinformation. On July 11, Rep. Lee Terry and Rep. Bruce Braley held the third of a series of briefings, which focused

July 25, 2013 Read Full Article

North Dakota Group Educates FFV Owners, Promotes Use of Higher Blends

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Thanks to a promotion by North Dakotans for Energy Independence, flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) owners in the state can receive coupons for discounts on higher ethanol blends and enter to win a $1,000 fuel card.

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

South Dakota Begins 3rd Round of Grants for Blender Pumps

(The Daily Republic)  South Dakota officials say they have started the third round of funding for grants that help gas stations buy pumps that let customers select different blends of gasoline and ethanol. State Economic Development Commissioner Pat Costello says $500,000

July 09, 2013 Read Full Article

July 1st – Independence Day for Iowa Fuel Retailers

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)   July 1, 2013 has now become “Independence Day” for Iowa fuel retailers as today marks the enactment of a new Iowa law that frees Iowa retailers from some Big Oil restrictions. “Today, new liberties go into effect

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Island's First Biofuel Blending Station Opens in Cowichan

by Liz Craig (HQCowichanValley.com)  ... Thursday is the grand-opening of Vancouver Island's first bio-diesel blending station at the CVRD’s Bings Creek Facility. Mohammed Rahim, from Cowichan Energy Alternatives, said the blending station will give people more options of varying the percentage of

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa Takes Aggressive Step to Tear Down Big Oil’s Bogus Blend Wall

(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association)  Passage of Retailer “Bill of Rights” Shows Commitment to Local Retailers and Consumer Fuel Choice The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today applauded the Iowa Legislature’s passage of H.F. 640 as a big step in supporting fuel choice

May 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Propel Fuels Brings Biodiesel, E85 to Fresno

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, Propel Fuels has opened another in its chain of transformative Clean Mobility Centers — and the first station in Fresno to offer E85 Flex Fuel and biodiesel, sourced from Central Valley producers including

April 10, 2013 Read Full Article

Oxygen for High Altitudes: 17 Biofuels Ventures Raise $434M in Equity

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Despite the sluggish economic recovery and questions over policy stability — biofuels ventures have been busy raising lots of capital.   In the past 6 months, $434 million.   Who got what, where, when and why? ...supplemental oxygen,

April 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Big Oil's Big Effort

by  Loretta Sorensen (MidWest Producer) The best way farmers and consumers can weaken the grip of giant oil companies and further reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil is to start asking their fuel retailer to sell E15. Oil companies are not

April 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Notice of Funding Availability for the Rural Energy for America Program

(US Department of Agriculture/Federal Register)  This Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) announces the acceptance of applications under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for Fiscal Year 2013 for financial assistance as follows: grants, guaranteed loans, and combined grants and

April 05, 2013 Read Full Article

USDA Accepting Apps for Blender Pump Grants under REAP Program

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications for federal REAP funds to help gasoline retailers install blender pumps designed to give consumers flexibility and choice in the ethanol blends they use.

April 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Federal Grant Helps Keep Jackson Express' Ethanol Cause Pumping

by Diana Johnsen (KCAUTV.com)  ...The Jackson Express Gas station in Jackson, Nebraska has what are called ethanol "blender pumps", which allows drivers to customize how much ethanol goes into their fuel. And the more ethanol, the less you pay. "The gas is

April 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Popke’s in Rock Rapids, IA Joins the E15 Club

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Popke’s, Inc. in Rock Rapids, Iowa has joined the E15 “club” now joining four other stations in Iowa to sell the 15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline fuel blend. ...Retailers interested in installing a blender pump to offer E15,

April 02, 2013 Read Full Article

E85 Sales Plummet 26 Percent in Minnesota

by David Shaffer (Star Tribune)  As the price spread diminished between the high-ethanol gasoline blend and regular fuel, some drivers of Flex Fuel vehicles stopped pumping it into their tanks. Minnesota sales of the high-ethanol gasoline blend called E85 have dropped

March 29, 2013 Read Full Article

Antitrust Complaint Filed against ConocoPhillips over “Anti-Competitive Activities”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Is ConocoPhillips unlawfully attempting to limit competition in the fuels marketplace? We’ll find out soon. In Florida, Biofuels Digest filed an antitrust violation complaint against ConocoPhillips with the US Department of Justice, regarding alleged activities in

March 20, 2013 Read Full Article

The Dew Drop Inn — Who’s Dropping in What in Biofuels?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  B20, B5, B100, E10, E22, E15, M50, E85, Bu12.5, HEFA 50.  Is your head swimming with acronyms and blend ratios?  Who exactly is making drop-in fuels, and what does that mean? In the world of alternative

February 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Big Steps in Biofuels: ACORE’s Renewable Energy Policy Forum ‘13

By Joshua Rathod (Advanced Biofuels USA) Thinking about the back and forth on EPA’s cellulosic fuel mandates in the last month, the press on the harmful effects of diverting food crops for fuel processing in certain cases, and the general

February 15, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Approves New Fueling Configuration for E15

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  On Feb. 7, the U.S. EPA approved a new blender pump configuration for the sale of E15 and E10. The configuration, submitted by the Renewable Fuels Association, can be used by retail stations that

February 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Distribution Infrastructure—a Hurdle to Overcome

by Donna Funk (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Kennedy and Coe LLC)   ...The current market for E15 is growing, which is an exciting statement. The industry is still facing issues associated with federal regulations restricting the sale of E15 and liability concerns from

January 30, 2013 Read Full Article

If You Have the Stones: The Ethanol Blend Wall, Revisited

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Ah, that was a time when leaders had the stones to set difficult targets and stick to them, preferring to bet on American know-how than organize the sounding of the retreat. “We choose to go

January 18, 2013 Read Full Article

E85 Availability Boosted in Nebraska, California

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Nebraska now has about 80 flex-fuel pumps with the addition of two new ones at the Stop N Go in Hartington, Neb., and in California, Pearson Fuels just received a grant to install

January 11, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Tax Breaks to Help Later than Sooner

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  The extension of a $1.01 per gallon tax credit for cellulosic ethanol will  help the fledgling industry later this year or in 2014 when plants now under construction in Iowa come on line, the

January 04, 2013 Read Full Article

Hartington's Flex Fuel Pumps Give the State a Total of 80

by Janice Podsada  (Omaha.com)   Two new flex fuel pumps offering E85 and E30 flex fuels — blends of 85 percent or 30 percent ethanol with gasoline — are now open at the Hartington Stop N Go. The additions bring the

January 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Blender Pumps at Jackson Gas Station Blend Local Ethanol On Demand

by Staci DaSilva (KCAUtv.com)  ...Along with a refurbished convenience store, it's Taylor Nelson and the new gas pumps that are the story here. "I wanted to take advantage of our locally grown and locally produced fuel source," said Taylor Nelson. Using only

November 09, 2012 Read Full Article

REAP Grants Include Money for Blender Pumps

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A total of $16 million in investment for 244 projects received funding from the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program, including several blender pumps and a few biomass-related projects. The program offers funding to

October 29, 2012 Read Full Article

State Corn Groups Lay Groundwork for Higher Ethanol Blends, Greater Consumer Choice

(National Corn Growers Association)  State corn associations across the country are working diligently to make the increased use of higher ethanol blends a reality through programs to put the necessary infrastructure in place. Laying the groundwork for a shift toward

October 25, 2012 Read Full Article

First Retailer in Nebraska to Offer E15

(Renewable Fuels Association)  Uncle Neal’s Phillips 66 at 2705 S. Plum Creek Parkway in Lexington, Nebraska is the first retailer in Nebraska to offer E15.  A grand opening promotion will be announced soon. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved of E15

October 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Standoff at Pump Over New Fuel: Ethanol Lobby vs. Station Owners

by Ryan Tracy (The Wall Street Journal)  ...Since the blend known as E15 first hit the market for regular cars in July, eight fuel stations in Kansas and Iowa have started to sell it, according to the Renewable Fuels Association,

October 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Study Finds a LCFS in Minnesota Would Create Nearly 32,500 Jobs

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A study recently published by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst explores some of the economic impacts of establishing a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) in Minnesota. The study,

October 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Blender Pump Opens in Cresco, Iowa

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Twenty-nine local investors applied and were approved for a Resource Enhancement and Protection grant (REAP). They group also received Iowa Infrastructure funding to aid with the costs of installation. The FAST STOP flex-fuel station is located

September 17, 2012 Read Full Article

New App Provides Green Fuel Map for the U.S.

by Antonio Pasolini  (Gizmag)  Switching to a vehicle running on alternative fuel presents a clear challenge - where do you fill it up? Designed by Leonardo Academy, Cleaner and Greener Fuels is a free app that gives users interactive maps

September 13, 2012 Read Full Article

North Dakota and Montana: Opportunity Knocks for the Bioeconomy, along the Northern Tier

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Despite low levels of publicity, North Dakota and Montana are making great strides in bioeconomy development – with a combination of strong R&D, feedstock abundance and some hot processing technologies. ...The bioeconomy has been getting a

September 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Nebraska Corn Growers Funding Blender Pumps

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Nebraska corn growers are on a mission to get more blender pumps installed in their state, especially in the larger cities. Kim Clark, director of biofuels development for the Nebraska Corn Board, gave an update at the American Coalition

August 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Growth Energy, Pump Equipment Manufactures to Increase E15 Access

(Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  With increasing consumer demand for higher blends of ethanol, following the U.S. EPA approval of E15 for commercial sale, several fuel dispensing equipment manufacturers have introduced new products for retailers to modify existing fuel dispensers to

July 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Growth Energy Working with Pump Equipment Manufacturers to Bring Higher Ethanol Blends to Consumers

(Growth Energy)  Retrofit kits for flex pumps will provide consumers with greater choice and savings at the pump With increasing consumer demand for higher blends of ethanol, following the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of E15 for commercial sale, several fuel

July 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Building Opportunity: New Tax Credits in Florida Aim to Incent Economic Development and Job Creation Through Biofuel Infrastructure Investments

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  ...Specifically, the bill provides a sales tax refund for materials used in the distribution of blends of B10 through neat B100, ethanol blends of E10-E100, and other renewable fuels produced with biomass feedstock and used

July 19, 2012 Read Full Article

Storm Lake, IA Now Has Ethanol Blender Pump

(KAUTV.com)  STAR Energy in Storm Lake, Iowa is now offering a wide range of ethanol blends due to the installation of the city's first blender pump. Iowa is the nation's largest producer of ethanol and biodiesel. With that in mind, STAR

July 17, 2012 Read Full Article

South Dakota Seeks Applications for Ethanol Pump Grants

(KSFY) A state economic development agency is accepting applications for grants that will help South Dakota gas stations install pumps that let customers choose different blends of fuel containing ethanol. The Governor's Office of Economic Development is providing $960,000 for the

July 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Nebraska Corn Board Funding More Blender Pumps

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Retailers in Nebraska will get some help putting in pumps that give more choices when it comes to ethanol. The Nebraska Corn Board will give grants of $30,000 for acquisition and installation of the first blender pump at

July 17, 2012 Read Full Article

REAP Funding Announced for Blender, Flex-Fuel Pump Projects

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Out of 430 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) awards announced by the USDA June 25, four were for blender pumps or flex fuel pumps. In all, projects in Florida, Georgia, Missouri and South

July 17, 2012 Read Full Article

NCB Offers New Blender Pump Grant Incentive for Fuel Retailers

(Nebraska Corn Board)  The Nebraska Corn Board recently allocated funds in its 2012-13 fiscal year budget to further develop the renewable fuel infrastructure in Nebraska. Through a grant program, Nebraska Corn Board will award qualifying retailers $30,000 for the first blender

July 04, 2012 Read Full Article

California Energy Commission Awards $35M for Alternative Fuels Development

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, the state Energy Commission today unanimously approved funding of $35,031,310 to projectsthat will accelerate the development of green fuels and technology in California. The awards are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable

June 04, 2012 Read Full Article

United Cooperative Fitting Cenex Sites for Flex-Fueling

(CSP Daily News)  Installs ethanol blender pumps across southcentral Wisconsin United Cooperative has been selected to receive a $448,500 Rural Energy for America Program grant to assist with the installation of 36 ethanol flex-fuel blender pumps and seven biodiesel dispensers at

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Change to Gas Pump Labels Coming in June

(Richmond County Daily Journal) Starting June 1, consumers will notice changes to the way ethanol-blended gasoline is labeled at their local gas station. The N.C. Rules Review Commission this week approved changes adopted by the Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board that

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

DOE Offers $5 mln for Work on Alternative Fuel Vehicles

by Christopher Doering  (Des Moines Register)  The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday (May 8, 2012) it will make $5 million available in 2012 to expand the use of alternative fuel vehicles, including electric models. The Energy Department said in a statement

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

United Cooperative Installs Ethanol Flex-Fuel Blender Pumps across South-Central Wisconsin

(Beaver Dam Daily Citizen)  United Cooperative was selected to receive a $448,500 Rural Energy for America Program grant to assist with the installation of 36 ethanol flex-fuel blender pumps and seven biodiesel dispensers at 11 of United Cooperative’s Cenex convenience

May 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Energy Station of the Future: Propel Launches First Clean Mobility Center

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Free tire air for improved fuel economy; bicycle tuning; renewable fuels; on-demand carbon offsets; at-pump recycling; community transit info; Propel’s got it all going in the Golden State. In California, Propel Fuels is launching the company’s first

May 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Iowa Dedicates $1 Million More for Renewable Fuels Infrastructure

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Board is accepting applications through May 18 for cost-share funding to assist with the installation of ethanol and biodiesel equipment at retail stations and wholesale distribution centers. Approximately $1 million is

May 15, 2012 Read Full Article

EPA Approves E15 Ethanol Blend Registrations

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In Washington, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the first applications for registration of ethanol for use in making gasoline that contains up to 15 percent ethanol – known as E15. ...Registration is a prerequisite to

April 11, 2012 Read Full Article

Is Kansas Ready to Bump to E15 at the Pump?

by Steve Everly (Kansas City Star)  Ethanol industry pushes for the state to step up from the E10 blend now offered. But automakers warn of engine damage, voided warranties. ...E10 will still be available, and selling E15 won’t be mandatory, but

March 29, 2012 Read Full Article

RFA Anticipates E15 Roll-Out to Begin Soon

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Dinneen noted that because ethanol is currently less expensive than gasoline, marketers should be able to offer E15 to consumers for a less expensive price than E10 or any other fuel. “We think it’s

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Illinois Bill Would Boost Ethanol Producers

(Convenience Store News)  Illinois biofuel companies who have faced a market glut since the end of a federal tax credit led energy companies to rush pre-expiration production may have hope in the form of a newly proposed bill that would create new

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

S.D. Retailers Respond Positively to Blender Pump Grant Program

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Just two months after launching its latest blender pump grant program, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced that the governor’s office of economic development (GOED) has already received applications for the entire $950,000 allotted

March 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol-Blended Fuel Use in ND Jumps 97 Percent since 2010

(Farm & Ranch Guide)  Recently released statistics show a staggering 97 percent increase in the amount of ethanol-blended fuel sold in North Dakota from 2010 to 2011. ...Increased sales of ethanol-blended fuel in North Dakota are due in large part to

March 26, 2012 Read Full Article

NSAC Suggests REAP, BCAP Changes

by Anna Austin  (Biomass Power and Thermal Magazine)  The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has released its 2012 Farm Bill platform, which provides suggestions to improve some federal bioenergy programs. These include the Repowering Assistance Program and the Biomass Crop Assistance

March 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Are We Really Exporting Ethanol So It Will Not Compete With Imported Gasoline?

by Stu Ellis (FarmGateBlog)  Every day supertankers full of $100 per barrel oil are docking at US ports where other supertankers full of $1 per gallon ethanol have just departed for overseas markets.  While some folks have trouble understanding the

March 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Advocacy Group Pitches 100% Ethanol over Keystone XL Pipeline

by Danny King (AutoBlogGreen)  An ethanol advocacy group has got an unusual message: having 100 percent ethanol is a better way to cut gas prices and dependency on foreign oil than building the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. E100 Ethanol Group,

March 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Sales Nearly Double in North Dakota

(The Jamestown Sun)  State Tax Department data shows that more than 1.3 million gallons of ethanol-blended fuel was sold in the state last year. That's up from about 663,000 barrels in 2010.  Officials credit the rise in ethanol use to

March 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Fuel Retailers See Isolated Sales of High-Ethanol Blend for up to a Decade

(Platts)  As fuel makers start registering their high-ethanol gasoline blends with US regulators, petroleum retailers say there are practical and legal barriers that could keep the fuel out of most markets for as long as a decade. The ethanol industry used

February 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Breaking Oil’s Hold Over America

by Tom Buis (Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ... Our nation imagines itself the most free and secure in the world, but the volatility of the global oil market shows how vulnerable we are as a nation to saber rattling by

February 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Retailers Want Liability Protection before Considering E15

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Liability issues surrounding the use of E15 remain a major concern for many retailers when considering offering the fuel to customers driving 2001 and newer vehicles. The U.S. EPA recently approved required health effects

February 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Up and Running: Retailers Respond Positively to SD Blender Pump Incentive

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The application window for South Dakota’s inaugural blender pump grant program may have just opened on Jan. 9, but it already appears that the incentive will be a success. More than half the fiscal

February 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Obama Directs Military to Cut Petroleum Consumption 30 Percent

(NCTechNews)  ...In order to comply with and support these directives, Fort Bragg partnered with the Defense Energy Supply Center and the Army Petroleum Center to construct the Green Biofuel Superstation to serve its flex-fuel fleet and other military-owned equipment. The

February 01, 2012 Read Full Article

Consumers Have More Options at the Pump

by Meghan Grebner  (Brownfield Ag News)   Fort Wayne, Ind. residents will have additional options when it comes to filling up their flex-fuel vehicles.  The flex-fuel pump – the first of its kind offers drivers the option for E85 or E30.  Lassus Handy Dandy president

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

New E85 Blender Pump Available in Arcadia, Neb.

by Ann Marie Edwards (DomesticFuel.com)  A new blender pump is now available at Trotter Service in Arcadia, Neb. This E85 blender pump is one of approximately 60 in Nebraska to offer the renewable fuel, ethanol. This station will offer unleaded, E10 and other mid-level ethanol

January 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Reaping the Benefits of a Strong Biofuels Industry

by Tom Buis (Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)   ...The intent of Congress when it wrote the renewable fuel standard was to grow an American fuels industry that would help us break free from this addiction and its dire consequences. In

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

USDA Fuel Pump Grant Seen a Plus for Marcus Junction

by Jolene Stevens  (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)  A"great marketing tool" is how Carl Nelson, of the Marcus Junction board, describes the new flexible fuel blending pump he says is expected to be installed at the Marcus Junction fuel outlet, along

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Retailers Not Ready For Ethanol

by Gary Truitt (Hoosier Ag Today)  Jay Berry, with Central Indiana Ethanol in Marion, says many stations do not have the equipment to handle higher ethanol blends. He told HAT there are no regulations that cover ethanol compliance, “We had

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

FORUM: Ethanol Needs Infrastructure in Absence of Tax Credit

by Doug Sombke (Rapid CityJournal/South Dakota Farmers Union)  ...What the ethanol industry needs now is investment in improved infrastructure to get ethanol closer to being equal in the marketplace with regular gasoline. For decades, big oil companies have enjoyed billions of

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

The Road for E85 Fuel Just Got Rougher

by David Shaffer (Star Tribune)  The 85 percent ethanol blend has always faced challenges as a motor fuel. Now, the end of a federal tax credit poses a new one: higher prices. The high-ethanol fuel known as E85 has gained a

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Makers Shrug off Expiration of Key Tax Credit

by Chris O'Malley (Indianapolis Business Journal)  ...But it looks like motorists, rather than ethanol makers, stand to feel the pain. The reason is the survival of another federal measure, known as the Renewable Fuels Standard. It requires that an increasing amount

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

USDA Helps Install 266 Blender Pumps through REAP

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   The USDA announced the final round of fiscal year 2011 Renewable Energy for America Program awards on Dec. 14. The awards included grants for 12 blender pump projects in eight states, bringing the

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Blend-Your-Own at the Pump

by Tim Hoskins  (Iowa Farmer Today)  Blender gas pumps are viewed as one way to increase ethanol sales and allow for a transition to higher ethanol-blended gasoline. A blender pump is connected to two fuel tanks, one with ethanol and one

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Looking at Life Without an Ethanol Subsidy

(Farm Futures)  Failure to renew the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit will create a new world for the industry. ...What many consumers don't realize is that the tax credit didn't go to ethanol plants, it went directly to oil companies as

December 29, 2011 Read Full Article

New Ethanol Blender Pumps in Illinois

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Growth Energy, Horizon Fuels, the American Lung Association and Marquis Energy partnered to help with the promotions and labeling for the three new Flex Fuel pumps at the Princeton Fast Stop.  “It was time to upgrade our

December 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding To Create Jobs, Reduce Energy Costs for Agricultural Producers and Rural Small Businesses

(US Department of Agriculture)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today (December 14, 2011) announced loans and grants for agricultural producers and rural small businesses across the country to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in their operations. The funding is

December 27, 2011 Read Full Article

South Dakota Has $950,000 for Blender Pumps

by Ann Marie Edwards (DomesticFuel.com)  South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says $950,000 in grants will be made available through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to help pay for the installation of blender pumps and associated infrastructure at retail gas stations across

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Tax Break Ends, Brazil Sees an Opening

by Charles Abbott and Reese Ewing  (Drovers Cattle Network)  A U.S. ethanol tax credit costing roughly $6 billion a year will expire on Dec. 31, with the U.S. industry declaring itself ready to stand on its own and Brazil hoping for

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Critic’s Argument Relies on Faulty Information

by Kevin Skunes (InForum)  In response to Ross Nelson’s “Ethanol? I’ll supply the shovels” column on Nov. 27, we should take a look at these issues using current and correct information. ...Corn-based ethanol is a viable energy source and can replace

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Novozymes Urges Committee to Explore Oil Alternatives

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The president of biofuel enzyme producer Novozymes last week called on a House subcommittee to explore alternatives to drilling for oil to meet the country’s energy needs. In a written statement prepared for the House Committee on Natural Resources’

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

First Dual-Biofuels Station Opens in Raleigh

(NBC17)  The first alternative fuels station in Raleigh opened Wednesday afternoon on New Bern Ave. selling E-85 Ethonal and B-20 Bio-diesel. The Crown Express Mart is one of a tiny number of alternative fuel stations in the state, but experts those

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Outlook 2012: VEETC is Old News--Matt Horton, CEO, Propel Fuels

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  From the standpoint of Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels, efforts in 2011 to extend the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit imperiled the future of the industry. “For so long, the industry has been

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Nebraska Ethanol Board Part of New Flex Fuel Campaign

(Nebraska Farmer)  USDA grant intended to make drivers more aware of flex fuel vehicles and ethanol's benefits involves Nebraska and five other states. A grant awarded by USDA will be used to promote flex fuel vehicles, flex fuel pumps, and driver

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Independent Petroleum Marketers Group Joins E85 Coalition

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producers Magazine)  Just more than a week after announcing the formation of the Coalition for E85 the group said Oct. 21 that it had a new member. The Petroleum Marketers Association of America, which represents 8,000 independent

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Blender Pump Installed in Rochester

by Janet Kubat Willette (AgriNews.com)   ...The Sinclair station at 205 Sixth St. S.W. in Rochester installed a blender pump earlier this year, becoming the first station in Rochester to offer different blends of ethanol. The station has four pump dispensers,

October 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Corn Marketing Council Grants to Help Pay to Install Flex Fuel Pumps

by Megan Banta (Evansville Courier & Press)  Hoosiers will soon see new flex fuel pumps at a handful of Indiana convenience stores and gas stations funded by a grant program launched Wednesday by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council. The pumps, also

September 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Breaking Oil's Monopoly on Transportation

by Geoffrey Styles  (Energy Outlook)   I've been thinking about an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times written by a former National Security Advisor and a former CIA chief. ...The op-ed was apparently timed to mark the introduction of a new group

September 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Still Needed: More Ethanol Fuel Pumps

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  But it's unclear where money will come from to install them around U.S. ...(Dave) Hicks, who’s getting a $28,000 federal grant and additional money from the state of Iowa to replace his two existing fuel

September 27, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Awards Flex Fuel Grant in Geneseo

by Lisa Depies (Geneseo Republic)  Judith Canales, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business Service Administrator, visited Geneseo on Sept. 15 to highlight one of the agency’s first funded flexible fuel pump projects in Illinois. A new blender flexible fuel

September 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Stillwater Gas Station 1st in Metro to Offer Flex Fuel Blend

(KSTP.com)  A Stillwater gas station has opened the first "blender pump" in the Twin Cities. Yocum’s Holiday at 2500 Orleans Street is giving its customers a choice for the first time. A blender pump dispenses high-blend ethanol fuels for flex fuel vehicles,

September 26, 2011 Read Full Article

North Dakota Grant to Coax Motorists to Use More Ethanol

(Chron.com)  A state Commerce Department official says many North Dakotans who drive so-called "flex-fuel" vehicles don't even know it. They're among the people who are the intended targets of a proposed marketing campaign to increase ethanol sales. North Dakota's Industrial Commission has approved a $200,000 grant for

September 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Market Access Will Save US from $4 Gasoline, Says FuelChoiceNow

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, a coalition called FuelChoiceNow has opened for business one worth taking a very, very close look at. The pitch: that advanced fuel companies are developing new, affordable and commercial-ready alternatives to oil, but are inhibited

September 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Street-Legal Cars Burn E85 on Kearney Racetrack

by Lori Potter (KearneyHub.com)  More than 200 cars will roar down the Kearney Raceway Park track Oct. 1-2 during the 2011 National Hot Rod Association Division 5 National Open, with events for dragsters, super stocks and street legal cars. However, Grady

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Gives $2 Million for Blender Pumps in 22 States

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Thirty-three projects in 22 states have been approved for blender pump grants in the latest round of funding to be dispersed through the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program. A total of $27 million

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Tax Credits to Expire

by Sarah Gustin (KXMB TV Bismark)  ...(Jeff Zueger / Blue Flint Ethanol) "We really need blender pump infastructure, we need flex fuel vehicle infastructure, so we can get to those higher level blends so consumers can choose if they want

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Fairgoing Public to Learn More about Ethanol

(The Independent)  The Nebraska Corn Board and Nebraska Ethanol Board are partnering at the 142nd Nebraska State Fair to promote ethanol and flex fuel vehicles. Vendor booths from each agency will be set up in the Exhibition Building to focus on

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Missouri Leads in Ethanol Blender Pump Plans

by Cindy Zimmerman  (DomesticFuel.com)  Missouri has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the leader in ethanol blender pumps. During the Missouri State Fair, an official from USDA’s Rural Development agency paid a visit to recognize Missouri as the

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Co-op Caters to Fuel Flex Cars

by Kevin M. Smith (the Kearney Courier)  Area drivers with fuel flex cars now have more options at the pump. Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative announced recently that its new blender pumps at Platte-Clay Fuels in Kearney and Platte City are open.   Those

August 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Obama Sets Sights on Making U.S. No. 1 in Alternative Energy

by Jerry Hagstrom (AgWeek)  Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s Republican presidential candidacy and President Obama’s comments on ethanol have thrown the corn-based ethanol industry into turmoil as it struggles to convince Congress to provide assistance to build blender pumps. Texas Gov. Rick

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Louisiana Biofuels Plan Would Decentralize Production

by Michael K. Bullard (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  How the 2008 Recession Halted the Progress of Louisiana’s Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative ...The Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative (Act 382) represents a complete strategy to not only address the aggressive federal mandates

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Vital to US Production of Homegrown, Reliable Energy

by Russ Newman (InForum)   Ethanol, made right here in our backyards, has provided an unparalleled, value-added opportunity for agriculture and America. ...It has generated good-paying jobs, spurred economic activity, and provided rural youth a reason and an opportunity to find

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Vilsack: USDA Will Continue to Push for Blender Pump Expansion

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The USDA’s Aug. 17 announcement of 900 Rural Energy for America Program grants included just 21 awards for blender pumps. USDA officials promise, however, that more funding is on the way. The announcement highlighted

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

The Selling of Renewable Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...In all the discussions about renewable fuels R&D, engineering, policy, finance, and construction, the customer – that is, you and me – generally are an afterthought. Could be because most renewable fuels producers generally will

August 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Seeking the Blending Sweet Spot

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  For years, in coffee shops and grain elevators across the upper Midwest, independent thinkers have voiced their opinions on the benefits of midlevel ethanol blends. Tales of fueling the old Buick, or otherwise unapproved

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Groups Plan E15, Blender Pump Label Campaigns

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Renewable Fuels Association announced Aug. 1 that it will provide free EPA-approved E15 labels to gasoline marketers as part of its campaign to assist in making higher blends of ethanol available to consumers.

August 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Woodside Says Ethanol Industry Willing to Give Back Tax Break for Debt Reduction

by Lori Potter  (Kearney Hub)  The ethanol industry is willing to immediately give up $1.3 billion in tax breaks for federal debt reduction. However, that probably can’t happen unless authorizing legislation is attached to a successful debt ceiling-budget reduction bill, said

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

The Work at Hand for E15 Market Expansion

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Back in October, I wrote on the RFA blog, “The E-Xchange,” about the steps that would be necessary to make E15 the standard fuel available in the United States, in much the

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article
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