by Kayla Vanover (WBKO) ... "Ethanol being 105-octane, you can blend it was 84-octane base gasoline and get your 87-octane. That is going to make gasoline cheaper because ethanol is cheaper than gas," said Mick Henderson, General Manager (Commonwealth Agri-Energy). Although the ethanol
fuel prices
Back TO HOMEMissing the Forest for the Trees on Fuel Prices
by Anne Steckel (The Hill/National Biodiesel Board) ... Afraid of losing their stranglehold on the fuels market, petroleum groups have long complained that the RFS is unnecessary. More recently, their arguments have become more brazen, suggesting that renewable fuels are responsible
August 04, 2014 Read Full Article
The Boss From Hell? EPA, Congress and Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Here are 5 Tell-Tale Signs that you have the Boss from Hell. And when it comes to the US federal government and advanced biofuels, all five are kinda pointin’ right at ol’ Uncle Sam. Congress passed
August 01, 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
The Economic Competitiveness of U.S. Ethanol
by John M. Urbanchuk (ABF Economics/Renewable Fuels Association) ... Reflecting this enhanced competitiveness and maturation, ethanol prices (both FOB plant and delivered at key U.S. markets) have declined, while crude oil and conventional gasoline prices remained stable or increased. Consequently: 1. U.S.-produced ethanol continues to improve
July 23, 2014 Read Full Article
Ethanol & Corn Production Up, Food & Gas Prices Down
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Growth Energy is attacking the myth that ethanol production increases food prices. Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy notes that time and again, Big Oil, big Food and special interests are attacking the ethanol industry and placing blame on them
July 18, 2014 Read Full Article
Corn Ethanol Benefits Farmers, Community, Industry
by Heather Meade (Daily Advocate) There are seven operational ethanol plants in Ohio, one of which is located just outside of Greenville - The Andersons, Inc., which was opened in conjunction with the Marathon Petroleum Company out of Toledo, in
July 11, 2014 Read Full Article
Drill More, Produce More, Pay More? | Commentary
by Bob Dinneen (Roll Call/Renewable Fuels Association) In recent months, the petroleum industry has boasted about U.S. crude oil production reaching its highest level in more than a quarter-century. But what they fail to note is that increased domestic drilling has
July 10, 2014 Read Full Article
Washington State the Center of Climate Change Solutions
by Gleen Farley (KING 5 News) In 2011, Alaska Airlines was the first carrier in the country to fly regular passenger carrying flights using bio-fuel. It replaced 20 percent of the jet fuel with a crystal clear liquid - refined industrial
July 09, 2014 Read Full Article
Freedom from High Gas Prices
(Renewable Fuels Association) Sadly, drivers are expected to see skyrocketing gas prices this Independence Day as analysts at GasBuddy predict that Fourth of July prices will reach their highest level in six years. Tom Kloza, GasBuddy’s chief oil analyst, remarked, “Fear about what
July 02, 2014 Read Full Article
Declining Gasoline Prices Still Costing Americans $1.4 Billion Every Day During This Holiday Week Celebrating Independence
by John Funk (The Plain Dealer) ... One reason for this year's decline in prices since May is the price of ethanol. Ethanol, which is mixed into every gallon of fuel sold at a level of 10 percent, is much less costly
July 02, 2014 Read Full Article
California Low-Carbon Rule Survives Big Legal Challenge
By Dale Kasler (Sacramento Bee) California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, one of the centerpieces of the state’s fight against global warming, survived a significant legal challenge Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit brought by oil-industry and out-of-state farm
July 01, 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
25x'25 Statement on CBO Renewable Fuel Standard Report
(25 x '25/Biofuels Journal) How the Congressional Budget Office reached the conclusion in a report released Thursday that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will raise gas and biodiesel prices is a mystery, given the deep price discount advantages biofuels offer in the
June 27, 2014 Read Full Article
Ethanol, Oil, Corn Duke It Out in “The Battle of the Benjamins”
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Corn producers, ethanol producers and crude oil refiners: locked in a rollercoaster of commodity prices, and a battle for market share and profits. As the EPA readies to unleash its view of the future volumes
June 13, 2014 Read Full Article
It Pays to Shop for Ethanol
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) An informal survey of gasoline retail locations in greater Des Moines, Iowa, revealed that while 87-octane gasoline prices remain relatively uniform across several retail brands, the price a consumer pays for premium gasoline varies greatly depending
March 06, 2014 Read Full Article
A Biofuels Inflection Point
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Huge stock rallies in first-gen and next-gen biofuels last week — and tension over Ukraine with the potential for oil price spikes. Is this a turning point in the war over energy diversification? ... As Douglas
March 03, 2014 Read Full Article
How Much Would You Pay for Renewable Fuels?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Here, as the EPA delves into the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard, today is your response on who would pay what for which renewable fuel. The highlights 1. For E85, you indicated that you would switch
December 05, 2013 Read Full Article
“Flex Fuel Fridays” Raise Awareness of Higher Ethanol Blends
by Lynn Grooms (Farm Industry News Blog) Glacial Lakes Energy, a South Dakota ethanol producer, has been raising awareness about the benefits of higher blends of ethanol at several retail fuel stations this summer with its Flex Fuel Friday campaign.
September 24, 2013 Read Full Article
Show Me the Gallons: KiOR’s Progress towards Steady-State Operations
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Landmark cellulosic drop-in biofuels producer releases update on early-stage production: is the increasing gallonage enough to silence the critics? ... In July and August, the Columbus facility produced 172,398 gallons of fuel, bringing the 2013 production
September 23, 2013 Read Full Article
Secretary Moniz Announces New Biofuels Projects to Drive Cost Reductions, Technological Breakthroughs
(U.S. Department of Energy) During remarks at the Energy Department’s Biomass 2013 annual conference, Secretary Moniz today highlighted the important role biofuels play in the Administration’s Climate Action Plan to increase our energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation
August 06, 2013 Read Full Article
U.S. Sinks $22 Million into New Biofuels Research
(UPI) The U.S. Energy Department is teaming up with the energy industry and research institutes to help make biofuels competitive with gasoline, its leader said. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said the government is looking for ways to increase energy security and
August 06, 2013 Read Full Article
U.S. FTC Said to Open Probe of Oil Price-Fixing After EU
by Sara Forden (Bloomberg) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission opened a formal investigation into how prices of crude oil and petroleum-derived products are set, mirroring a European Union inquiry, two people familiar with the matter said. The investigation, now in a
June 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Freedom of Choice: E20 Ethanol Blends Take the Value Crown from Gasoline, E10
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Freedom of choice, it turns out, drives better value for drivers. The Digest goes in-depth to look at real-world data — and the power of free markets in fossil and alternative fuels. ...So it shouldn’t be
June 20, 2013 Read Full Article
Answers to Your Questions about Parity-Priced, Algae-Based Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Wondering when affordable algae-based transportation fuels might arrive at your local retail outlet? Might be sooner than you think. Here’s the lowdown. ...Further, we have to take into account that, unless Solazyme is interested in
March 08, 2013 Read Full Article
As Prices at the Pump Go Up, Up, Up American Ethanol is the Motorist’s Friend
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association) If you've been paying more at the pump for gasoline, you aren't alone. And, if it weren't for U.S. ethanol, you'd be paying even more. ...Gas prices are skyrocketing despite an increase in domestic oil
February 22, 2013 Read Full Article
Growth of Ethanol Fuel Stalls in Brazil
by Claudio Angelo (Nature.com) ...Domestic consumption of liquid ethanol this year has been 26% lower than for the same period in 2008. Forty-one of the country’s roughly 400 sugar-cane ethanol plants have closed over that time. The price of pure ethanol
December 17, 2012 Read Full Article
Venter: Biofuels 'Dead' without U.S. Aid
by Bradley J. Fikes (North County Times) Famed genomics researcher J. Craig Venter, who is working to develop biofuels from photosynthetic algae, acknowledged this week that alternate fuels are “dead” unless the federal government mandates their use with a carbon
November 01, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol and the Journalism It Attracts
by Terry Daynard (The Record) Opinion pieces about fuel ethanol have been popular among national journalists this summer, most seem written quickly and researched poorly. The one published recently by news services columnist Carol Goar in The Record (Ethanol is
September 11, 2012 Read Full Article
ICM: Why We Must Keep the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Dave Vander Griend (ICM/Ethanol Producer Magazine) I was disappointed to read the Aug. 24Wichita Eagle editorial titled “End Ethanol Mandate.” It was important for us to provide factual information instead of misinformation. First, the U.S. ethanol industry stands on its own, with
September 10, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Offers American Drivers Relief at the Pump
(Renewable Fuels Association) ...Gas prices have been increasing as well. However, relief at the gas pump is possible thanks to America’s growing use of ethanol. According to updated research released by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development and conducted by economics professors
September 04, 2012 Read Full Article
US Ethanol Mandate Waiver Would Not Destroy Corn Demand: Deutsche Bank
(Platts) A waiver of the US ethanol mandate would not destroy corn demand because current gasoline blending economics still favor the use of the corn-based biofuel, Deutsche Bank' analysts Michael Lewis and Christina McGlone said in a research note Monday. Ethanol
August 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Military Biofuels Ban Moves Forward, Ignites Criticism, Backlash
by Meg Cichon (Renewable Energy World) As a proposed ban on military investment and use of biofuels inches closer to fruition in Washington, several groups are speaking out against the bill. Pentagon Budget Bill, H.R. 4310, which recently passed through the
June 07, 2012 Read Full Article
The $6 Gasoline That Almost Was
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Mad as heck about $5 gasoline? According to new research from Iowa State, the price could have hit $6 per gallon, if the US had not had its ethanol supply. A landmark 2009 study, conducted by
May 24, 2012 Read Full Article
Consumer Reports Survey: Americans Say Fuel Economy Most Important Car Buying Factor
(PR NewsWire/Consumer Reports) Nearly three-quarters of drivers would consider an alternative fuel vehicle for their next car ...Some two-thirds of owners surveyed said they expected their next vehicle to get better fuel mileage than the one they're driving now. While gasoline
May 23, 2012 Read Full Article
When Defending Biofuels, Supporters Point to History
by David Ferris (Forbes) At a conference today sponsored by the Carbon War Room outside Washington, D.C., a panel of biofuels entrepreneurs, supporters and financiers pointed to disruptive episodes in American history that bear some similarity to the current debate over cooking-oil fuel
March 28, 2012 Read Full Article
An All-of-the-Above Approach to Energy in America
by Sarah Bittleman (USDA/25 x '25) America needs and is developing a reliable, sustainable, fuel supply. If we are able to produce more of it here at home – rather than relying on foreign oil – we’ll generate good, middle-class jobs
March 20, 2012 Read Full Article
What To Do About High Gasoline Prices?
(Environmental and Energy Study Institute) A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on what to do about rising gasoline prices. Most of the hearing focused on whether increasing oil production from federal lands and off shore and reducing environmental
March 09, 2012 Read Full Article
More People Choosing Ethanol
(KFYR-TV) With the price of gasoline increasing to $3.70 a gallon, more and more motorists are choosing E-30 and E-85, a less expensive alternative to gasoline. In fact, sales of ethanol-blended fuel in North Dakota have jumped 97 percent since
March 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Report on Ethanol’s Role in Gas Prices
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...From the president to the people at the pump, everyone is talking about higher gasoline prices these days, but ethanol is actually helping to keep them lower than they could be. In a new RFA Issue Brief, the Renewable
March 07, 2012 Read Full Article
How Not to Lose an Energy Policy in 10 Days
by Brent Erickson (Biotechnology Industry Organization/Biofuels Digest) BIO’s industrial biotech czar says that governments should resist attempts to derail the commercialization of advanced biofuels, and not be beguiled by the Solyndra Syndrome In 2011, consumers spent a record $481 billion on gasoline ,
March 07, 2012 Read Full Article
EU-Produced Ethanol Keeps Petrol Prices Down
(Renewable Energy Magazine) Recent studies commissioned by NGOs Friends of the Earth and ActionAid claim that biofuels, including ethanol, will cost EU consumers €126 billion at the petrol pump between now and 2020. ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association, considers the
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Expert Expects Gas Prices in Chicago to Hit $4.60 by May
by Gary Strauss (Chicago Sun-Times) Get ready for another round of pain at the pump: gas at $4 (or higher) a gallon. After rising 19 cents a gallon in the past four weeks, regular unleaded gasoline now averages $3.48 a
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Get Ready To Pay More For Gas
(TheIndyChannel.com) Analysts Predict Higher Prices Ahead ...AAA said Monday that both gasoline and crude oil prices are at historic highs for this time of year. The national average for regular gas climbed four cents a gallon last week to $3.39, an increase
January 17, 2012 Read Full Article
Oil Prices to Reach All-Time High
(Farm Futures) Even without VEETC ethanol is still making gasoline cheaper In its monthly short-term outlook, the Energy Department expects U.S. benchmark crude oil prices to average over $100 a barrel in 2012 and touch an all-time high amid rising demand
January 12, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Remains a Bargain
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) ...In recent weeks, many headlines have trumpeted the argument that gas prices will be higher as a result of expiration of the VEETC. As is often the case, a quick review of the facts
January 12, 2012 Read Full Article
After Three Decades, Tax Credit for Ethanol Expires
by Robert Pear (New York Times) ...“We are in a fairly prosperous period for agriculture,” said Dean C. Taylor, a former president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. “Agriculture has not been as much of a touchstone for presidential candidates this
January 09, 2012 Read Full Article
The Economics of Higher Ethanol Blends
by Kim Clark (Nebraska Corn Board) ...Although you have increased horsepower when using ethanol blended fuel, fuel mileage may decrease as the amount of ethanol in your fuel increases. However, studies have shown the optimal ethanol blend to use before you begin
December 15, 2011 Read Full Article
US Ethanol Dampens Global Crude Oil Prices
(Malaya Business Insight) Increasing ethanol in the U.S. gasoline supply would lead to lower crude oil prices. This is the conclusion of a study assessing the impact of US ethanol on fossil fuel markets by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic
December 03, 2011 Read Full Article
New Race, New Fuel
by Chad Bishop (Bowling Green Daily News) Cars using corn-based ethanol in Sparta’s inaugural Sprint Cup race A NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race has finally found itself in Kentucky. And when the lights go on tonight in Sparta, the sport will