by Janelle Atyeo (Tri-State Neighbor) South Dakota groups are pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to set higher standards for renewable fuels, highlighting what ethanol has done for the rural economy and for the environment. Rural development coordinator Erin Wilcox testified at
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Back TO HOMEHCMC Orders Official Vehicles to Switch to Biofuel
(Thanh Nien News) Ho Chi Minh City has announced a plan to make all government offices and state-owned companies switch to a locally-produced biogasoline product that has not been selling well. Six months after it was introduced, the 5-percent ethanol
July 07, 2015 Read Full Article
ACE: Fuel Retailers Counter EPA's Blend Wall Assumptions
(American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Station owners who offer ethanol blends above 10 percent are gaining increased sales and higher customer counts, contrary to assumptions made by the U.S. EPA in its recent proposal that would reduce the amount
July 06, 2015 Read Full Article
3 Biobased Strategies to Beat $60 Oil
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Oil price predictions are all over the map. So, how are biobased businesses coping when no one quite knows what’s up with the incumbent? Amyris, Cellerate and Propel Fuels are three ventures showing the way(s) forward. If
July 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Ohio Corn Marketing Program Awards First Ethanol Infrastructure Grant
(Ohio's Country Journal/Ohio Ag Net) The Ohio Corn Marketing Program (OCMP) is pleased to announce Speedway LLC (Speedway) as the first recipient of The Ethanol Infrastructure Grant Program. Speedway, based in Enon, Ohio, will use the grant to increase ethanol
June 17, 2015 Read Full Article
After Delays, Biodiesel Business to Open
by Eric Blaisdell (Times Argus) After two years of legal battles and obstacles, Black Bear Biodiesel will be open for business Saturday. ... Once the ground thawed this spring, he said pumps were installed. Local woodworker Ben Graham also built a
June 17, 2015 Read Full Article
At Eco-Marathons, Shell De-emphasizes Renewable Transportation Energy, Except, Possibly, for "100% Ethanol"
by Joanne Ivancic* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Having recently completed the inaugural Detroit Shell Eco-Marathon, Adrian Juergens, Fuel Scientist and Shell Eco Marathon technical manager for the Americas held a press event at the Detroit Grand Prix track at Belle Isle
May 31, 2015 Read Full Article
New NREL Report: Most Retail Fueling Equipment is Already E15 Compatible
(Renewable Fuels Association) The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released a new study today that found most of the existing fuel dispensing infrastructure components — including underground storage tanks — are compatible with E15. The researchers interviewed retail fuel equipment
May 29, 2015 Read Full Article
Site Offers Ethanol Blend Options
(AgriNews) Jasper County residents now have a new option when it comes to purchasing ethanol fuel blends. Iroquois BioEnergy Co. opened a retail site to offer ethanol blends, including E10, E15, E30 and E85 at its ethanol plant in Rensselaer. The station was
May 19, 2015 Read Full Article
4 Minutes with… Mike Lewis, Co-Founder, Pearson Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Pearson Fuels develops alternative fuel infrastructure at both the retail and terminal level and then concentrates on maximizing throughput of those assets. We built the first retail E85 site on the West Coast and now
May 19, 2015 Read Full Article
With Clean Fuels as Law, Oregon Biofuel Maker Prepares for Major Expansion
by Wendy Culverwell (Portland Business Journal) A Eugene biofuel company that converts used cooking oil into fuel is in expansion mode thanks to Oregon’s Clean Fuels program. SeQuential Pacific Biofuels expanded its production capacity in anticipation the new law will
May 13, 2015 Read Full Article
At the Gas Pump, US Biofuel Lobby Scores a Point against Big Oil
by Chris Prentice (Reuters) ... Over the past few months, privately held retailers Kum & Go and Sheetz have become the first significant chains to announce plans to start selling E15, a gasoline with 15 percent of ethanol, 50 percent more
May 12, 2015 Read Full Article
The Push Is on for “High Renewable Content Fuels”
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... In the world of gasoline replacement, it is any fuel which has a renewable content higher than the typical E10 ethanol saturation point. It can include drop-in renewable gasoline, or E85 ethanol blends, or
May 12, 2015 Read Full Article
'Where's my ethanol?'
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... The ethanol industry would like nothing better than to have every consumer that wants E85 to have access to it. Unfortunately roll out of E85 stations has been slow, especially outside the Midwest, where
March 30, 2015 Read Full Article
Group of Lawmakers Continues to Seek Ways to Block Biofuels, Through Any Means Possible
(Energy and Environmental Study Institute) On March 23, a letter signed by 18 members of Congress to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture asked the subcommittee to include “language to limit continued government support for corn ethanol,” primarily by limiting
March 30, 2015 Read Full Article
'Renewable Super Premium' Offers Boost to Biofuel Producers, Auto Industry
(25 x '25) A group of DOE National Laboratory representatives have been in Washington this week making presentations to promote the benefits of what they call “Renewable Super Premium” (RSP) fuels. The researchers have found that ethanol fuel blends of
March 27, 2015 Read Full Article
Retailer Takes Ethanol Story to Hill
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) Fuel retailers who have had to fight battles with big oil companies to offer higher ethanol blends were among those joining the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Fly-in on Capitol Hill this week. Charlie Good has been
March 27, 2015 Read Full Article
South Dakota Setting aside $300,000 to Expand Its Ethanol Program
(KFGO) South Dakota is setting aside $300,000 to help the state's retailers install ethanol storage tank units at gas stations. The Governor's Office of Economic Development announced this week that it earmarked the funds for its Ethanol Infrastructure Incentive Program. The program was
March 05, 2015 Read Full Article
Vietnam Lowers Biofuel Prices to Boost Consumption
by Manh Quan (Thanh Nien News) Retailers of biofuel in Vietnam cut prices by two percent on Thursday in an effort to boost consumption. Petrolimex, Vietnam’s leading fuel importer and distributor, decreased the price of biogasoline E5 RON 92, the fuel
February 08, 2015 Read Full Article
Straight from the Ethanol Producer to Your Gas Tank
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Some ethanol producers are selling E85 directly to drivers like you and me. It seems they take the phrase, cutting out the middleman, very seriously! ... The company (Carbon Green Bioenergy LLC) had tried to convince a
February 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Straight from the Ethanol Producer to Your Gas Tank
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Some ethanol producers are selling E85 directly to drivers like you and me. It seems they take the phrase, cutting out the middleman, very seriously! ... The company (Carbon Green Bioenergy LLC) had tried to convince a
January 27, 2015 Read Full Article
Yellow Hose Program Brings Price Stability to E85 in Michigan
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A Michigan ethanol plant has had success with its Yellow Hose program, blending E85 and supplying area retailers, as well as sales at an on-site fuel pump. Carbon Green Bioenergy LLC blends E85 at the
December 29, 2014 Read Full Article
E85 Prices Shock EPM Reader
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Big Oil isn't above stooping to dirty tricks to mislead consumers into thinking E85 isn't a good fuel to buy, including by trying to price the fuel right out of the market. We recently received
December 11, 2014 Read Full Article
Prime the Pump Seeks to Expand E15 Infrastructure
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The fate of the Chicago E15 ordinance is still unknown. Passed by the city council’s finance committee on Monday, a vote by the full council was deferred Dec. 10 for at least a month.
December 11, 2014 Read Full Article
E15 Now Approved for Use in Two-Thirds of New Cars – Chicago Looks at E15 Again
(Environmental and Energy Study Institute) According to an analysis of vehicle owners manuals for model year 2014 and 2015 cars, conducted by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), two-thirds of new car owners’ manuals approve the use of E15 (15 percent ethanol, 85 percent
November 19, 2014 Read Full Article
Let the Facts be the Facts
by Kristy Moore (Renewable Fuels Association) It is never acceptable to sensationalize the facts to the point where they are no longer facts. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) learned this lesson when releasing its study “Corrosion of
November 19, 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
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 Coming to Missouri
(nacsonline.com) New, non-mandatory rules that go into effect June 1 will allow Missouri gasoline retailers to sell E15, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. With the change, Missouri joins a dozen other states that offer E15. However, not everyone is as pleased with the change. AAA
August 06, 2014 Read Full Article
U.S. Senators Press for Probe of Report that Oil Companies Blocked Ethanol
by Ayesha Rascoe (Reuters) Two U.S. farm-state Senators on Wednesday urged federal regulators to investigate allegations raised by a biofuel trade group that the oil industry uses "strong arm tactics" to prevent widespread use of higher blends of ethanol in gasoline. A
July 10, 2014 Read Full Article
Pain at the Pump: Exxon, BP, ConocoPhillips, Chevron & Shell Earn “F” in Consumer Choice Report Card
(Renewable Fuels Association) A new “Consumer Choice Report Card” released by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) grades some of the largest, most well-known retail gasoline chains based on whether they are providing consumers with alternatives to regular gasoline that cost less,
July 09, 2014 Read Full Article
Growth Energy Features Two Retailers Expanding E15 Offerings
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) It was five years ago that Growth Energy petitioned for the E15 waiver, attendees at the organization's fourth annual leadership conference were reminded in Phoenix, Feb. 27. "And finally, the blend wall has
March 04, 2014 Read Full Article
Traditional Fuels to Remain Viable, But Chain Will "Not Ignore" Diesel, E85, Especially CNG
by Samantha Oller (CSPnet.com) As one of the highest-volume fuel retailers in the United States, it would be easy to assume that Speedway LLC, the retail arm of Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC), has little to no interest in alternative fuels. When
February 27, 2014 Read Full Article
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