In Washington, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Debbie Stabenow, Jeff Merkley and Tammy Duckworth wrote a letter to the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency requesting that he hand over any reports, data and briefings exchanged between the agency, Carl Icahn and/or CVR Energy. The Senators and others have voiced concerns over the past months […]
In Washington, despite concerns voiced by liberal watchdog groups as well as Democratic congressmen for the past several months regarding Carl Icahn’s role in the RIN market, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission confirmed to eight Democratic senators last month that it is not officially investigating his activity because RINs are not traded on futures markets. […]
In Washington, the next policy deep dive on the Renewable Fuel Standard could come in the next couple of weeks, should the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee convene a hearing as is being batted around on Capital Hill. There are still plenty in the anti-RFS movement seeking to have the policy repealed during the […]
In Washington, numerous pro-ethanol groups marked the official beginning of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “summer ozone control season,” which essentially prohibits retail gas stations from selling E15 (gasoline containing 15% ethanol) in more than two-thirds of the nation’s gasoline market. According to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), the de facto prohibition on summertime E15 sales […]
In South Dakota, Thursday marked the beginning of the EPA-imposed low Reid vapor pressure (RVP) season, effectively banning the sale of lower-cost, higher-octane E15 until Sept. 15, even though E15 has lower RVP and lower emissions than the gasoline sold in those markets each summer. E15 is an unleaded gasoline that can be used in […]
In Romania, as the country looks to boost its biofuel blending to 8% come January 1 after a freeze at 4.5% between 2014 and 2018, its sole ethanol producer is concerned that oil companies may choose to import the required ethanol rather than support the local industry, leading to more production. The most recent statistics […]
In Colombia, the country is looking to boost its ethanol-blending mandate to 10% by year’s end thanks to the 504,000 liter per day additional production that just came online at the El Alcaravan ethanol plant in central Meta, though that rate could eventually go even higher. Currently much of the country is at an E6 […]
In Zimbabwe, the government has returned the ethanol-blending mandate to 10% following the restart of the sugarcane crush in May after lack of supply availability forced it to cut blending down to 5%. Both Green Fuel and Triangle are allowed to supply ethanol to the domestic market. E10 is retailing for between $1.35 and $1.39 […]
In Arizona, a bill signed by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey will let gas stations sell isobutanol-blended gasoline for on-road vehicles, enabling higher performing finished fuels with renewable content for drivers in the state. Bill HB2368 permits isobutanol to be used as an oxygenate in gasoline for on-road vehicles in Arizona. The new law takes effect […]
In Iowa, with much of the national ethanol industry’s hopes focused on the former governor-cum-new ambassador to China in order to smooth relations and open back up ethanol and DDGS trade, the state’s industry looks to the new governor to be as supportive of biofuels as his predecessor. Key policy goals include working with the […]
