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Blogging For Biofuels

Governors from Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota are urging the US Department of Agriculture to provide some relief to the ethanol industry.

E15 sales in Minnesota in February totaled 6.58 million gallons, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued guidlines to ethanol producers earlier this week on conditions to immediately produce and ship 190 proof or 200 proof ethanol for hand sanitizer or surface sanitizer.

6.8 Million Gallons Of E15 Sold In January

  • Thursday, 12 March 2020 12:05

Sales of E15 in Minnesota in January of this year totaled 6.82 million gallons, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.

The use of ethanol in gasoline in the US last year reduced CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector by 54.1 million tons, according to a report by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).

The ethanol industry produced 15.8 billion gallons of ethanol and contributed $43 billion to the nation’s economy in 2019, according to a new report.

78 Million Gallons Of E15 Sold In MN In 2019

  • Wednesday, 05 February 2020 15:24

E15 sales in Minnesota in 2019 closed at 78.52 million gallons, a new all-time high.

Ethanol comprised 12.4 percent of all transportation fuel consumed in Minnesota in 2018, according to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). However, overall ethanol consumption in the country declined that year as the EPA's RFS waivers to the oil industry began to take a toll.