Blogging For Biofuels
The University of Minnesota's Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering department offers two undergraduate majors: Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering and Sustainable Systems Management.
The US Department of the Treasury will include an updated lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions model from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory known as the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) as one of the methodologies that farmers and biofuel producers may use to determine eligibility for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) tax credit under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Minnesota's Rep. Brad Finstad, along with Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, led a bipartisan, bicameral follow-up letter urging the White House to act on implementing the availability of E15 year-round.
E15 sales in Minnesota in October totaled 9.94 million gallons, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce reports 9.76 million gallons of E15 was sold in Minnesota in September.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) executive director, Brian Werner, gave a presentation on Minnesota's ethanol industry's role in clean energy for the present and the future at the 40th Annual Harvest Of Knowledge Agri-Women's Conference on Oct 27 in Grand Forks, ND.
E15 sales in August totaled 10.22 million gallons - the highest ever recorded - according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce
E15 sales in Minnesota totaled 9.84 million gallons in July, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
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On Aug 31, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and Renewable Fuels Nebraska (RFN) hosted a tailgating event for the Minnesota Golden Gophers season opener against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association's executive director, Brian Werner, moderated a panel on the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) benefits to the biofuels industry at the American Coalition for Ethanol's (ACE) 2023 Conference in Minneapolis today.
Sales of E15 in Minnesota during the first half of 2023 totaled 56.39 million gallons, according to the latest data by the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association is among a group of state renewable fuels organizations and farmers which sent a letter to the US Environmental Protection Agency urging it to "immediately finalize its proposed rule approving the petition from a group of Midwest states that would reduce volatile emissions and facilitate year-round sales of lower-cost, lower-carbon E15."
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association's (MN Bio-Fuels) executive director, Brian Werner, testified at the US House Ag Committee Farm Bill Listening Session at Farm Fest.
E15 sales in Minnesota totaled 9.8 million gallons in May, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday on the latter's proposed tailpipe emissions rule.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rule for the renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2023, 2024 and 2025 today.