Blogging For Biofuels
A new report by the Department of Energy (DOE) says higher blends of ethanol would play a crucial role in improving engine efficiencies and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for light-duty vehicles in the near to mid-term.
The biggest anti-ethanol crusaders in the Senate have struck again.
Over the weekend, Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural and Rural Development released a new study that concludes the original 2016 RFS targets can be met through E85 consumption.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association producer member, Al-Corn Clean Fuel, plans to more than double its ethanol production capacity to 120 million gallons a year.
Gevo Inc plans to increase isobutanol production at its Luverne, Minn. plant to a range of 750,000 and a million gallons in 2016.
With E15 back on sale, we prepared this video to remind everyone of the environmental benefits of using E15.
This month we spotlight our newest member, Novozymes. We spoke to Peter Halling, vice president of biofuels at Novozymes, on the company, its position in the ethanol industry and what it sees for the future of ethanol and advanced biofuels.
Take a look at the photo below. Stare hard and start turning your mental wheels.
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The end of summer also signals the end of the reid vapor pressure (RVP) season, which means all vehicles 2001 and newer can once again use E15.
The USDA has announced that 21 states, including Minnesota, will receive grants through its Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) program to add infrastructure to increase E15 and E85 pumps. Minnesota, specifically, will receive grants to add 620 fuel pumps to dispense higher ethanol blends such as E15 and E85.
Amidst the barrage of criticism leveled at the ethanol industry in recent weeks, Big Oil's biggest lobby, the American Petroleum Institute (API), decided to unveil a study to illustrate the supposed harm the RFS will have on the economy and consumers.
According to a recent report in Clean Technica, Novozymes CEO Peder Holk Nielson made the case for biofuels, adding that the oil industry will not help the world switch to renewable energy.
Admit it, we aren’t all knowledgeable about everything under the sun. We all have our specialties and things we are passionate about in which we secretly hope people will bring up so we can showcase our brainy talents, but we’re not a Wikipedia robot. There are things we simply don’t know about. And one of those things for me, was ethanol (and outer space).
Based on the latest data from the EPA on RIN generation, domestic ethanol consumption this year may exceed the 13.4 billion gallons targeted by the EPA in its proposed RFS target for the year.
The total volume of E85 sold in Minnesota in July clocked in at 1.4 million gallons, the highest volume of E85 sold in the state in 21 months.
We were recently invited to visit Phibro's ethanol performance diagnostic center in St Paul.