Blogging For Biofuels
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has called for increased use of biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to meet the state's Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA).
Last Friday, members of the Congressional Biofuels Caucus – which includes Minnesota Reps. Collin Peterson, Angie Craig and Jim Hagedorn – sent a letter to the EPA urging Administrator Andrew Wheeler to address the damage caused by the agency’s issuance of small refinery exemptions (SREs).
E15 sales in Minnesota in July was the second highest monthly volume ever recorded in the state, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Minnesota's Gov. Tim Walz and South Dakota's Gov. Kristi Noem have sent President Donald Trump recommendations to mitigate the negative effects of the EPA's recent issuance of 31 small refinery exemptions (SRE) waivers.
Sales of E15 in Minnesota totaled 6.29 million gallons in June, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association vendor member, Pinnacle Engineering, Inc., recently celebrated its 28th anniversary.
The volume of E15 sold in Minnesota in the first five months of 2019 totaled 29.62 million gallons, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
E15 sales in Minnesota in April totaled 6.28 million gallons, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
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On May 31, the EPA extended a 1-psi reid vapor pressure (RVP) waiver for E15 during the summer months, thus enabling E15 to be sold year-round. Minnesota’s Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith along with Rep. Collin Peterson issued the following statements:
A total of 16.97 million gallons of E15 was sold in Minnesota in the first three months of 2019, according to data by the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
On April 29, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association submitted the following comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding its proposed rules to extend an RVP-waiver to E15 and make modifications to the RIN market.
A new study released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on April 2 finds greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from corn ethanol are 39 percent lower than gasoline.
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association's executive director, Tim Rudnicki, delivered the following the testimony in support of a RVP waiver for E15 at the EPA's public hearing in Ypsilanti, Michigan today.
Minnesota Representatives Collin Peterson and Angie Craig have released separate statements regarding the EPA's proposal to extend reid vapor pressure (RVP) relief to E15.
E15 sales in Minnesota grew to 5.64 million gallons in January from 5.53 million gallons in December, according to new data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Ethanol comprised 12.49 percent of all transportation fuel consumed in Minnesota in 2017, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).