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Today afternoon, Jeanne McCaherty, CEO of Guardian Energy and board member of MN Bio-Fuels, testified in support of the Future Fuels Act to the Minnesota House Conference Committee.
E15 sales in Minnesota totaled 6.4 million gallons in April, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The bill includes $6 million in funding for biofuel infrastructure over two years that would expand access to E15 in Minnesota.
On Saturday, June 26, Gov. Tim Walz signed the omnibus ag bill, which includes funding for biofuel infrastructure, into law.
A total of 6.79 million gallons of E15 was sold in Minnesota in May, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
A total of 6.85 million gallons of E15 was sold in Minnesota in June, bringing the total volume sold in the first six months of the year to 38.73 million gallons.
E15 sales in July was the second highest volume recorded in Minnesota this year, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Nearly 8 million gallons of E15 was sold in Minnesota in August, the highest monthly volume on record.
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For the fifth consecutive month, E15 sales in Minnesota registered above the 7-million-gallon mark, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Greenfield Global Inc, Canada's largest ethanol producer, has begun operations at its ethanol plant in Winnebago, MN.
E15 sales in Minnesota in October was the second highest recorded this year, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The EPA today finally issued its proposed renewable volume obligation (RVO) targets for 2020, 2021 and 2022. It also separately issued a proposal to deny more than 60 pending small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions.
The volume of E15 sold in Minnesota from January to November last year was 78.94 million gallons, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. That exceeds the previous record of 78.52 million gallons that was sold for the whole of 2019.
Ethanol comprised 12.67 percent of all transportation fuel consumed in Minnesota in 2020, according to the latest data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
E15 sales in Minnesota grew 16.5 percent to 86.65 million gallons in 2021 - a new record - from 74.39 million gallons in 2020, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The US ethanol industry contributed $52 billion to the national gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021, according to a new report by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).