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By this time next week, the EPA may have already announced its long-awaited final rule on the RFS. While no one knows what will be in its final rule, it is extremely likely the numbers will have been revised upwards.
E15 sales in Minnesota reached a new high in October at 472,172 gallons, 91 percent higher than the amount sold in September this year.
One bushel of corn (remember one bushel is the equivalent of a laundry basket) produces 2.8 gallons of ethanol as well as 17-18 pounds of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) In fact, under half of a bushel is processed for ethanol. The rest is processed for dried distillers grains (DDGS), corn oil and CO2.
Twin Cities radio station, KS95, will be at Highland Service Minnoco in St Paul Wednesday, Dec 16, for an hour to promote the use of E15.
2015 was another big year for the ethanol industry with record production and consumption levels. In this two-part series, we run through some of the big announcements and moments of the year
In the second part of our review of 2015, we take a look at the major events and announcements in the second half of the year.
With the Iowa caucuses a mere few weeks away, ethanol has once again been thrusted into the spotlight. Only, this time, the question is whether it matters?
In 2014, for the second year straight, ethanol consumption in Minnesota comprised 12.2 percent of all motor gasoline consumed, new data from the EIA shows.
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For the third consecutive month, sales of E15 in Minnesota hit a new record, this time with half a million gallons sold in November 2015.
After facing a barrage of attacks from the ethanol industry, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, has offered up a bizzarre defense of his anti-RFS stance.
In late December, the RFA released a report noting the increasing number of automakers who have explicitly approved the use of E15 in their 2016 models. But inside that report was the startling revelation that MINI had approved the use of E25 for its 2016 MINI Hardtop models.
Last night, in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, he said, “we’ve cut our imports of foreign oil by nearly sixty percent, and cut carbon pollution more than any other country on Earth.” Was he mentioning biofuels? Why is there a case of ambiguity?
Yesterday, we reported how MINI has approved the E25 for its Hardtop models since 2014. And as it turns out, it's parent company, BMW AG, has done likewise with one of its 2016 models.
Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) are a highly sought-after feed due to its high-energy, mid-protein and high digestible phosphorus content and long shelf life.
Last week, we discovered that MINI has approved E25 for its hardtop models since 2014 and now it has extended that approval to two other models in its lineup.
Last week, several ethanol and ag groups filed a petition with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the EPA's final rule on the 2016 RFS. This week, an economist has weighed and raise more questions, suggesting the EPA's intepretation of the law is wrong.