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Last week, we told you about the anti-RFS hearing in Congress which featured testimony from, among others, known anti-ethanol advocated Jason Hill from the University of Minnesota. Predicatably, some news outlets misleadingly suggested that the University of Minnesota had testified against the RFS.
The EPA received 48,510 comments from representatives of the ethanol industry and members of the public during the public comment period for its 2014, 2015 and 2016 RFS targets.
Green Plains Renewable Energy's (GPRE) CEO, Todd Becker, expects the number of stations offering E15 to grow exponentially in the coming months, according to a report in DTN.
Here's a demo video on how the Minnesota Biofuels Locator App works.
The best energy policy over the last 40 years - the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) - turns 10 tomorrow!
On Aug 19, the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council will host a Biodiesel and Bioheat Forum in Mankato.
The volume of E85 consumed in Minnesota in June was 18 percent higher than May, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
An additional 4.52 million tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions would be removed if the EPA reverts to the original RFS target for 2015 of 15 billion gallons of ethanol instead of the agency's proposed level of 13.4 billion gallons, according to an analysis by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Yesterday, the EPA announced new rules that would cut methane emissions from oil and gas production.
Democratic presidential candidate front-runner, Hillary Clinton, wants a stronger Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to boost the economy in rural America.
By Olga Reuvekamp
Executive Director, Minnesota Agriculture & Rural Leadership (MARL)
We were recently invited to visit Phibro's ethanol performance diagnostic center in St Paul.
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.
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.
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).
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.