RFA Congratulates Glacial Lakes Energy on 15th Anniversary, New Unit Train Facility

WASHINGTON – Fifteen years ago, RFA member company Glacial Lakes Energy (GLE) began production at its existing 100-million gallon per year ethanol plant in Watertown, SD. GLE was initially formed in

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Celebrating Five Years of E15 in the Marketplace

WASHINGTON – Five years ago this week, 15% ethanol (E15) blends debuted in the marketplace, offering consumers a new lower-cost, higher-octane fuel option at the pump. On July 10, 2012, Kansas

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Buffalo Chip Motorists Can Now Fuel With Ethanol

Washington– Motorcycle riders traveling around Sturgis, S.D., now have the ability to fuel with 93 octane, 10% ethanol. As part of an overall effort to educate motorcyclists on ethanol, the

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RFS Proposal Stays the Course By Maintaining Conventional Biofuel Requirement at Statutory Level

WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2018. The agency proposed a total renewable fuel volume of 19.24

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Growth Energy, RFA, USGC release statement on Brazil’s delayed decision on ethanol import tariff

WASHINGTON -The Executive Management Committee of CAMEX, Brazil’s Chamber of Foreign Trade, announced today it would delay a decision on a pending proposal to impose a tariff of up to

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RFA Director, Member Company Employee Receive ASTM Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, members of ASTM International gathered for their D02 2017 meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. During the meeting, RFA’s Director of Regulatory Affairs, Kelly Davis, and Catherine Woodliff,

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RFA Leader Talks Trade During UNICA Ethanol Summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen spoke about the most pressing issues facing the ethanol industry during an address to participants of this year’s Ethanol Summit in

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RFA’s Cooper Receives 2017 High Octane Award

The award, established in 2000 by BBI International, recognizes a person “who has helped the ethanol industry mature and progress over the years” and “whose passion and unstoppable pursuits have

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U.S. Ethanol Organizations Applaud Mexico’s Adoption of E10

WASHINGTON – The Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) announced recently a change that will increase the maximum amount of ethanol that can be blended in Mexican gas supplies from 5.8 percent

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RFA Urges Senate Committee to ‘Expeditiously’ Pass E15 RVP Waiver

WASHINGTON- In a letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) today, the Renewable Fuels Association urged the committee to “expeditiously” pass legislation

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