U.S. ethanol exports in August fell to their lowest level in 22 months, according to government data released yesterday. August exports totaled 50.2 million gallons (mg), down 21% from July
The oil-funded Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC) released a report on Sep. 14 entitled “Ethanol’s Lost Promise” that advocates repealing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The paper suggests removing the
About EPRINC: EPRINC is a non-profit group funded by Big Oil, staffed by former oil company employees, and directed by a board of trustees that is a veritable who’s-who of
Over the past 5 years, the RFA has been closely following the oil industry’s investigation into a recent rash of corrosion incidents in storage and handling equipment for Ultra Low
Less than a month ago, the famously anti-ethanol editorial writers at the Wall Street Journal howled that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was exacerbating drought-related “corn shortages” and “driv[ing] food
The governors of Arkansas and North Carolina recently submitted letters to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson requesting a waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2012 and
U.S. exports of ethanol (denatured and undenatured, non-beverage) totaled 59 million gallons (mg) in June, nearly identical to May export levels, according to government data released recently. Year-to-date exports stood
As expected, this morning’s supply-demand estimates from USDA showed a big reduction in the size of the 2012 corn crop and average yield. Today’s report estimates average yield at 123.4
By Chuck Woodside, CEO of farmer-owned KAAPA Ethanol in Minden, Nebraska, and Chairman of the Renewable Fuels Association. Tomorrow morning’s USDA World Agriculture Supply-Demand Estimates (WASDE) report may very well
By Ronald H. Miller, Managing Director and co-founder of Prisma Advisors, LLC, a management advisory firm specializing in advanced biofuels. Mr. Miller has over four decades of energy experience, including
