Low commodity prices, plummeting RIN values, and talk of potential trade wars are all factors hitting the US Agricultural Sector hard this year.
ESG & Industry Updates
As of November, the EPA finally released its final renewable volume obligations for 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Topics: Ethanol, Biofuels, RFS, renewable energy
This week, Ethanol activists in Chicago used the 20th anniversary of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf to push for approval of a pending mandate that would require self-serve stations with over 850,000 gallons in annual sales volumes to carry E15, given they had the proper infrastructure for the blend. They argued that companies will "keep on spilling" and that made it imperative that the push continue towards higher blended, "cleaner" ethanol.
Topics: Ethanol, EPA Mandate, Cellulosic Ethanol, RFS
The most recent AltWheels Fleet Day in Norwood was once again a great success. We've been part of AltWheels from the beginning, back when biodiesel was a niche product and who had ever even heard of ethanol gasoline?
Topics: natural gas, Biodiesel, Ethanol, environment, altwheels, electric vehicles
Grassy Hillsides plowed into crop rows. Millions of acres of conservation land converted to corn fields. Fertilizer runoff polluting lakes and streams. All to produce a "green" fuel source.... Or that's the picture painted by an AP article slash expose anyway.
Topics: E85, Ethanol, EPA Mandate, RINs, Biofuels, EPA, Blend Wall, RFS
Environmentalists & Oil Exec's Unite on RFS Volume Reduction
Posted by Kelly Burke on Jan 14, 2014 9:47:00 AM
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, Ethanol, EPA Mandate, Biofuels, EPA, RFS
The Revival of the Biodiesel Blender'sTax Credit - Pro or Con?
Posted by Ed Burke on Mar 13, 2013 1:52:00 PM
In a move that was semi-surprising given the budget cut debates surrounding this years fiscal cliff talks, not only did law makers reinstitute the Biodiesel Blender Tax Incentive of $1 per gallon, but they did so retroactively to 2012.
Topics: Commodities, Biodiesel Tax Credit, Fiscal Cliff, Ethanol, EPA Mandate, RFS
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