Insights and Stories on Ethanol

U.S. EPA scraps plan to force refiners to blend more biofuels

Jul. 12, 2018 at 12:57 am CDT

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ditched a detailed plan that would have forced refiners to blend more biofuels into their gasoline and diesel in 2019 to compensate for volumes likely to be exempted under the agency’s small refinery hardship waiver program, according to newly released […]

U.S. biofuels industry, advocates see hope in Pruitt’s successor

Jul. 6, 2018 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. EPA proposes higher 2019 biofuels mandate

Jun. 27, 2018 at 5:30 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. EPA won’t force refiners to make up waived biofuels volumes

Jun. 15, 2018 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. EPA chief hints he could order more ethanol in fuel

Jun. 12, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice

U.S. biofuels deal reported to be delayed indefinitely

Jun. 5, 2018 at 8:50 pm CDT

Reuters — The Trump administration has indefinitely delayed a proposed overhaul of U.S. biofuels policy aimed at reducing costs for the oil industry, under pressure from corn state lawmakers who worry the move would undermine demand for ethanol, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The White House had […]

By Reuters

Trump said considering counting ethanol exports toward quotas

May. 9, 2018 at 12:49 am CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump told a group of senators on Tuesday he is considering allowing exported ethanol to count toward the volumes mandated under the nation’s biofuels law, a move intended to appease both Big Oil and Big Corn by cutting the refiners’ regulatory costs […]

By Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. ethanol makers snap up cheap sorghum after China tariffs

May. 2, 2018 at 4:17 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. ethanol makers have joined global livestock producers to snap up discounted American sorghum supplies after buyers in China backed out of deals due to stiff anti-dumping tariffs on the grain imposed by Beijing in a mounting trade dispute. Sorghum is used to feed animals and […]

By Michael Hirtzer Tom Polansek

POET unseats ADM as top global fuel ethanol maker

May. 1, 2018 at 2:54 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Privately held, U.S.-based POET has overtaken industry pioneer and global grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland to become the top ethanol producer in the world, the companies told Reuters. ADM had been the biggest ethanol maker since the U.S. began requiring refiners to mix billions of gallons […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

Apr. 11, 2018 at 8:53 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with […]