Blogging For Biofuels
Sales of Unleaded 88 (also known as E15) in the first quarter of this year in Minnesota reached 32.11 million gallons.
Today, the U.S. Treasury Department issued final guidance on eligibility for tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Section 40B related to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production. The guidance included a modified version of the Argonne National Laboratory’s Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (GREET) model for measuring the lifecycle emissions of SAF.
E15 sales in Minnesota in February totaled 9.97 million gallons, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The strong E15 sales momentum in 2023 continued in 2024 with 10.72 million gallons sold in January, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) executive director, Brian Werner, testified yesterday at the Minnesota Senate's Transportation Committee on amendments to the Clean Transportation Standard (CTS) act.
Minnesota's ethanol consumption ratio in 2022 was 12.71 percent - the highest in the country - according to the latest information by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association's (MN Bio-Fuels) executive director, Brian Werner, was a panelist at Growth Energy's Executive Leadership Conference in Florida yesterday.
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association's executive director, Brian Werner, was at an Infrastructure Roundtable with Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis yesterday.
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The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) are among eight midwest renewable fuel associations that sent a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today urging it to finalize regulatory action to make E15 available year-round in several midwest states.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association's (MN Bio-Fuels) executive director, Brian Werner, was among the participants at a panel at the 2024 Minnesota Ag Expo in Mankato on Jan 18.
The volume of E15 sold in August 2023 has been revised by the Minnesota Department of Commerce from 10.54 million gallons to 11.05 million gallons - a new record.
The University of Minnesota's Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering department offers two undergraduate majors: Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering and Sustainable Systems Management.
The US Department of the Treasury will include an updated lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions model from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory known as the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) as one of the methodologies that farmers and biofuel producers may use to determine eligibility for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) tax credit under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Minnesota's Rep. Brad Finstad, along with Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, led a bipartisan, bicameral follow-up letter urging the White House to act on implementing the availability of E15 year-round.
E15 sales in Minnesota in October totaled 9.94 million gallons, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce reports 9.76 million gallons of E15 was sold in Minnesota in September.