Biofuels Buzz July 2019

E15 REWARDS FOR MAPLEWOOD DRIVERS

MN Biofuels & KS95 FM at Fleming's Minnoco

The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Biofuels) and KS95 FM teamed at Fleming’s Minnoco on July 25 to reward drivers who chose Unleaded Plus/88 (E15) on July 25. During the hour-long promotion from 12 pm to 1 pm, over 20 drivers who fueled up with E15 were rewarded with prizes that included tickets to the Minnesota Twins, St Paul Saints, $20 in cash, gift certificates to Applebee’s, gift certificates to Herbie’s on the Park, Valley Fair passes and KS95 merchandise. Read More

ENVIROSERVE JOINS MN BIOFUELS

Earlier this month, environmental and rail services provider, EnviroServe, joined MN Biofuels as a vendor member. EnviroServe provides the ethanol industry with 24-hour emergency response and complete plant shut down services. Read More

PINNACLE ENGINEERING CELEBRATES 28TH ANNIVERSARY

July marked Pinnacle Engineering’s 28th anniversary of being in business. Pinnacle Engineering provides a suite of environmental and engineering services to ethanol plants nationwide . Read More

MN BIOFUELS RELEASES 2019 FIRST HALF REPORT

We released our 2019 First Half Report on July 17, which gives an overview of Minnesota's ethanol industry in the first six months of 2019 and the various projects we undertook to increase ethanol consumption in the state. Read More

SUMMER DRIVING WITH E15

MN Biofuels & KS95 FM at Holiday Old Hudson Rd

MN Biofuels and KS95 FM teamed up on July 11 to reward drivers at the Holiday on Old Hudson Road in St. Paul who chose E15 during an hour-long promotion. Read More

NEWS & BLOGS IN JULY

Phibro Ethanol Performance Group Announces Innovative New Portfolio of Yeast Products for the Ethanol Industry Vendor Member Phibro Ethanol Performance Group unveiled new PhibroADY™ and FortiPhi™ yeast products for the biofuels industry. Read More

Energy Department Says EPA Issued RFS Exemptions Against DOE Advice The Energy Department confirmed in a letter to Sen. Grassley that the EPA has issued so-called “economic hardship” exemptions under the RFS to small refineries even when the DOE found that the refineries faced little or no actual hardship. Read More

New University and Government Reports Set the Record Straight on Ethanol’s GHG Benefits Research conducted by Argonne and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service found that properly accounting for the soil carbon sequestration benefits of corn production would result in 50-65 percent GHG reductions in corn ethanol compared to gasoline . Read More

Report Shows Optimism for Fuel Ethanol Use in Korea With growing public concern about air quality, the South Korean government recently studied the feasibility of introducing ethanol within its transport sector and may soon revise its regulations to allow the use of ethanol-blended fuel. Read More

Delta’s First Carbon Neutral Flight Powered by Air BP-Supplied Biofuel In effort to achieve their goal of a 50% carbon emission reduction by 2050, Delta has teamed up with biofuel supplier Air BP for the provision of biofuels used in delivery flights from the Airbus final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama. Read More

IRENA: Bioenergy Employed 3.18 Million People Globally in 2018 Worldwide biofuels employment totaled approximately 2.063 million people in 2018, up 6 percent from 2017. Read More

Toyota’s Brazilian Corolla Will Run on Pretty Much Whatever You Want Toyota Motor Corp recently unveiled its hybrid Corolla in Brazil which can run on electric, ethanol or even gasoline. Read More

U.S. EPA Proposes Hike in 2020 Biofuel Mandate But Waiver Volumes Draw Ire The EPA proposed increasing the volume of biofuels blended into gasoline to 20.04 billion gallons in 2020, up from 19.92 billion in 2019; but chose not to reallocate gallons lost due to small refinery waivers. Read More

Nearly 30 Million Gallons of E15 Sold As Of May E15 sold in Minnesota during May reached 6.36 million gallons, the highest monthly volume recorded so far this year, bringing the cumulative total in the first five months of 2019 to 29.62 million gallons . Read More

Grassley Statement on New Threats to RFS

Sen. Grassley continues his efforts to put pressure on the EPA to stop issuing “hardship waivers” to obligated refiners as well as make the waiver process more transparent. Read More