Ethanol

Renewable fuel standards can play greater role in reducing Canada’s GHG emissions

Ethanol blending in 2013 reduced gasoline-related GHG emissions by 2.1 megatonnes The government’s existing mandate has played a key role in reducing the carbon intensity in gasoline, while providing market access and economic stability for Canada’s ethanol industry, according a new Conference Board of Canada report. Maintaining Renewable Fuel Standards can be an integral part of Canada’s […]

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Biomass-based diesel growing due to final 2017 RFS targets – EIA

Ethanol consumption averaged about 14 billion gallons in 2015 On November 23, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rule for the 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program year, with higher targets than those initially proposed in May, according to the US Energy Information Administration. EPA increased both the advanced biofuels and total renewable

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Green Plains plans ethanol export terminal as expansion continues

Green Plains export-import terminal in Beaumont, Texas By Chris Prentice NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) – Green Plains Inc said on Tuesday it plans to build and operate its first export-import fuels terminal in Beaumont, Texas, the latest in a string of expansion moves by the country’s fourth-largest ethanol producer. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company has formed

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US rail shipments of liquid fuels decline in 2016, led by crude oil

After reaching more than 1 million b/d in 2014, crude-by-rail volumes declined slightly in 2015 US rail shipments of liquid fuels dropped by 19 per cent in the first three months of 2016, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Shipments of crude oil, ethanol, and biodiesel averaged 1.1 million b/d, much lower than the 2013–15 average. Since shipments of ethanol and

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Almost all U.S. gasoline is blended with 10% ethanol

EIA develops fuel ethanol balances that account for production, imports, exports, stock change, and blending in the United States According to the U.S Energy Information Adminstration, blends of petroleum-based gasoline with 10 per cent ethanol, commonly referred to as E10, account for more than 95 per cent of the fuel consumed in motor vehicles with gasoline engines. Ethanol-blended fuels

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