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Back TO HOMEWhat's Up with RINs Prices?
by Scott Irwin (Farm Doc Daily/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) RINs prices have been making headlines in recent months, with
October 07, 2016 Read Full Article
U.S. Files Complaint, Announces Settlement to Address Alleged Renewable Fuel Standard Violations by NGL Crude Logistics and Western Dubuque Biodiesel
(Environmental Protection Agency) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced the filing of
October 05, 2016 Read Full Article
“The Myth of High RIN Prices As Proof of the Blend Wall”: New Report
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization released the new white paper, “The Myth of High
October 04, 2016 Read Full Article
It’s Time to End the Myth That High RIN Prices Prove Existence of the Blend Wall
by Brent Erickson (Biotechnology Innovation Organization/Biofuels Digest) ... Data recently released by EPA refutes the widely held assumption that reaching
October 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Will Changing the Point of Obligation Improve the RFS?
by John Campbell (Biodiesel Magazine/Ocean Park Advisors) The U.S. EPA has set off a debate within the petroleum industry by suggesting
September 29, 2016 Read Full Article
Trump Biofuel Proposals Echo Those of Backer Icahn
by Chris Prentice (Reuters) Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to weigh into a debate over a controversial
September 17, 2016 Read Full Article
Refiner Cuts Costs, Offers Buyouts as Ethanol Credits Rise
by Barbara J Powell (Bloomberg) ... RINS aren’t the real problem for the Philadelphia refinery, Robert Campbell, head of oil
September 09, 2016 Read Full Article
Blog: Competing with Sub $50 Oil - a Strategy for Biofuels
by Irshad Ahmed (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels International) If bioenergy represents a sustainable energy future for the planet, then why must it
September 03, 2016 Read Full Article
Where’s Butanol, or Other Substitutes for Gasoline besides Ethanol?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Is there some fundamental reason that the automotive biofuels people haven’t shifted to butanol or
August 26, 2016 Read Full Article
Feature: Could a RINs Market Probe Fuel RFS Reforms?
by Brian Scheid and Herman Wang (Platts) Growing pressure for a federal probe of the opaque market underpinning the Renewable Fuel
August 25, 2016 Read Full Article
Another Billionaire Bailout?
by Brooke Coleman (Bloomberg/Advanced Biofuels Business Council) ... (Carl) Icahn’s ask is pretty simple. He wants the EPA to change the
August 25, 2016 Read Full Article
The RINferno, as It Burns up America’s Venture into Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... There’s a separate category of RINs for advanced biofuels. These are fuels that have at
August 19, 2016 Read Full Article
RINferno
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Let me see if we got this right. Donald Trump loves the Renewable Fuel Standard --- Carl
August 17, 2016 Read Full Article
Viewpoint: Run on the RINs Bank This Year
(Argus Media) The bank of carryover RINs used to comply with US renewable fuel mandates faces a draw of nearly
August 15, 2016 Read Full Article
EPA, CFTC Asked to Investigate Alleged Manipulation in Biofuels Market
by Alex Guillén (Politico Pro) The Renewable Fuels Association today asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and EPA to investigate
August 01, 2016 Read Full Article
Valero Says RFS Compliance Costs Are Soaring; Renewable Industry Snaps Back “Poor Capacity Planning”
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Texas, Reuters is reporting that “Valero Energy expects to get hit with a half-billion-dollar
August 01, 2016 Read Full Article
Prices of U.S. Biofuels Credits Jump on Supply Worries
by Chris Prentice and Jessica Resnick-Ault (Reuters) Prices of U.S. biofuels compliance credits jumped in early trade on Wednesday as
June 30, 2016 Read Full Article
Two Florida Men Plead Guilty to Multi-State Biodiesel Fraud Scheme
(U.S. Department of Justice) Thomas Davanzo, of Estero, Florida, and Robert Fedyna, of Naples, Florida, pleaded guilty today for their
June 27, 2016 Read Full Article
The Annual Battle for Renewables
by Bob Dinneen (The Hill) ... It’s worth recalling why a bipartisan coalition of policymakers, including President George W. Bush, worked
June 17, 2016 Read Full Article
Valero Presses EPA for RFS Change
(Argus Media) US Environmental Protection Agency administrators should shift the burden of US biofuel blending mandates closer to retail stations,
June 14, 2016 Read Full Article
Ethanol Blending Pressures Already Shrinking Refiner Margins
by Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) Federally mandated ethanol blending is adding extra pressure to the faltering profits of U.S. refiners. The worst crude
May 16, 2016 Read Full Article
Make Haste with Waste
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... (W)hen you compare them to homogenized, uniform, high-yield, purpose-grown energy crops. residues may be
April 08, 2016 Read Full Article
OPIS Publishes Renewable Fuels Supply Supplement
(OPIS) The Renewable Fuels Supply Supplement is the first publication in the OPIS Market Trends series and is now available!
March 03, 2016 Read Full Article
A Model of State and Federal Biofuel Policy: Feasibility Assessment of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
by Adam Christensen, Benjamin Hobbs (Science Direct/Applied Energy) Biofuel policy is under near constant review at both the federal and
March 03, 2016 Read Full Article
Think Crude's Cheap? Biodiesel's Going for Free in Some Places
by Laura Blewitt and Mario Parker (Bloomberg) ... Biodiesel’s become so cheap in the U.S. that some refiners are being paid to use
February 02, 2016 Read Full Article
Olden Days, Golden Days, and Golden Gripes
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... So, how fast did petroleum expand production, in comparison to low-carbon renewable fuels? ... One thing
January 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Betting on Biogas Growth in 2016
by Amanda Bilek (Biomass Magazine/Great Plains Institute) ... In the summer of 2014, the USDA released the Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. The
January 26, 2016 Read Full Article
Octane’s Liquid Diamonds: The Secret Value of Ethanol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Is ethanol really worth $3.81 for the octane but costs only $1.39 on the market? How
January 26, 2016 Read Full Article
Pushmi-Pullyu: How Do Carbon Prices and Fuel Mandates Work Together in Breaking through a Fossil Fuel Monopoly? Or, Do They?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Sometimes, the set-up of the transition from fossil fuels is as pretty and impractical as
January 12, 2016 Read Full Article
The 7 Flying Reindeer: Renewable Fuel Myths that Continue to Defy Gravity
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Food vs Fuel, biofuels causing corn planting to skyrocket, low oil prices killing off renewable
December 23, 2015 Read Full Article
EPA’s Contradictory Rule Is a Gut Punch to Advanced Biofuels
by Brent Erickson (Biofuels Digest/Biotechnology Industry Organization) After a painful and damaging two-year delay, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week
December 10, 2015 Read Full Article
RINs Behavior after EPA Rule Shows Ethanol-Biodiesel Relationship
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The release of the U.S. EPA’s final rulemaking for the renewable fuel standard
December 09, 2015 Read Full Article
RINs Gone Wild? (round 2)
by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (FarmDocDaily) The EPA released the final rulemaking for 2014-2016 RFS standards on Monday, November
December 07, 2015 Read Full Article
Sit on the RINs
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The US Environmental Protection Agency has discovered the following way of interpreting Energy Independence and
November 16, 2015 Read Full Article
8 Ways around the Big, Bad Oxygen Problem in the Advanced Bioeconomy Parts 1 and 2
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the terrestrial world, oxygen is colorless, odorless, and try to get through an hour
October 14, 2015 Read Full Article
Irwin, Good Analyze Ethanol, Biodiesel RINs Relationships
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol D6 RIN prices have stayed relatively stable over the summer while D4 biodiesel
September 28, 2015 Read Full Article
That Blend Wall Buster, Renewable Natural Gas: The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) If the outlook on cellulosic biofuels is relatively bullish in 2015 compared to 2014 —
August 19, 2015 Read Full Article
Industry’s Withering Critique of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Proposals for 2014, 2015, 2016: The Digested Version
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Heard dire comments like “POET expects to stop all future U.S. cellulosic investments if EPA’s
July 31, 2015 Read Full Article
EPA Begins Publishing Annual Data on RIN Sales, RIN Holdings
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In early July, the U.S. EPA released renewable identification number (RIN) sales data aggregated
July 17, 2015 Read Full Article
US EPA Unveils New Data for RIN Sales
(Platts) The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released, for the first time, data aggregated by the type of organization
July 10, 2015 Read Full Article
4 Minutes with… Jeff Hove, Vice President, RINAlliance
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The program serves almost 200 petroleum marketers that bring renewable fuels to the public across
July 03, 2015 Read Full Article
Ethanol for All, And Then Some
by Robert Rapier (Investing Daily) ... If less fuel is being produced than the mandated level, it drives up the price
July 02, 2015 Read Full Article
EPA Hearings on Renewable Fuel Standard: Testimony of Geoff Cooper, Senior Vice President at the Renewable Fuels Association
(Biofuels Digest) Good morning, my name is Geoff Cooper and I am representing the Renewable Fuels Association. By any measure,
June 26, 2015 Read Full Article
In Blow to Big Oil, EPA Says Oil Refiners Recover RINs Costs
by Chris Prentice (Reuters) Oil companies ultimately recover their costs of complying with the U.S. biofuels program, according to an
June 16, 2015 Read Full Article
U.S. Buyers Scoop up Brazilian Ethanol Amid RIN Revival
by Chris Prentice (Reuters) Oil traders are rushing to import ethanol from Brazil for the first time this year after
June 16, 2015 Read Full Article
Proposed RVO Raises Multiple Questions for Illinois Economists
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA’s May 29 proposed renewable volume obligations (RVO) is under scrutiny
June 15, 2015 Read Full Article
New Statistical Analysis: Retail Gas Prices Unaffected by Renewable Fuel Standard RIN Credits
(Renewable Fuels Association) Retail gasoline prices from 2013 through the first quarter of 2015 were unaffected by prices for “RIN
May 26, 2015 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels Association Urges EPA to Get ”Back on Track” with Renewable Fuel Standard
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) submitted comments today to the U.S. Environmental Protection
May 26, 2015 Read Full Article
TruMarx Intro's Biodiesel, RINs Transaction Capability on COMET
(TruMarx Data Partners Inc.) TruMarx Data Partners Inc., the creator of COMET, an on-demand platform for custom bilateral OTC transactions,
January 14, 2015 Read Full Article
The 5 Most Maddening Myths about Corn and Ethanol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Food vs Fuel, emissions, cost competitiveness, and RINsanity. Some of the most unfair bricks hurled
January 12, 2015 Read Full Article
Gasoline Price Plunge in U.S. Slowed by Higher Ethanol Costs
by Mario Parker (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) The biggest plunge in U.S. gasoline prices since 2008 is slowing as higher ethanol boosts the
January 08, 2015 Read Full Article
Biofuels and the Oil Price, Gloomy Gus, Energy Bear, Express Train to Mood Hell
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Oil prices are down, energy stocks are plunging, and the investor mood is giving Lord
January 07, 2015 Read Full Article
Q-RINs Emerge in the Renewable Fuels Market
(Genscape/Biodiesel Magazine) After the U.S. EPA's final Quality Assurance Plan rule established a new, unified QAP program over the
December 29, 2014 Read Full Article
Does the Oil Glut Spell DOOM, GLOOM or BOOM for Alternative Fuels?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) How does $60 oil impact payback for natgas or hybrid electric vehicles, and cellulosic biofuels?
December 16, 2014 Read Full Article
Liquid CO2, or Liquid Gold? Maybe Both, as Aemetis Adds CO2 Liquefaction at Its Keyes, CA Plant
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... To Aemetis, a route to improved margins that will also help the environment. Here’s
October 28, 2014 Read Full Article
Congressional Budget Office Says RFS Could Result in $6.00 per Gallon Credits for Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) How does the Congressional Budget Office look at biofuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard? How does
October 27, 2014 Read Full Article
Genscape Suggests 75 Million Xellulosic RINs Possible in 2014
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Cellulosic ethanol production could contribute up to 9 million cellulosic D3 renewable identification
October 02, 2014 Read Full Article
DuPont Industrial Biosciences Selects Murex LLC as Marketing Partner for Cellulosic Ethanol
(PR WEB) DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) today announced the selection of Murex LLC to market the cellulosic ethanol produced from
September 18, 2014 Read Full Article
Rolling Back the Write Down of the Renewable Mandate for 2014: The RINs Market Rings the Bell Again
by Scott Irwin (University of Illinois) The EPA is apparently going to finalize 2014 RFS rules in the near future.
August 12, 2014 Read Full Article
Mid-Year RIN Update
by Nick Paulson (Farm Doc Daily/University of Illinois) ... However, D4 generation has rebounded substantially since February, averaging more than 227
August 07, 2014 Read Full Article
Time Has Come Today
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) The synergies between co-located ethanol and biodiesel production have been discussed for a decade. The existing infrastructure
June 17, 2014 Read Full Article
Defusing the Cellulosic Bomb inside the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Jim Lane (Biofuel Digest) Thought the 2014 volume debate over the Renewable Fuel Standard was tough enough?What about the
May 27, 2014 Read Full Article
RIN Stocks Part II - 'Healthy' Levels
by Rob Johansson and Seth Meyer (FarmDocDaily/USDA) Building on the discussion of RIN pricing and stock holding (here) we explore what a 'healthy'
April 24, 2014 Read Full Article
RIN Stocks Part I - Valuation
by Rob Johansson and Seth Meyer (USDA/FarmDocDaily) ... It is clear that the bankable (and borrowable) nature of RINs allow obligated parties to optimize
April 17, 2014 Read Full Article
Will the EPA Reverse Itself on the Write Down of the Renewable Mandate for 2014? The Message from the RINs Market
by Scott Irwin (FarmDocDaily/University of Illinois) ... The purpose of today's post is to show that the recent behavior of prices
March 04, 2014 Read Full Article
Cellulosic Ethanol, Once the Way of the Future, Is Off to a Delayed, Boisterous Start
by Steven Mufson (The Washington Post) The “now hiring” sign is up online for Emmetsburg, Iowa, where the nation’s largest
November 13, 2013 Read Full Article
INSIGHT-Lord of the RINs? Vitol's Ethanol Credit Bonanza
by Cezary Podkul (Reuters) Swiss trading company Vitol SA is among the biggest beneficiaries of an opaque U.S.-government-mandated trading scheme
November 08, 2013 Read Full Article
RIN Market Is Working Well To Enforce Biofuel Mandates, According To CARD Economists
(Center For Agricultural And Rural Development/PR NewsWire/Yahoo!Finance) A new analysis by Iowa State University economists Bruce A. Babcock and Sebastien
November 07, 2013 Read Full Article
Biofuel Groups Seek to Intervene in Latest Legal Challenge to RFS
(Agri-Pulse) The Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the Biotechnology Industry Organization filed Friday a motion with the U.S. Court
November 05, 2013 Read Full Article
U.S. Farm State Lawmakers Urge CFTC to Examine Volatile RINs Market
by Cezary Podkul (Reuters) Thirteen U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the derivatives market regulator to examine fraud and manipulation in
October 23, 2013 Read Full Article
Economist Examines $2 Billion Drop in Total RIN Market
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) What’s behind the plunge in renewable identification number (RIN) prices? University of Illinois economist
October 15, 2013 Read Full Article
Biofuel Blending Rules Won't Raise Gas Prices | Commentary
by Brent Erickson (Roll Call/Biotechnology Industry Organization) ... What’s really behind this year’s rapid rise in the price of RINs? And
October 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Grassley Asks EPA if Ethanol Credit Market Is Being Controlled by Wall Street
by Christopher Doering (Des Moines Register) As controversy swells over the cost of special credits tied to ethanol, Iowa
September 26, 2013 Read Full Article
Chairwoman Stabenow Calls on CFTC to Review Possible Manipulation of Renewable Fuels Market
by Greg Akagi (KansasAgNetwork) Michigan Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and
September 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike
by Gretchen Morgenson and Robert Gebeloff (The New York Times) ...But a little known market in ethanol credits has also
September 16, 2013 Read Full Article
A Market in Desperate Need of Transparency
by Mike Lux (Huffington Post) ...If the 2009 financial crisis taught us anything, it's that market manipulation and speculation is
September 12, 2013 Read Full Article
Fixing Rufus: Congress, 2013 and the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Based on our industry sources, here’s an outline for a “change the RFS” outcome –
September 05, 2013 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels Are Wave of the Future
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Pottstown Mercury) I am writing in response to Senator Pat Toomey’s Op-Ed that ran in The
September 04, 2013 Read Full Article
Is Ethanol’s Number Up?
by Steve Everly (Kansas City Star) ... Ethanol has so far reduced the need for petroleum in gasoline by about 7
September 03, 2013 Read Full Article
Bad Ethanol Policy Is a Job Killer
by Patrick Meehan and Pat Eiding (The Wall Street Journal) The price of EPA compliance rose 3,625% since the end of
September 03, 2013 Read Full Article
US RINs Prices Continue Slump Despite Looming Blend Wall
(Platts) US RINs prices continued to slide Wednesday, reflecting a widespread morning market selloff and despite a later bounce after
August 29, 2013 Read Full Article
U.S. Refiners, Plagued by RINsanity, See 'Half Step' on Biofuels
By Sabina Zawadzki (Reuters) For U.S. refiners facing a multibillion-dollar bill linked to the soaring cost of renewable fuel credits,
August 08, 2013 Read Full Article
US Ethanol Credits Soar to Fresh High
by Gregory Meyer (Financial Times) ...The credits, known as renewable identification numbers, jumped to a record $1.25 per gallon early
July 16, 2013 Read Full Article
Refiners Backed Against E10 Blendwall
(American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers/PR NewsWire) The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) highlight the testimony of Valero Energy Corporation
July 16, 2013 Read Full Article
ANALYSIS-New EPA Rules Could Cripple Brazil-U.S. Ethanol Trading
by Cezary Podkul (Reuters/CNBC) Importing cheap Brazilian ethanol into the United States could become much less profitable next year if
July 15, 2013 Read Full Article
U.S. Ethanol RINs Reach Record Highs on Consumption Targets
by Mario Parker (Bloomberg) Renewable Identification Numbers for ethanol rose to record levels on concern the U.S. won’t adjust consumption
July 11, 2013 Read Full Article
COLUMN-Biodiesel Could Ease U.S. "Blend Wall": Wynn
by Gerard Wynn (Reuters) Biodiesel could in future ease so-called ethanol "blend wall" concerns facing the U.S. transportation fuel industry,
July 08, 2013 Read Full Article
RIN Amounts Indicate Positive Trend for Biodiesel
by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) figures for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) shows in 2.5 billion 2012 RINs
June 27, 2013 Read Full Article
Ethanol Outpaced by Gasoline on Concern Blend Wall to Cap Demand
by Mario Parker (Bloomberg) ...“The only thing that worries me is the gasoline demand category,” said Jason Ward, an analyst at
May 06, 2013 Read Full Article
CME, ICE Rivalry Enters Biofuel Arena
(Reuters/Chicago Tribune) The battle between CME Group Inc. and the IntercontinentalExchange moves to the market for biofuel credits next month. CME