The Grand Bargain? Trading an E15 RVP Waiver for a RINs Price Cap
Discussions about the future of the RFS reached a fever pitch this week. A high-level meeting at the White House was held, with President Trump presiding and Senators from Iowa and Texas also in...
View ArticleDeal-Making on the RFS: Follow the North Star
With a flurry of negotiations and political conflict, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) squeezed its way into the national news cycles of recent weeks. The key issue for negotiations is likely to...
View Article2018 First Quarter RIN Update
Today’s article provides the first quarterly update on RIN generation for 2018. Generation figures and projections are based on available data from EPA’s EMTS through April of 2018, with annual...
View Article2018 Mid-Year RIN Update
Today’s article provides the second quarterly update on RIN generation for 2018. Generation figures and projections are based on available data from EPA’s EMTS through June of 2018, with annual...
View Article2018 Third Quarter RIN Update
Today’s post provides the third quarterly update on RIN generation for 2018. Generation figures and projections are based on available data from EPA’s EMTS through September of 2018, with annual...
View ArticleWhat’s Behind Rising E85 Use?
A farmdoc daily article last week examined the available data on E85 usage to see if it was negatively impacted by the SRE-driven crash in D6 ethanol RIN prices. Surprisingly, each of the three series...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Price of E85 Relative to E10
A series of farmdoc daily articles (September 13, 2018; December 13, 2018; January 16, 2019; January 24, 2019) have examined ethanol use in light small refinery exemptions (SREs) granted under the RFS....
View ArticleWhy are Ethanol Prices So Low?
The U.S. ethanol industry was rocked by low prices in 2018, especially in the second half of the year when prices reached their lowest levels in over a decade. At times in recent months, the price of...
View Article2018 Year End RIN Update
Today’s article provides the annual summary update on Renewable Identification Number (RIN) generation in 2018 based on available data from EPA’s EMTS. Previous quarterly updates covered RIN generation...
View ArticleBiofuels Markets and Policy: 20th Anniversary of the farmdoc Project
When the farmdoc project started in 1999 biofuels markets and policy were barely on the radar screen. However, production and use of biofuels in the U.S. grew very rapidly starting around 2005 due to a...
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