Metrohm USA Joins MN Bio-Fuels; Bio-Fuels Buzz August

METROHM USA JOINS MN BIO-FUELS

Metrohm USA Inc has joined the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) as a vendor member. “We are pleased to welcome Metrohm USA as our newest member. Metrohm USA provides chemical analysis solutions for the ethanol industry,” said Brian Kletscher, president of MN Bio-Fuels. Metrohm USA is part of Metrohm AG which is based in Herisau, Switzerland. The company manufactures high-precision instruments for chemical analysis to improve biofuels and corresponding blends. Specifically, Metrohm USA offers solutions with its titration and ion chromatography instruments. Read More

MN BIO-FUELS RELEASES 1H2022 REPORT

We released our 2022 Half-Year report to our members at an event in Bloomington on Aug 3.“In the first half of 2022, MN Bio-Fuels worked to strengthen and grow Minnesota’s ethanol industry through various initiatives in the fields of advocacy, communications and fuel supply chain,” said Brian Kletscher, president of MN Bio-Fuels. In the area of advocacy, Kletscher said MN Bio-Fuels played an important role in working with the Walz administration to secure an emergency waiver from the EPA to sell E15 in Minnesota this summer. Read More

MN BIO-FUELS & KS95 PROMOTE E15 IN ST PAUL

On Aug 19, we were with KS95 FM at the Holiday station on Old Hudson Road in St Paul to promote E15. Read More

BROOKLYN CENTER DRIVERS WIN WITH E15

On Aug 8, we were with KS95 FM at the Winner station on Humboldt Avenue North in Brooklyn Center to promote E15. Read More

NEWS & BLOGS IN AUGUST

Total US Biofuel Capacity At 21 Billion Gallons a Year According to the EIA, ethanol production capacity this year was 17.4 billion gallons. Read More

USDA Opens New Application Window For HBIIP $100 million in grant funding will be available for installation of fuel pumps and related equipment to increase access to higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel. Read More

Inflation Reduction Act Signed Into Law Under the new law, $500 million will be appropriated to expand biofuel infrastructure. Read More

MN E15 Sales Hit 47.16 Million Gallons In 1H22 Sales of E15 in June in Minnesota was 8.16 million gallons. Read More

EIA Maintains 2022, 2023 Ethanol Forecast The EIA expects ethanol production this year will be 1.02 million barrels a day and 1 million barrels a day in 2023. Read More

Distillers Grains Exports Top 1 Million Tons In June According to the USDA, the US exported 101.48 million gallons of ethanol and 1.01 million metric tons of distillers grains in June. Read More