Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - September 20, 2013

A weekly look at sustainable bioenergy, farm, and forest policy issues

 

September 20, 2013

 

Ethanol Blend Wall? What Blend Wall?

The oil industry has formally petitioned the EPA to reduce the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for 2014, arguing that the ethanol market is saturated. But now that corn and ethanol prices have dropped sharply on expectations of a bumper corn crop whereas petroleum prices have remained high, perhaps there is still room for the ethanol market to grow – without reducing the 2014 volume requirements. Lower-priced E85 and E15 blends can now offer consumers a much better deal at the pump than gasoline – if gas stations sell it at a competitive price.

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Writer: Ned Stowe

 

 

 

 

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