A February 2022 report released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS) by Tyler Lark and other authors brought to life several misrepresentations on the environmental outcomes of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). American Coalition for Ethanol and Dakota Ethanol Board Member, and Corn Farmer, Ron Alverson, corrected three, key misrepresentations in the study, and provides…
Minnesota LCFS Supporters Promise to Reintroduce Legislation Next Year
Posted on 06/07/2021

OPIS Biofuels Update - Published June 4, 2021
Spring. When a young man’s thoughts turn to gas and ethanol and Russia and Saudi Arabia and coronavirus…
Posted on 03/26/2020

By Ron Lamberty, American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Senior Vice President Probably the two questions I’ve been asked most by reporters in the past month have been whether the Covid-19 outbreak would hurt the ethanol industry and “when will this thing be over?” The simple answers are “Yes,” and “How would I know?” Of course, a steep drop in fuel use resulting from people staying home to avoid…
Don't lose heart or courage
Posted on 03/25/2020

By Brian Jennings, ACE CEO Remember being optimistic this year would be better than 2019? Before COVID-19 and an oil price war entered the fray? Hopefully we can salvage 2020, but as I pen this column on March 24, the new reality for millions of Americans is to work from home and do their part to “flatten” the coronavirus curve, slow its transmission, and avoid overwhelming hospitals. About one-third…
Remembering the life of industry veteran Randy Ives
Posted on 12/11/2019
Pictured: Randy Ives, wife Denise, daughter gabriella, and industry friends and colleagues at ace's 2019 annual conference. Randy Ives was honored with ACE's most prestigious award, the Merle Anderson Award, named after ACE's founder, for his distinguished contributions to the advancement of the U.S. ethanol industry during the 2019 August conference in Omaha. Duane Kristensen, ACE Board President,…
Changing Export Markets Provide Challenges, Opportunities
Posted on 10/11/2019

As demand for ethanol in the United States has been pummeled by EPA small refinery exemptions (SREs) over the past two years, ethanol marketers have focused increasing attention on export markets. Those increased exports have been the difference between profit and plant closure for the ethanol industry in 2017 and 2018, but the president’s ongoing and increasing trade battles have reduced the amount…
ACE Senior VP Ron Lamberty's take on first Mexico retailer mission in Iowa
Posted on 07/17/2019
PHOTO: Tour leaders American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Senior VP Ron Lamberty (L) and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) Managing Director Lucy Norton Since ACE created its Market Development program nearly 20 years ago, our approach has been to connect prospective ethanol retailers (whether they knew they were prospective or not) with other retailers and marketers who had already increased…
THE BILLION GALLON MAKET NEXT DOOR
Posted on 05/06/2019
By Ron Lamberty, Senior Vice President, American Coalition for Ethanol Three years ago, gasoline retailers in Mexico had no control over what brand or grades of fuel they sold in their stations. They also didn’t determine fuel prices, when they got fuel deliveries, or even whether they have fuel on hand. Eighty years ago, Mexico created the state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, better known…
Ethanol Education Is Essential To Winning Mexican Market
Posted on 03/07/2019

The Council conducted ethanol training in Monterrey last spring, including – from left to right – Manuel Vital, Secretary of Sustainable Development of the State of Nuevo Leon; Ron Lamberty, American Coalition for Ethanol senior vice president; Ryan LeGrand USGC Mexico director; Jorge Lerdo, USGC ethanol consultant; Isaias Romero, Mexican Association of Service Station Equipment Suppliers president; and Ricardo Contreras, Agencia de Seguridad Energia Y Ambiente, subdirector of regulation.
When the Going Gets Tough… the Tough Go to Mexico?
Posted on 12/26/2018

Ron Lamberty, ACE Senior Vice President, highlights efforts ACE and others have been making to grow the use of ethanol in the U.S. and in Mexico.