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…

OPIS Biofuels Update - Published June 4, 2021

  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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.