The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MBA) and KS95 FM teamed up Apr 25 to reward drivers who chose E15 during a two-hour long promotion at the Tesoro station on Riverside Avenue in Minneapolis.

Administrator Scott Pruitt is working against you and undermining your support for ethanol. Look no further than the  secret  EPA waivers which have been granted to oil refineries. We are still trying to determine how many waivers have been granted or are in process of being granted and to which refineries they were granted but these waivers are chopping away at the very foundation of the RFS. 


On April 11, 20 students from Central High School in Norwood Young America toured Winthrop’s Heartland Corn Products   Read More
On April 6, we teamed up with KS95 FM to reward drivers who stopped at the Holiday on University Avenue in Fridley and fuel up with E15.   Read More
Rep. Collin Peterson visited the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company (CVEC) plant in Benson on March 28 to reiterate his support for Minnesota’s ethanol industry. Read More
NEWS & BLOGS IN APRIL

The Ethanol Industry's Economic Footprint In Minnesota's Eight Congressional District The district is home to Central MN Renewables and 21 vendor companies that support the ethanol industry Read More

Cellerate Technology Can Benefit Ethanol Producers Syngenta's advances in corn kernel fiber to ethanol processes have shown significant promise in adding value through the diversification of product streams . Read More

Carbon Capture Could Be A Financial Opportunity For Biofuels Researchers at Stanford and other institutions have found new hope for cost-effective carbon capture and sequestration. Read More

Peterson Co-Signs RFS Waiver Letter To Trump The ranking members of the House Ag and House Energy committees are asking President Trump to ensure no more RFS waivers are granted. Read More

Senators Demand EPA Cease Refinery Waivers A bipartisan group of 13 senators, including Minnesota's Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Tina Smith, have asked EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, to stop issuing RFS requirement waivers to oil refineries. Read More

CVEC To Install Whitefox Ice Bolt-On Membrane Dehydration System The Whitefox ICE membrane system is expected to increase CVEC's ethanol production capacity by 7.5 million gallons per year, an increase of 15 percent. Read More

The Ethanol Industry's Economic Footprint In MN's 7th Congressional District The Seventh Congressional District is Minnesota's largest agricultural district with 22,618 square miles of farm land. Read More

9 Million Gallons Of E15 Sold In MN In First Two Months of 2018 At 9.07 million gallons, the volume of E15 sold in the first two months of this year is nearly half the total sold for the whole of 2017. Read More

Ridgewater College Tours CVEC Thirty-five students from Ridgewater College toured the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company (CVEC) plant in Benson on March 28. Read More