Jodi Delapaz

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Following the removal of restrictions on U.S. crude oil exports in December 2015, the U.S. exported crude to 26 different countries in 2016, compared with 10 the previous year, data from EIA show.

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - High precipitation and snowpack levels, which supply hydroelectric generators throughout the year, suggest that hydroelectric generation in California in 2017 will significantly exceed 2016 levels, according to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Maryland has increased the renewables generation target in its renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 25 percent of retail electricity sales by 2020, up from the earlier target of 20 percent by 2022.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 16, 2017 - In order to extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) waiver to ethanol blends above 10 percent, senators Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have introduced the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 2, 2017 - Pacific Ethanol CEO Neil Koehler was honored with the Renewable Fuels Association’s 2017 Industry Award.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, 2017 - The U.S. ethanol industry added $42.1 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product and supported nearly 340,000 jobs in 2016, according to a new study released by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 - Energy executives are being urged to take “immediate action” to protect their facilities and operations from cyberattack.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - The global wind turbine casting market is expected to reach some $3.27 billion by 2025, up from $1.61 billion in 2015, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - A group of engine experts and motorsports professionals recently testified about the benefits of ethanol during a panel discussion at Growth Energy’s Executive Leadership Conference in Miami.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - Some 47 states and the District of Columbia took some type of solar policy action during 2016, according to the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center’s (NCCETC) annual review and the fourth-quarter update edition of “The 50 States of Solar.”