Pending Minnesota Bill Targets Higher Biofuel Blends
March 13, 2013News article: http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/9625/pending-minnesota-bill-gears-up-for-e15-biobutanol
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A pending legislation in Minnesota (USA) is preparing the way for E15 (15 percent ethanol blended fuel) as it aims to displace 30 percent petroleum by 2025.
Biofuels make up about 11 percent of the transportation fuel mix in Minnesota. The new Senate bill 448 and its companion House bill 462, will allow the state to achieve its goal of 30 percent biofuels by 2025. The first step up is targeted for 14 percent biofuels by 2015, followed by 18 percent by 2017, 25 percent by 2020 and 30 percent by 2025.
The bill seeks to accommodate not only bioethanol but all biofuels that are approved by the US. Environmental Protection Agency. It also covers isobutanol or biobutanol. The bill was a product of a consensus developed by the Biofuels Advisory Taskforce made up of 25 stakeholders from the ethanol, biobutanol, environmental and other biofuel subject matter experts that met several times to figure out how to keep current ethanol industry strong while opening up the market to a whole host of biofuels.
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