BioFuels Journal

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the rules Feb. 3 for the Renewable Fuels Standard 2 (RFS2) which impacts the ethanol industry.

BioFuels Journal spoke with the American Coalition for Ethanol's Executive Vice President Brian Jennings, Feb. 4, to elaborate on the impact on the ethanol industry.

Highlights From the Podcast

• Corn ethanol now qualifies under EPA thresholds as being at least 20% better in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions than gasoline. Therefore, starch-based ethanol meets the law as a renewable fuel.

• The international indirect land use change pentalty has been updated, although it remains a part of the calculations for GHG emissions for ethanol. Now corn ethanol, even with land use change penalty is 21% better than gasoline. Without it, corn-based ethanol is about 60% better than gasoline.

• International Land Use Change remains a theory not corroborated by actual land use changes.

Biography

Brian Jennings was raised on a central South Dakota grain farm and cattle ranch. He is a graduate of South Dakota State University (SDSU) with a degree in political science and a minor in agribusiness. In 2004, SDSU's College of Agriculture awarded him its Distinguished Alumnus Award.

After college, Jennings was education director and lobbyist for the South Dakota Farmers Union.

From 1997-2003, he was the agricultural policy issue advisor on the staff of U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD).

He joined the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) in Sioux Falls, SD, as executive vice president in 2004. ACE has more than 1,600 members and promotes the production and use of ethanol through public policies, education, promotion and market development.

Jennings and his wife, Sarah, have two children.

For more information, call 605-334-3381.

See Related Websites/Articles:

• American Coalition for Ethanol

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