Resources

Federal Agencies

US Department of Energy; Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle buying guide, fuel station locations, fuel comparisons, state and federal incentives and laws, document database, alternative fuels hotline

http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/index.html

US Department of Energy; Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Central site and hub for information on renewable energy and DOE research/investment

http://www.eere.energy.gov/

See also http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/ethanol_yield_calculator.html for a useful model for theoretical ethanol yields from various feedstocks.

United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

The most recent reports on the positive energy balance of ethanol production from the USDA Office of the Chief Economist

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer721/

Argonne National Laboratory; Transportation Technology R&D Center

The most recent reports on the positive energy balance of ethanol production from the Department of Energy

http://www.transportation.anl.gov/research/systems_analysis/fuel_ethanol.html

US Department of Energy; National Renewable Energy Resources

A summary of research being conducted by the National Laboratory of the Department of Energy; Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

http://www.nrel.gov/clean_energy/biofuels.html

National Trade & Member Associations

The Governors’ Ethanol Coalition

A coalition of states supporting ethanol research, production and use.

An useful source of information on ethanol legislation, available ethanol publications, state, federal and international agencies, energy and transportation organizations, and publications

http://www.ethanol-gec.org

Renewable Fuels Association

The US national trade association for the fuel ethanol industry, the site has useful maps and statistics on current and planned production of fuel ethanol as well as current and pending governmental policies.

http://www.ethanolrfa.org

American Coalition for Ethanol

A non-profit association promoting the production and use of ethanol.

Information for forming or participating in a grower owned cooperative, talking points on ethanol, quick links to publications, information on converting a pump to E85, the economics of blending with ethanol

http://www.ethanol.org

National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition

For information on alternative fuel vehicles, fueling stations and funds available for converting pumps

http://www.e85fuel.com

National Corn Growers Association

The US trade association for corn growers, the NCGA has current and historical information on corn production, utilization and distribution

http://www.ncga.com

Distillers’ Grain Technology Council

A non-profit organization focused on utilization of distillers co-products in animal feeds. Supports research and hosts an annual conference on distillers utilization.

 http://www.distillersgrains.org

State Associations & Organizations

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship; Office of Renewable Fuels and Co-Products

Distillers grain research, researchers, publications and presentations

 http://www.distillersgrains.com

University of Minnesota DDGS website;

General information, a summary of historical and ongoing research on DDGS.

http://www.ddgs.umn.edu/