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UNSUNG HERO: During this pandemic, ethanol has become a source for everything from “high-quality hand sanitizers and disinfectants to the carbon dioxide for dry ice needed to transport vaccines,” said Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy. “COVID showed that America’s ethanol industry is not only essential, but an unsung hero in the effort to eradicate the virus.”
Emily Skor of Growth Energy notes Biden’s pro-biofuel administration and a court ruling limiting small-refinery exemptions as gains at renewable fuels summit.
A lot can happen in a year — and a lot’s happened in the renewable fuels sector in 2020. At the 2021 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, which was held virtually, keynote Emily Skor, CEO at Growth Energy, a biofuels trade association representing producers and ethanol supporters, outlined some of the major developments in 2020 — and a few new developments on the horizon.