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EPA rules that biodiesel from sorghum oil is an advanced biofuel
Photo courtesy Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board
The biofuels advocacy group Growth Energy says an EPA proposal will open new pathways for grain sorghum oil extracted at dry-mill ethanol plants.
The EPA has found that producing biofuels from distillers sorghum oil results in no significant upstream agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. That means that biodiesel produced from distillers sorghum would meet the life-cycle GHG emissions reduction threshold required for advanced biofuels and biomass-based diesel under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says it’s great news for ethanol producers who use grain sorghum as a feed-stock, as it opens up an additional market for one of their key co-products.
The EPA proposal must go through the rulemaking process before it can be finalized.
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