January RIN production down as non-corn ethanol production slips

In Washington, Platts reports that Environmental Protection Agency data showed a slight increase in ethanol RIN production in January to 1.283 billion, 5.57 million more than in December, but RIN production was down more than 9% overall to 1.52 billion RINs. D4 RINs generated through biomass-based diesel production fell by more than 36% to 132.13 million while advanced biofuel fell by nearly 35% to 4.48 million RINs. Cellulosic D3 RIN production crumbled to just 956,000 RINs.