24 August 2026
The Global Ethanol Association (GEA) and DNV are pleased to announce the launch of a three-year Ethanol Data Intelligence Partnership, marking an important expansion of their collaboration in ethanol research and data intelligence.
Under the partnership, GEA will develop and provide comprehensive ethanol fuel data intelligence for integration into DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. The initiative will progressively build a structured global database of ethanol production facilities, covering key information including locations, production capacities, feedstocks and raw materials, fuel and output categories, based on documented and traceable sources.
The collaboration represents an important step in the development of GEA’s research and data intelligence capabilities and aims to improve visibility and transparency across the global ethanol industry.
Commenting on the partnership, Sylvain Zurcher, President of the Global Ethanol Association, said:
“With Morten Jacobsen, our Secretary General, and on behalf of our association, we are very pleased to develop this new capability, which further reinforces our role as an international coordination and execution platform for the ethanol industry.”
Zurcher added:
“Through this collaboration, we are establishing the research infrastructure needed to map ethanol production facilities globally from a fuel-grade perspective and transform fragmented information into structured and traceable market intelligence. By providing greater visibility into areas such as production capacity, feedstocks, fuel categories and other fields of research, our objective is to help reduce information asymmetries for market participants and support better-informed decisions across the ethanol value chain.”
Nathaniel Frithiof, Sales Lead Digital Products, DNV, said:
“As we have expanded and added new assets to the AFI platform we have always looked to build around the provision of high quality, verifiable data. And from our first meeting with GEA we have been very impressed by their commitment to providing the industry with solid insights on ethanol and the way they have already been able to build a solid network within the industry. This is looking to be a very productive partnership, and we are positive that this new data intelligence from GEA will enable our AFI customers to explore new shipping fuel pathways with confidence.”
This new capability complements GEA’s existing work across its marine and aviation sector initiatives, project groups, policy engagement and market-development activities, further supporting the Association’s work to advance the development and adoption of ethanol across sectors and industries.