In Washington, the Houston Chronicle reports that the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator believes a potential solution to high RIN prices and associated volatility in the thinly traded market could be the removal of speculators, restricting those who are allowed to buy and sell credits. He said that allowing year-round E15 sales would also help to […]
In Italy, Venice will begin a seven-month trial in April using 15% blending of used cooking oil-based biodiesel in its waterbuses that travel the city’s famous canals. Eni will be supplying it’s Eni Diesel+ fuel in part produced from UCO collected in Venice by local utility Veritas, which is responsible for collecting and processing waste […]
In Australia, treated sewer water is being used to irrigate sorghum, soybeans, sun hemp and leucaena in Cloncurry, Western Queensland in a trial project that is looking to find the best match for producing high yielding biofuel feedstocks that could serve as the foundation for a future bio-based industry. The first stage of the irrigation […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that in a move protested by the ethanol industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has granted Philadelphia Energy Solutions a reprieve in its RIN compliance requirements, cutting them by about half to the 210 million RINs the company had already purchased compared to the 467 million required for 2016 and 2017. The […]
By Graham Noyes, Low Carbon Fuels Coalition, and Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest Widely considered to be Godzilla‘s arch-nemesis, King Ghidorah (キングギドラ) is a three-headed dragon kaiju that first faced Godzilla in the 1964 Godzilla film, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. While not as entertaining to watch as a Godzilla film with a three-headed flying monster, the current regulatory struggle over national auto […]
In Florida, The Digest reports that 72 percent of bioenergy executives are more optimistic about their organization’s prospects for growth and 68 percent about industry growth, than 12 months ago. The findings were among the highlights of the 2018 Bioenergy Business Outlook Survey conducted by the publication. Below are the highlights from the results.
In Florida, The Digest reports that 72 percent of bioenergy executives are more optimistic about their organization’s prospects for growth and 68 percent about industry growth, than 12 months ago. The findings were among the highlights of the 2018 Bioenergy Business Outlook Survey conducted by the publication. Respondents also named the EU, US, South East […]
In India, a record 1.39 billion liters of ethanol will be blended during 2017/18, more than double the 665 million liters blended the year prior, which will achieve a more than 4% blending ratio with gasoline for the year. Although a 5% blending mandate has been in place for several years, recently increased to 10%, […]
In Malaysia, Edge Markets reports the government is flexing its muscles by making it very clear to France that its future purchase of 18 fighter jets, valued at $2 billion each, will be off the table if the European Union’s proposed palm oil ban for biodiesel goes into effect. The fighter jet deal is still […]
In the Netherlands, Reuters reports that following the revision of anti-dumping duties on Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel imports into the European Union last year, biodiesel imports soared to 852,000 metric tons between August and January 2018. The sudden influx of supply has European producers worried that they’ll crush beneath the weight of imports and will […]
