In Washington, The Hill reports the Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday regarding the long-disputed way the Environmental Protection Agency issued small refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard, even though the new EPA administrator has agreed to change the way his predecessor decided who got waivers and who didn’t. Supreme Court justices already appear […]
In Washington, in honor of Earth Day 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is USDA is investing $18.4 million in 20 states through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) to build infrastructure to help expand the availability of higher-blend renewable fuels by approximately 218 million gallons per year. This will give consumers […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy unveiled two funding opportunities totaling more than $162 million to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions among cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles and will focus on electrifying freight trucking, as well as plug-in hybrid systems using renewable biofuels, and hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. EERE’s Vehicle Technologies […]
In Washington, Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced bipartisan legislation today to expand renewable fuel infrastructure. The would direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a grant program to support the deployment of renewable fuel infrastructure. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley The Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Investment and Market Expansion Act of […]
In Belgium, ePure says the European Commission’s political agreement on a Delegated Regulation seeking to define sustainable investments in the EU sends unfortunately mixed signals about the importance of sustainable biofuels such as renewable EU ethanol to climate-change mitigation. The text and annexes agreed by the Commission Wednesday at least recognize that the manufacture of […]
In Washington, Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association and the American Coalition for Ethanol all submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling for a fix to outdated and confusing E15 labeling and to ensure retail stations’ existing tank systems can accommodate the storage of E15 and higher gasoline-ethanol blends. “Growth Energy supports modification […]
In Washington, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) wrote to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and four committee chairs to urge inclusion of investments and incentives for the biofuels sector in the House’s infrastructure proposal. “Biofuels can and should be a part of the clean energy economy – and that starts with including it in our […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office will host a webinar on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 1 p.m.–2 p.m. ET. The webinar will feature BETO leadership detailing the Office mission and methods it uses to enable the U.S. bioeconomy. The panel of speakers includes BETO’s: Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Acting Director Jay […]
In the UK, Ship and Bunker reports the International Marine Organization which has set strict requirements for decarbonization of marine fuel for 2030 says changes to the MARPOL Annex IV may need to be changed if the spread of biofuels use is going to continue due to their higher nitrogen emissions compared to fossil fuels. […]
In Colombia, while Brazil has reduced its biodiesel blend to 10% from 12%, RCN Radio announced Colombia’s government has increased its blend to 12% from 10%. Many parts of the country will see the higher blend as of April while Amazonas, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Chocó , Nariño and Putumayo will […]
