In Illinois, Brownfield Ag News reports state legislators have submitted a bill that seeks to boost the state’s current B11 mandate to B20 by 2024. The state’s tax exemption for B11 expires soon but the bill would extend it for another six months in addition to the transition to B20. The push for B20 is […]
In Malaysia, The Edge Markets reports the Malaysian Palm Oil Board the further roll out of the B20 mandate has been delayed due to the economic impact of COVID-19 and will reach Peninsular Malaysia by the end of the year. It says the situation in Malaysia is different than in Indonesia so the two countries’ […]
In Utah, the state legislation passed Utah HB 91, a bipartisan bill that reenacts and extends the availability of a state tax credit related to certain alternative fuel heavy-duty vehicles and makes technical and conforming changes to state law. Sponsored by Rep. Andrew Stoddard (D-44) and Sen. Lincoln Fillmore (R-10), the bill encourages the transition […]
In India, DNA reports the government has officially approved E100 following indications of the same last week. Oil marketing companies are now allowed to sell E100 but only to flex-fuel vehicles. The Times of India reported earlier this week that the government may soon ask domestic automobile manufacturers to start producing flue-fuel vehicles in order […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the Environmental Protection Agency has decided that it will allow refiners to prove compliance with 2020 blending volumes as late as Jan. 31, 2022 while it will allow small refiners to demonstrate compliance for 2019 by Nov. 30, 2021. The agency is currently finalizing the proposal to allow for the extensions. […]
In Argentina, Platts reports the country’s ruling party has, ahead of the 2006 national blending law’s expiry in May, submitted a bill to Congress that would cut ethanol blending to 10% from 12% and biodiesel to 5% from 10%. The president said earlier last month that he would seek to maintain blending mandates at current […]
In India, the Indian Express newspaper reports Bihar has become the first state to approve its own biofuel policy, which includes up to a 15% capex subsidy for investors installing new ethanol production capacity, including from grains. Other tax and fee rebates, discounts and waivers are included in the policy to further promote production, which […]
In Washington, D.C., as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to action on climate change and restoring science, EPA is taking the first step in a relaunch of its climate change website. For the first time in four years, EPA now has a webpage to guide the public to a range of information, including greenhouse […]
In China, ICIS reports that the closely watched E10 policy has been eased due to the lack of available feedstock at low prices. The country’s ethanol push is founded on using up excess old corn that is no longer fit for human consumption, but those supplies are shrinking. Only 15 of 31 Chinese provinces have […]
In Belgium, Euractiv reports that sources close to the European Commission see the ReFuel proposal under development aiming for 63% use of SAF by 2050, increasing every five years from the 2025 kick off of 2%. Failure to meet blending mandates may lead to penalties as part of the policy under development. With SAF production […]
