In Washington, the US International Trade Commission voted 4-0 in favor of the National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade Coalition’s position that the industry has suffered because of unfairly subsidized imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia. This affirmative vote on injury, coupled with last month’s final countervailing duties determination by the Commerce Department, paves the way for […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports that it’s possible that a range of tax credit extenders for renewable energy including biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol could be included in “must pass” legislation that will be voted on before year’s end, but the committees responsible for writing the bills didn’t confirm the speculation. Renewable energy and oil companies are […]
In Washington, in a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) asked the agency to waive Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for his state to no more than 9.7% for the conventional biofuel requirement, suggesting the RFS threatens to severely harm the state’s economy. In response, […]
In Germany, UFOP published the “Biodiesel 2016/2017 – Report on Progress and Future Prospects” which provides information on the most important aspects of the national and European biofuel policy and the biodiesel markets including an overview about the legislation in the EU and Germany. Expected measures for reforming the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) in […]
In Canada, the government of Ontario announced new initiatives to strengthen the biofuels sector in the province, improve the environmental performance of fuels, and encourage the production of emerging advanced biofuels. Proposed changes to biofuels regulations include increasing the current 5% ethanol mandate to 10% starting in 2020, requiring ethanol sold for compliance to be […]
In Brazil, as promised, the RenovaBio bill is soaring through Congress having already been passed by the lower house on Tuesday. The Senate must still pass the bill before sending it on to the President for his signature but the Senate leader promised earlier to do what he could to push it through quickly just […]
In Germany, Verbio says that the European Commission’s preference to phase out conventional biofuels to 3.8% by 2030 won’t lead to a shift towards advanced biofuels as the policy intends because most of the successful advanced biofuels projects come from co-located projects with conventional biofuels. Most standalone advanced biofuels projects have failed. A survey by […]
In India, the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas says despite ensuring ethanol consumption become mandatory, issues concerning supply need to be addressed, such as the increasing profitability of molasses production. Policy differences between state and national level that have impeded production and trade also need to be resolved, he said. […]
In South Dakota, POET CEO Jeff Broin responded to the EPA’s decision to maintain the current point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard. “By maintaining the point of obligation for the RFS, the EPA is allowing the system to continue to work as designed,” Broin said in their press release. “Under the RFS, infrastructure […]
In India, during the release of the new draft biofuels policy this week would, the oil minister said that oil marketing companies must be required to offtake 2G ethanol ensure the viability of production, secure sufficient supplies and reduce pollution. OMCs have agreed to sign 15-year offtake agreements with second-generation ethanol producers to provide the […]
