In Washington, ethanol producers scored another big win this week with unofficial confirmation that the Environmental Protection Agency won’t change the point of obligation for compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard as petitioned by oil refiners and the president’s advisor Carl Icahn. Politico first reported the news that should be confirmed next week that was […]
In India, the transportation minister has called for a study into China’s methanol vehicle standards in an effort to look at potential in the country for a major shift for both road and water transport. Methanol production could possible be produced domestically from high ash coal with a 5,000 ton per day facility potentially online […]
In Belgium, EU member states are to decide on the European Commission’s proposal to radically lower the antidumping duties on Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel imports. The European biodiesel industry warns of the dramatic impact that this decision may have on 120,000 jobs and on the efficiency of the overall future of EU trade defense. It […]
In Malaysia, the country is sending a delegation of six MPs to Europe in late September in an effort to try and stir up support for palm oil following trends in both the European Union and Norway to move away from using the oil due to sustainability challenges. The mission had been delayed from July […]
In Washington, DC, a federal court, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, rejected EPA’s decision to waive some ethanol blending requirements. In 2015, the EPA waived some RFS blending requirements and required oil refiners to blend 18.11 billion gallons of biofuels into their gasoline and diesel supply, which was below the goal […]
In India, the ASSOCHAM industry association has asked the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to push for use of ethanol in all public transport buses in the state in an effort to reduce pollution, especially in cities. By upgrading the quality of public transport, it would reduce people’s desire to use private transport and therefore […]
In India, oil marketing companies are demanding that sugar mills seeking to supply ethanol submit audited documentation regarding the input tax credit they receive with an expectation that it will be deducted from the price paid for the ethanol. In addition, the interstate duties lobbed on ethanol by states such as Gujarat, Delhi, and Haryana […]
In Belgium, the European Commission could announce a reduction in anti-dumping duties on Argentine and Indonesia biodiesel on Thursday, a move which should make biodiesel more competitive than ethanol thanks to an increase in imports in the near future. The European Biodiesel Board is begging the European Commission to wait until at least September to […]
In Nebraska, the governor has competition for the Republican primary election next year in a young woman who is putting the focus on strengthening agriculture with a platform that heavily supports hemp production for biofuels, aiming to making the state the national leader in hemp-based biofuel manufacturing. She wants to bring young people into farming […]
In Washington, DC, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee won’t be voting this week on the Consumer & Fuel Retailer Choice Act after all, leading many in the ethanol industry, like Growth Energy and Biotechnology Innovation Organization, to be disappointed. The Act would allow higher 15% ethanol concentrations in gasoline year-round, instead of […]
