In Belgium, the European Commission has opened an investigation into potential ethanol price fixing among Abengoa, Alcogroup and Lantmännen following information gathered from raids during the past two and a half years. The Commission has concerns that these companies may have colluded to manipulate ethanol benchmarks published by the price reporting agency Platts, for example […]
In Iowa, lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate introduced updated legislation this week to reinstate the biodiesel tax credit through 2016 and reform it to more directly benefit the domestic biodiesel industry. The legislation would turn it from a blender’s credit to a producer’s credit starting next year. The Senate version was introduced by […]
In Canada, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance has called upon world leaders participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris to signal their support for biofuels as one of the tools to fight climate change. So far, 36 countries have already recognized the opportunity presented by biofuels in reducing GHG emissions and combating climate […]
In Australia, Queensland’s parliament has passed a bill mandating 3% ethanol blending and 0.5% biodiesel blending from Jan. 1, 2017. The start date is six months later than originally planned to give the oil industry time to adapt to the blending requirements. Ethanol blending will then rise to 4% in 2018, according to the bill. […]
In Iowa, America’s Renewable Future is running radio ads against Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, who is gaining popularity in the state, criticizing against the Texas Senator’s position on the RFS. The ads claim the candidate supports subsidies for oil but is against supporting ethanol, putting thousands of jobs in Iowa at risk. The campaign […]
In Australia, the national biofuels industry is calling for the state and federal governments to establish policy support and subsidies in order to promote the fledgling industry. Tasmania especially has no specific policy supporting bioenergy. The industry says that stable policies and other kinds of government support were necessary to get biofuels industries off the […]
In Iowa, Sen. Marco Rubio speaking about the Renewable Fuel Standard in Council Bluffs Iowa, said “Whether you like it or not, it isn’t fair to yank away something in the middle of it, after people have invested in it based on an existing government program. So, what I have argued is since it is […]
In India, the transport minister who has long favored a transition to biofuels is now taking a sectoral approach, encouraging individual sectors to switch to biofuels such as the construction equipment industry. He is calling for a major push to boost national highways to 150,000 km from the current 90,000 km and wants to see […]
In Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says don’t mess with the RFS, at least until 2022. He says that he wouldn’t have supported the legislation had he been a sitting Senator back when the law was approved in 2007, but now that it was in place he didn’t feel it was fair to pull […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Fall 2015 Statement of Regulatory Priorities estimates that compliance with the RFS to be announced by month’s end will cost between $118 million and $595 million in 2016, based on the previously announced 17.4 billion gallons. Reduced gasoline demand means that blending at estimated levels will break the blend […]
