In Washington, the Iowa Biodiesel Board and Iowa Soybean Association organized a fly-in-to-lobby day in Washington, D.C. to reinstate the $1-per-gallon biodiesel blenders tax credit. The measure, which expired nearly a year ago, was reinstated in a retroactive package of tax incentives which the House recently passed. The bill will soon head to the Senate, […]
In Washington, the House of Representatives has voted 378-46 to approve a $44.7 billion package to extend the $1 per gallon tax credit for biodiesel, the $1/gallon credit for biomass-based diesel, and the 10 cents per gallon agri-biodiesel producer credit for a total cost of $1.3 billion from 2015-2024. The bill likewise would extend through […]
In Washington, the US Supreme Court has decided to not hear a an appeal of a June 13 Iowa Supreme Court decision against Grain Processing Corporation regarding complaints made by residents near its ethanol plant near Muscatine, Iowa. The residents sued the company for nuisance, trespass and negligence claims while seeking damages related to “diminished […]
In India, the oil marketing companies have canceled their buy tenders for 1.2 billion liters of ethanol, saying the falling price of oil has no longer made the ethanol offered by sugar mills viable. When the 1.56 billion liter tender was opened, oil was at $114 a barrel but that has now fallen to $72 […]
In Vietnam, gas stations across Ho Chi Minh City will begin distributing E5 this week, blended with cassava-based ethanol, though some already began last week and had positive feedback from consumers. The government mandate expects Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh and Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Quang Ngai to also […]
In Kansas, Republicans may have gained enough seats in the Kansas House of Representatives to end the state’s renewable energy standard. A bill to gradually phase out the standard was defeated last year in the House only 63-60 Rep. Don Hineman, R-Dighton, a moderate who supports the standard, said the larger Republican caucus and the […]
In Brazil, Cosan is positive about the ethanol market in 2015 thanks to two policies it expects to come through shortly that will support producers: the potential reintroduction of a tax on gasoline known as Cide that would in turn make ethanol more competitive, and the boost in demand resulting from increasing the blend to […]
In the UK, the Environmental Agency has released guidance on quality for biodiesel. If producers can demonstrate they’ve met the standard set out in the quality protocol then their product will be regarded as fully recovered and no longer subject to waste controls.
In France, the national ethanol industry is working to push the new European Commission to re-think the post-2020 biofuel policy and go for 15% biofuel blending rather by 2030 rather than keeping mum on targets when the Renewable Energy Directive expires. Unsurprisingly, the association wants to see equal treatment for first generation and advanced biofuels […]
In Washington, the Algae Biomass Organization is reporting favorably on the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office’s report that the agency’s program to finance new energy technologies is expected to take in some $5 billion in interest payments-far exceeding many expectations and throwing cold water on claims that the program was a failure. The financial […]
