In Indonesia, one of the two top presidential candidates, Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa, strongly supports more vigorous biofuel development. He wants to focus on developing biofuel feedstock in areas that have been heavily deforested. Both candidates want to significantly reduce fossil fuel subsidies which are currently drowning the nation’s budget with $6.4 billion expected this year. […]
In Washington, the Department of Energy has announced up to $2 million to develop the domestic supply chain for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and study the competitiveness of US hydrogen and fuel cell system and component manufacturing. As a part of the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, the funding opportunity will focus on commercial scale-up. […]
In the UK, the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) launched in April that seeks to encourage households to switch over to biofuels from gas for their heating needs. The policy is aimed at helping the country achieve its 2020 renewable energy goals. Challenges in the supply chain exist, but it is expected there will be […]
In Paraguay, the minister of industry and commerce has announced the ministry will release national regulations for both biodiesel and ethanol production on July 1. The driver behind the new legislation is to boost the quality of the product produced domestically.
In Minnesota, the B10 mandate will create an extra demand of 20 million gallons per year. The policy, that was meant to be implemented in 2013 but will instead be implemented this year, calls for B10 from April to September while B5 will be sold the rest of the year. Currently demand is roughly 40 […]
In Argentina, the country’s biofuels chamber says that though reducing taxes on the fuel is helpful in compensating for lower exports to Europe, the move won’t be enough to salvage the industry. Other policies need to be put in place, Carbio says, including reducing export taxes on biodiesel as well as making the biodiesel tax […]
In Washington, the House Armed Services Committee voted on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015 (NDAA) and passed it out of committee, pending consideration by the full House of Representatives and the Senate. There are two provisions in the legislation related to biofuels: The Defense Department would be exempt from energy efficiency measures and […]
In Washington, D.C., a survey conducted by the National Biodiesel Board shows negative impacts on industry production due to policy uncertainties. The survey found that a vast majority of U.S. biofuel producers have either idled or scaled back production in 2014 in response to the expiration of the biodiesel tax incentive and potential volume cuts […]
In Washington, D.C., corn-based biofuel producers are fighting against a proposed ethanol mandate cut and a June deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a final decision. The ethanol industry claims that the proposed cut was coordinated by “Big Oil”, but could instead be linked to Philadelphia-area refinery owners, The Carlyle Group and […]
In Utah, new legislation meant to encourage the use of biodiesel has received little praise from the state’s biodiesel industry. Some producers have expressed concerns over the bill’s lack of substance and clear plans to promote biodiesel. Though H.R. 5 and S.B. 242 strongly highlight the state’s desire to increase biodiesel production and utilization, more […]
