In India, the government has given in-principle approval for 95 more ethanol projects under the new window of Ethanol Interest Subvention Schemes. The decision is expected to add an annual ethanol production capacity of around 4.80 billion liters in the country. The Department of Food and Public Distribution said, out of these projects, 68 are […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva plans to revoke the decision to keep the biodiesel mandate at 10% through March 31, 2023 less than a day after the CNAE confirmed the lower mandate would stay in place. The blend is set to go to 15% on April 1, 2023. Blending should […]
In California, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved amendments to the In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation (Off-Road Regulation) aimed at further reducing emissions from the off-road sector. The amendments will require fleets to phase-out use of the oldest and highest polluting off-road diesel vehicles in California; prohibit the addition of high-emitting vehicles to a […]
In the UK, new analysis by Zemo Partnership shows how a greenhouse gas-based fuel duty structure could encourage uptake of low carbon renewable fuels in hard-to-electrify transport applications and accelerate the transition to net zero. The new study (‘Decarbonising Heavy Duty Vehicles and Machinery’) by Zemo Partnership, the public-private membership group driving transport decarbonisation, explores […]
In Argentina, Nuevo Diario de Salta reported that the Chamber of Deputies of Salta province approved a bill to promote the production and consumption of biofuels has in the province. The bill still needs to be approved by the local Senate. Lawmaker Patricia Hucena, president of the Treasury and Budget commission, stated that this initiative […]
In Washington D.C, the Clean Fuels Alliance America said its members had a meeting this week to elect new Governing Board leaders. The alliance said that its new leadership reflects the interests of both large and small companies, biodiesel and renewable diesel producers, as well as soybean growers and renderers. “Clean Fuels is the leading […]
In India, the Hindustan Times newspaper reports that Haryana’s state government will support cooperative sugarcane mills so that all of them can set up ethanol production. Thanks to increasing ethanol demand in line with the country’s upcoming 20% ethanol blending mandate and the introduction of flex-fuel vehicles in the country, the state government believes having […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that even though biodiesel blending has been held at 10% since prices surged in late 2021, data from the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) published on its website volumes associated with 14% blending for January and February 2023, in line with the policy set prior to the cut […]
In Canada, the government announced that approximately 60 projects have been selected to receive funding under the Government of Canada’s C$1.5-billion Clean Fuels Fund (CFF). These projects represent a first tranche of the highest-ranking applications from last year’s call for proposals and have a total combined value of more than C$3.8 billion. They include production facilities, […]
In Washington, a new report from the White House’s General Accounting Office says U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have assurance that its decisions about small refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) are based on valid information. In addition, EPA and the Department of Energy (DOE) do not have policies and procedures […]
