In Australia, Argus Media reports that Australia’s federal government will implement new fuel standards for gasoline from 1 January 2022, which may significantly raise the ethanol blend rate in the country and boost demand for imports. Under the new fuel quality standard, Australia aims to reduce maximum aromatics content in the gasoline pool to 35pc […]
In India, the Times of India reports that the government has issued an advisory, rather than a mandate, for domestic car manufacturers to begin building flex-fuel cars within six months. The policy was toned down after strong pushback from industry. The transportation minister said that a mandate wasn’t necessary because Toyota, Suzuki and Hyundai have […]
In Kentucky, WTVQ reports the agriculture commissioner announced companies may now apply to participate in the Renewable Chemical Production Program which provides tax credits for more than 30 specified biomass-based chemicals. Legislation for the program was passed by the state legislature in 2020 and aims to provide up to $10 million in tax credits annually […]
In New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday issued a statement on the federal government’s announcement of a new emissions reductions rule for 2023 and later model year vehicles: “I applaud the leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. EPA Administrator Regan in crafting strong federal rules to reduce air pollution from cars and […]
In Peru, Politica reports that on Monday agents from the Prosecutor’s Office and the Anticorruption Police arrived at the Petroperú headquarters, located in San Isidro, in order to initiate preliminary investigations against the company’s manager, Hugo Chávez. This, as a result of irregular tenders that Samir Abudayeh Giha, biodiesel marketer and supplier to Petroperú, would […]
In Brazil, Successful Farming reports that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law a measure to reduce the country’s mandatory biodiesel content in diesel to 10% for all of 2022, in a setback for powerful local biofuels and oilseeds processor lobbies. Brazil was supposed to adopt a 14% biofuel mix in diesel from March 2022, […]
In India, Bloomberg reports the government has cut the goods and services tax on ethanol to 5% from 18% in an effort to boost demand and reduce fossil fuel imports. A report in June from NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas already signaled that tax cuts to boost demand could be […]
In the UK, in its initial findings, the UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has proposed that existing measures on imports of FAME biodiesel are kept, but that measures on imports of HVO biodiesel are removed. The TRA’s provisional findings, contained in the Statements of Essential Facts, would mean that the UK’s FAME production industry continued […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the EPA from reducing the minimum applicable volume of biofuels into transportation fuel once the RVO levels are finalized for any given year. This would prevent the EPA from retroactively reducing 2020 or future finalized RVO levels. The Defend […]
In Zambia, Tio Zambia reports the government is preparing to implement ethanol blending in 2022 using domestic production to supply the newly created demand. Suryabio Fuels is among the domestic producers set to benefit from the new policy that is set to come about in June. Sugarcane and cassava are the feedstocks used for ethanol […]
