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 […]
In Washington, D.C., to facilitate year-round sales of E15 nationwide and remove arcane barriers to innovation and consumer choice in the retail fuel marketplace, six national farm and biofuel organizations asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enact regulations requiring lower-volatility conventional gasoline blendstock in the summertime. In a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, […]
In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports ethanol blending reached a record level of 8.1% at 3.03 billion liters during 2020/21 as the country heads towards 10% in the season that just began on November 1 and 20% by 2025. Sugar mills recently sent a letter to the Prime Minister complaining that some oil marketing […]
In Belgium, 28 European companies and organizations presented the Biomethane Declaration to Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, in a lively online event. The Declaration signatories recognize that biomethane is the most cost-effective, scalable and sustainable renewable gas available today. The declaration highlights the willingness of biomethane producers and users, with a combined annual turnover […]
In Washinton, the Biden Administration announced $700 million in COVID relief funding for biofuels producers that had been appropriated roughly one year ago and the USDA announced they would soon be taking steps to make another $100 million available for higher-blend biofuels infrastructure. “We do want to say a strong thank you for the COVID […]
In Washington, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Friday the US Department of Agriculture is investing $633 million to reduce the impacts of climate change on rural communities. With the enactment of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and as part of the broader Build Back Better agenda, the Biden-Harris Administration has made investing in rural communities, […]
