In France, TotalEnergies signed an agreement with the Government of Suriname to provide support for its national strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by preserving forests in the country. This public-private partnership illustrates the alignment between the ambition of TotalEnergies and the Government of Suriname to protect forest ecosystems and biodiversity while benefiting local communities. […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the Environmental Protection Agency wants oil refiners to have more time to comply with their renewable volume obligations for 2021 and 2022 as a way to help those refiners who have been shorting the RIN market in hopes for lower mandates. Reuters had previously reported that oil companies were seen shorting […]
In Washington, as the Biden administration continues to explore options for addressing high gas prices, the Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter to the White House late Monday explaining that strong Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes and expanded ethanol consumption would help keep pump prices in check. RFA’s letter follows media reports that Biden administration officials may […]
In the UK, Irish News reports the City of Belfast is set to launch a two-month trial testing the use of HVO in a dozen city vehicles while the Housing Executive is also thought to have recently launched a small-scale trial using HVO as heating fuel in homes. Roughly two-thirds of homes in Northern Ireland […]
In Washington, Reuters reports some major oil refiners are building up short positions in the RIN market in hopes the Biden Administration will bail them out rather than have to buy up the credits required to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard. If Biden doesn’t bail them out, then they are so far in the […]
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm announced the U.S. Department of Energy’s new goal to remove gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and durably store it for less than $100/ton of net CO2-equivalent. The “Carbon Negative Shot,” the third target within DOE’s Energy Earthshots Initiative, is the U.S. government’s first […]
In Iowa, Congresswoman Cindy Axne (IA-03) joined USDA’s Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small at the Elite Octane dry-mill ethanol plant in Atlantic to announce a $250,000 energy efficiency grant funded by the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The REAP grant will be used by Elite Octane to install a Dryer Exhaust Energy […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs agreed to increase the price of ethanol from sugarcane juice by almost 20 cents per liter to 85 cents starting in December when the new ethanol marketing season kicks off, which is different from the sugarcane marketing year that began in […]
In Brazil, Agencia Brazil reports that the government has expanded the RenovaBio program to include carbon intensity production goals for the next 10 years. For 2021, the mandatory CBIOs target is 24.86 million while for 2022, it is 35.98 million CBIOs. Rather than fixed targets going forward, minimum and maximum levels will be established. For […]
In Nebraska, the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper reports seed companies have submitted a 111-page proposal, submitted through the Nebraska Voluntary Cleanup Program, that outlines the emergency clean up plan for the AltEn facility in Mead that will last well into the new year. The report outlines the poor state of disarray they found the facility […]
