In Washington, Reuters reports that although the Biden Administration has so far worked to roll back Trump era Small Refinery Exemptions to the delight of the ethanol industry, sources say the President is under pressure from Senators, especially those from Delaware, and labor unions to provide relief to refineries suffering from high RIN prices. RIN […]
In Norway, the government published a road map for hydrogen with a short-term ambition to establish hubs for hydrogen in the area of maritime transport and to boost hydrogen research and longer-term goal for Norway to be a low-emission society by 2050. The vision presented in the roadmap is that by 2050 a market for […]
In Washington, DTN reports that the House Biofuels Caucus is pushing for inclusion of biofuels industries in the latest pandemic bailout with 22 members writing to the Secretary of Agriculture seeking relief from the Pandemic Assistance for Producers program using funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 which has a total of $6 billion […]
In Nevada, over the weekend, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed AB 411 into law, legislation that would require the Nevada Board of Agriculture to approve a fifteen percent ethanol blended fuel (E15) as part of any fuel regulation adopted by July 1, 2022. Once the regulation is finalized, Nevada would be the 47th state to approve E15 for […]
In Nebraska, Brownfield Ag News reports Governor Pete Ricketts has signed into law a bill that will help ethanol producers lower the carbon intensity of their fuels even further by sequestering carbon in the ground. With a legal and regulatory framework to sequester carbon in a geological structure to be put in place thanks to […]
In India, on the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, 2021, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the report of the Expert Committee on Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India by 2025. According to the report, 20% ethanol blending is within reach. The report further lays out an annual plan for the gradual rollout of […]
In Europe and the U.S., the governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation which aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green […]
In Belgium, recent study on the upcoming FuelEU Maritime proposal finds that a promotion of biofuels may raise serious enforcement concerns, as a mandatory fuel standard is aimed to apply to fuels purchased also outside the EU. This could jeopardize the achievement of emissions reductions. The introduction of a complex compliance system implying the establishment of […]
In India, Reuters reports the government announced on Wednesday to move forward its E20 blending mandate yet again, this time to 2023 instead of 2025, which was already moved up from the original 2030 target. The Hindu Business Line reported on Tuesday a government decision to allow for standalone ethanol refineries, including rectified spirit, to […]
In Washington, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) introduced the Sustainable Skies Act, new legislation to fight carbon emissions and promote the transition to sustainable aviation fuel. The bill, co-led by Reps. Dan Kildee (MI-05) and Julia Brownley (CA-26), is supported at introduction by climate groups like the Environmental Defense Fund and the World Wildlife Fund, and […]
