In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association welcomed the passage of the Omnibus Appropriations and Coronavirus Relief Package, which explicitly includes renewable fuel producers as entities eligible to receive COVID-19 emergency relief aid. The bill also extends key tax provisions that support innovation and expansion in the renewable fuels industry, including the Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit, […]
In Washington, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee announced the food and agriculture provisions of the latest COVID relief deal moving through the House and Senate this week include payments to producers of advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, cellulosic biofuel, conventional biofuel, or renewable fuels with market losses due to COVID-19. The RFA has said […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S Department of Agriculture is offering another round of funding for its Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program starting December 21st and closing on January 19th with about $22 million available to fueling stations, terminal operations, depots and similar entities for higher ethanol blends than E10 and higher biodiesel blends than B5. […]
In Washington, the U.S. Grains Council, Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association and the National Corn Growers Association issued the following statement in response to the Brazilian government’s decision to let the current tariff rate quota (TRQ) expire, replacing it with a 20 percent tariff on all imports of U.S. ethanol: “Brazil’s decision to impose […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, the modification of the existing aid scheme to support electricity production from renewable sources and efficient co-generation in Estonia. The measure will help Estonia reach its renewable energy targets and will contribute to the new European objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the Environmental Protection Agency aims to release its draft proposal for 2021 RVO by December 31 with the final rule approved by June 2021. Brownfield Ag News reports that an EPA official said those dates published on the agency’s agenda website were not carved in stone and it would be difficult […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that negotiations between Brazil and the US on continued duty-free quota access of US ethanol broke down over the weekend with the 20% duty reverting back as of December 14 when the policy extension was set to expire. Brazil wanted additional access to the US sugar market which the US sugar […]
In Iowa, Iowa Biodiesel Board Executive Director Grant Kimberley applauded President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to choose former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a strong advocate of biofuels, to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. Iowa Biodiesel Board Executive Director Grant Kimberley issued the following statement: “We applaud President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to choose Tom Vilsack as U.S. […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the Trump Administration through the Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court in a brief filed Tuesday it should not hear a case brought by oil refiners seeking to have the 10th Circuit Court ruling regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s way of approving small refinery exemptions. With the biofuels […]
In Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports that Iowans from both side of the aisle are excited at the possibility that President-Elect Joe Biden will appoint the state’s former governor Tom to once again take up the post of Secretary of Agriculture after serving in the same post under President Barack Obama. Vilsack was a […]
