In Germany, Argus Media reports that the planned introduction of multipliers for electricity and hydrogen in a draft law for the use of renewables in transport published by the German environment ministry (BMU) will remove first generation biofuels from the market by 2025. The German government outlined its plans to toughen the country’s biofuels legislation […]
In Brazil, S&P Global Platts reports that Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council said that imported raw materials can be used in the production of biodiesel. Previously, all biofuel sold at National Petroleum Agency auctions had to be manufactured from oils and fats of Brazilian origin. On Nov. 12, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) published the […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that Indonesia is unlikely to proceed with plans to raise the bio-content of its palm oil-based biodiesel to 40% next year as it struggles to fund the program, an energy ministry official told parliament on Monday. Instead, the Southeast Asian country will retain its biodiesel B30 programme which makes it compulsory […]
In China, Argus Media reports that a new free-trade agreement between 15 Asia-Pacific countries will phase out tariffs on a host of biofuels and feedstocks, although existing trade flows may limit the immediate market impact. “The Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership (RCEP) was signed by China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the 10 members […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Grains Council submitted comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative highlighting significant trade barriers facing exports of U.S. coarse grains, ethanol and co-products. The Council has contributed comments on this topic to USTR for more than a decade, detailing constraints the organization works to address in its export […]
In Illinois, Law.com reports that United Wisconsin Grain Producers, Ace Ethanol and a host of other corn producers in the region have filed an antitrust suit against Archer Daniel Midland in Illinois Central District Court alleging the company manipulated ethanol prices. Over the summer, Green Plains filed a similar suit against ADM in Nebraska but […]
In New York state, Spectrum Local News reports that a broad coalition of dozens of groups including auto manufacturers, biofuel and renewable fuel producers among others have sent a letter to top state legislators asking for them to again take up the issue of a clean fuel standard. The group sought to start the discussion […]
In Belgium, demand for deforestation-driving soy diesel could quadruple in Europe because of the EU’s biofuels policy, a new independent study finds. Soy cultivation is a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon and other critical ecosystems in Latin America, and biofuel made from soy is twice as harmful to the climate as fossil diesel. […]
In Portugal, the Portuguese government, in the context of discussion of the State Budget for 2021, decided that during 2021 steps should be taken to restrict the commercialization of fuels and the production of biofuels containing palm oil from January 1, 2022. The shift is in line with the European decision to ban the use […]
In Canada, the National Law Review reports that the government of Manitoba is working to amend three regulations under the Biofuels Act which will update clean fuel standards by increasing the ethanol and renewable fuel content in gasoline, including increase ethanol content from 8.5% to 10%, increase renewable fuel content of diesel from 2% to […]
