In India, Bloomberg reports that following the country’s first aviation biofuel-powered flight on Monday, the transportation minister announced a policy promoting the use of biofuels in commercial airplanes is under development. Rising fuel costs are hitting domestic airlines hard and some believe that aviation biofuel could be 30% cheaper than imported aviation fuels, but much […]
In Australia, Federal Minister for Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, is visiting a timber mill near Port Macquarie to assess whether the sawmill waste could potentially be converted into biofuel for vehicles and tar for roads. A $1.2 million feasibility study will test the technical and financial viability of the proposal and, if successful, result […]
In India, in an effort to shore up its market for the new biofuel policy recently introduced, the government has banned the import of fuels blended with biofuels such as the 70/30 diesel/biodiesel blend that was coming into the country regularly as well as all other biofuels unless it will be used for purposes other […]
In China, Xinhua news agency reports that the State Council led by Premier Li has decided to expand the ethanol program to include 15 regions rather than the original 11 regions announced earlier as part of wider energy security policy announcements. The country is trying to ramp up ethanol production to consume excess stores of […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post says the local biodiesel industry is calling for clear regulations of how the new B20 blending mandate recently announced by the president will be implemented from September 1, specifically production allocations because the country produces about 12 billion liters of biodiesel but only 2 billion liters of B20 are required […]
In Canada, the Minister of Natural Resources issued a nationwide challenge to Canadians to develop the cleanest, most affordable and sustainable aviation fuel for the aviation sector to further reduce its carbon footprint and fight climate change. The Sky’s the Limit Challenge stimulates the development of sustainable aviation fuel supply chains so that the Canadian […]
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is planning on relocating the Economic Research Service and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C. by the end of 2019 as part of a reorganization of his department. Scientists are concerned over the plan to overhaul the two federal offices […]
In Iowa, Congressman Steve King says that rather than a $12 billion bailout to farmers as a result of negative impacts from the trade war with China and other major importing countries, the White House should instead approve higher blends of ethanol year-round, not just E15 but also E30 while further promoting E85. Farmers want […]
In Washington, Senator Chuck Grassley says that following discussions with the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency he no longer believes that that controversial proposal to generate RINs from ethanol exports is still an option for reform of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The acting administrator has been coy about what reforms were likely to […]
In Canada, the City of Vancouver has taken a significant step towards achieving its goal of using 100 percent renewable energy sources by entering into a new fuel contract with Suncor. With this new contract, all of the City’s diesel vehicles will transition to 100 percent renewable diesel, reducing emissions to 50 percent below 2007 […]
