In Jamaica, the government is exploring an increase of its ethanol blend to 15% from the current 10% in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to slow down increasing gas prices. The country’s fuel industry is in favor of the move, saying that E15 is proven to not have negative impacts on vehicles. […]
In Washington, the Algae Biomass Organization said that supporters of algae are putting their imprint on policy with several big moves in the first few months of 2018. The February spending deal came together as one of the winners with the algae industry’s long-time interests in carbon capture and use. The agreement included a provision to […]
In Washington, D.C., the Environmental Protection Agency said that the U.S. generated similar numbers of renewable fuel blending credits in April compared with March. Some 1.24 billion ethanol (D6) blending credits were generated in April, little changed from March, and 314 million biodiesel (D4) blending credits were generated in April, compared with 310 million a […]
In Washington, Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) and Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21), members of the Congressional Boating Caucus, introduced the Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2018 on May 16. The bipartisan legislation would more clearly label “harmful and corrosive” E15 ethanol blended gasoline at pumps across the country, which would better protect engines in […]
In India, the Hindu Business Line reports that the Cabinet has approved the long-awaited biofuel policy that will deregulate the ethanol industry allowing it produce fuel from feedstocks other than molasses, including $738.3 million for second generation ethanol over the next six years, in an effort to reduce fossil fuel imports significantly. Waste-to-energy will also […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that Senator Chuck Grassley has taken to Twitter to tell the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator to clean up his act on hardship waivers under the Renewable Fuels Standard or to start looking for another job. The senator has held back from supporting calls for the administrator’s resignation despite pressure from other […]
In Washington, Platts reports that the Environmental Protection Agency will likely publish 2019 ethanol blending and 2020 biodiesel blending volumes on time following records released by the Office of Management and Budget that showed EPA has submitted its proposals to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The agency is required to set […]
In Washington, D.C., Mike Carr, Executive director of New Energy America and former principal deputy assistant secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy, said that repeating history with octane biofuel standards is a huge mistake. Carr refers to the bait and switch that happened when the oil […]
In the Philippines, Platts reports that the quarterly allocation for ethanol for Q3, set at 40,983 cu m or 55.65% higher than 73,650 cu m the previous quarters, and 35,833 cu m or 45.47% higher on the year. With the allocations far higher than domestic production is likely to supply, oil companies are looking at […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports that although Senator Ted Cruz announced via Twitter on Tuesday that the White House meeting held that day to find a way forward with reform of the Renewable Fuel Standard agreed on year-round E15 and RIN generation from ethanol exports, other attendees at the meeting disagree on what was agreed. Details […]
