In Washington, Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency should decided soon whether or not it has the authority to approve E15 use year-round. Currently E15 can’t be sold during summer months because of air quality regulations but requests have been made for a waiver to the law, including taking the legislative path through Congress, […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has given Pennsylvania Energy Solutions another 30 days, until May 1, to comply with its RFS obligations, forcing the company back into the market to buy RINs—likely using a $120 million debtor-in-possession loan to partly fund the move—after it had been selling off RINs in recent […]
In Belgium, Reuters reports that this week the European Commission is expected to follow up on the European Biodiesel Board’s request to investigate alleged subsidies on Argentine biodiesel exports into Europe. The EBB requested an investigation into the subsidies on export taxes on soybeans that led to accusations of dumping, an investigation the EC is […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt about the “lack of transparency” in EPA’s management of the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) small refinery exemption provisions. The letter from RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen warns that “an ill-conceived and unauthorized expansion of this exemption could destabilize the […]
In India, the transportation minister announced two models of the long-awaited E100 bikes will debut by month’s end. The government is pushing for auto companies to offer flex-fuel engines and see the bikes as a first step toward demonstrating demand for high blend capacity vehicles. In Mumbai, E100 retails at about half the price of […]
In Malta, the government won’t be offered ethanol-blended gasoline because of various logistical and cost issues ranging from challenges to importing US-based ethanol to the fuel importation company’s lack of storage capacity for the blended fuel. Additional investment would also be required to dehydrate the fuel due to absorbing water from the air, an MP […]
In Belgium, Platts reports that the EU Council confirmed via Twitter it has withdrawn its appeals on six biodiesel duty cases against Argentina and Indonesia at the European Court of Justice, allowing biodiesel flows from the two countries to continue as they have since November when anti-dumping duties were lowered significantly. With rumors in the […]
In India, the transportation minister has called on the automotive industry to pick up the pace in introducing biofuel-powered vehicles in an effort to support the underlying drive for reducing fossil fuel imports and replacing them with biofuels. He said that there is no timeline for the introduction of biofuel vehicles because sooner or later […]
In Pennsylvania, the potential bankruptcy of Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery could test the RFS by seeing if the U.S. government can collect biofuels related debt from a company in pain. As the oldest and largest refiner on the East Coast, Philadelphia Energy Solutions likely is carrying a shortfall of RFS credits worth over $100 million, […]
In Washington, Iowa’s senators are playing the same kind of hardball with Senator Ted Cruz as he’s playing with them, refusing to hold a second meeting on the Renewable Fuel Standard until the pending appointment for a USDA undersecretary is confirmed, something Cruz has been holding up in order to get leverage on the RFS […]
