In Luxembourg, weaknesses in the system of certifying sustainable biofuels could undermine the basis of the EU’s 2020 targets for renewable energy in transport, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors. Under the Renewable Energy Directive, EU Member States can only use biofuels certified as sustainable to reach their 2020 target […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has published its Communication on a European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility that explores policy options to decarbonize transport beyond 2020. The European renewable ethanol association (ePURE), representing conventional and advanced ethanol producers, welcomes the Commission’s commitment to assess the future role of low carbon fuels in Europe’s transport through a […]
In India, the Mercedes MD for the country says he never told the transportation minister that the company’s vehicles would be able to run on 100% biodiesel despite the minister saying he was told directly the cars and trucks would be able to run on the biodiesel spec being prepared by the ministry. The MD […]
In Washington, 17 members of the House Biofuels Caucus sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, urging the agency to complete its 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “in a manner consistent with the Congressional intent to aggressively expand the production of renewable fuels.” The 2017 proposal calls on refiners to blend 14.8 billion gallons […]
In Iowa, Senator Chuck Grassley and 13 other co-sponsors, including Sen. Joni Ernst, introduced a bill that would modify the $1.00 per gallon biodiesel blenders’ tax credit to a producers’ credit and extend it for three years. After being reinstated in late 2015, the federal biodiesel tax incentive is set to expire again on December […]
In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington and 12 fellow senators introduced bipartisan legislation to reform the biodiesel tax credit and extend the new policy for three years. The reforms are similar to the provisions that Grassley and Cantwell have long proposed and that passed out of the Finance Committee […]
In Belgium, biofuels remain the likely lynchpin to reducing aviation carbon emissions as efficiency in design reducing fuel consumption can’t outpace the increase in air traffic. When the International Civil Aviation Organization meetings in late September to finalize an agreement on the creation of a global market-based mechanism to offset CO2 emissions from international flights, […]
In India, oil marketing companies have floated a tender to buy 20 million liters of biodiesel, mostly from Andhra Pradesh but also from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu between July and September, in an effort to start blending. No blending mandate has yet been set but a goal of 20% blending by 2017 has been identified. […]
In Malaysia, the government is going ahead with B10 sales but the fuel will be sold at the pump side-by-side with B7 in certain circumstances following concerns that some vehicle manufacturers don’t approve of the higher blend for their engines. Mercedes Benz, Scania, Peugeot, UD Truck and Volvo Truck have all said that B10 is […]
In California, 57 fuel producers and trade associations wrote to California Senate President Pro Tem De León and Speaker Rendon, urging support for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, “which will reduce the carbon intensity of California’s fuels by 10 percent by 2020.” The LCFS is a critical tool that California needs to achieve its […]
