In France, the national parliament has approved an additional tax on palm oil imports in an attempt to stem demand that leads to environmental damage such as the draining of peat bogs but imports for biodiesel production and those with sustainability labels will be exempt from the new policy. MPs voiced concern that currently sustainability […]
In Washington, Growth Energy blasted the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Interior and the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules for an oversight hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)that “without any biofuels stakeholders is unacceptable and defeats the very purpose of what this congressional committee […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency is analyzing the possibility of putting the burden of RFS compliance on blenders rather than refiners, at the request of several independent refiners who claim compliance is an unfair burden on those who don’t blend, but such a policy shift wouldn’t come into effect until the 2017 obligation period […]
In Washington, on Wednesday, the House Oversight Subcommittees on Interior and Healthcare, Benefits and Administrative Rules held a joint hearing to ostensibly examine the Renewable Fuel Standard. However, once again, no one from the U.S. biofuels industry was invited to testify, silencing a powerful voice that could speak to the provision’s implementation and effect. If […]
In Indonesia, a proposal to eliminate the 10-cent-per-liter subsidy has been put forward, which could make UCO more attractive as a feedstock by improving its competitiveness, but the policy must first make its way through Parliament. The move is in line with the president’s attempts to cut government fuel spending by more than 90%. The […]
In Argentina, the government boosted the biodiesel export tax for March to 6.4% up from 3.9% in February in a move that will weak knee the biodiesel industry still roiling from import restrictions into the European market. Currently biodiesel producers are running at 60% of production capacity due to limited export opportunities, limited further by […]
In Washington, the Bioenergy Technologies Office has allocated $1.9 million for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Small Business Vouchers (SBV) Pilot. Meanwhile, DOE has opened Round 2 of the Small Business Vouchers Pilot Program. Request for Assistance will be accepted at the SBV website until Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time. […]
In Canada, the International Energy Agency says national ethanol production could fall to just over a billion liters by 2020 from 1.68 billion liters in 2015 while biodiesel production should hold steady at 348 million litres thanks to a perfect storm of competition from US imports, low oil prices and the end of the ecoENERGY […]
In Washington, the Institute for Energy Research says ethanol has done little to reduce oil imports. Since 2008, net oil imports have declined by 58 percent (6.4 million barrels per day), while domestic oil production has increased by 88 percent (4.4 million barrels per day). Ethanol production, however, has only increased by 360,000 barrels per […]
In Indonesia, the widening price spread between palm oil biodiesel and fossil diesel may mean the country only reaches about a third of its planned B20 policy this year, about 2.5 million metric tons. With Malaysian palm oil futures at near two-year highs, the price difference between biodiesel and fossil diesel is around $300 per […]
