In Washington, Reuters reports the Trump Administration has told the biofuels and petroleum industries to hash out their joint vision of the future of biofuels blending to make it easier for the administration to put it into place. Two meetings have already been held, including one the American Petroleum Institute hosted last week, with discussions […]
In Belgium, in a joint statement, Eurogas and 55 organisations from across the global renewable gas supply chain, have called on the European Commission to urgently address barriers preventing their full recognition in the Union Database (UDB). Without immediate action, the industry coalition has warned that significant volumes of renewable energy risks exclusion from EU […]
In Washington, American renewable fuels industry presented oral arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC, et al., a case that addresses where challenges to small refinery exemptions (SREs) decisions under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) can be brought. Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) […]
In Washington, Reuters reports biofuel producers in both the US and Canada are concerned about the trade implications of US President Trump’s wavering views on tariffs, so have dialed back production in response to stave off potential problems at the border later on. Some analysts expect to see “painful” retraction in both biodiesel and renewable […]
In the UK, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) initiated an anti-dumping investigation and a countervailing investigation on Monday into imports of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biodiesel from the United States of America. The investigations follow an application from UK biodiesel producers concerned that the market has changed since a previous review in 2022. Recent evidence […]
In India, Autocar Profesional reported that India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has projected that achieving the government’s 5% biodiesel blending target by 2030 will require an investment of $287 million. The economic feasibility of this target depends on the development of a robust supply chain and government incentives, such as tax subsidies, to improve uptake […]
In Washington, Growth Energy commended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after the agency announced that it would reconsider its Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles, otherwise known as the tailpipe emissions rule. “We’re glad to see EPA reconsider this rule, which arbitrarily puts its thumb on the scale […]
In Germany, the tender volume for the bidding deadline of April 1, 2025 is reduced by the Federal Network Agency because it is expected that the tendered volume will be larger than the submitted bid volume (imminent signature). The new tender volume is 26,032 kilowatts. The “Act amending the Renewable Energy Sources Act to make […]
In Washington, NATSO, representing America’s truck stops and travel centers, SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, American Trucking Associations (ATA), the Clean Freight Coalition (CFC), Energy Marketers of America (EMA), the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), the National Energy & Fuels Institute (NEFI) and the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) urged Congress to extend the ‘Section […]
In India, to facilitate Cooperative Sugar Mills (CSMs), the Department of Food & Public Distribution, Government of India, has notified a scheme for CSMs under modified Ethanol Interest Subvention Scheme for Conversion of their existing sugarcane-based feedstock ethanol plants into multi-feedstock based plants to use grains like Maize and Damaged Food Grains (DFG). Under this […]
