In Indonesia, the Indonesian biofuels producers association plans to appeal the anti-dumping duties imposed on its biodiesel imports into Europe via the European Court of Justice and are exploring at complaint at the WTO as well. Argentina has already said it will challenge Spain at the WTO for discriminating against its imports, and will likely […]
In Washington, veterans are entering the fight for the RFS, saying that renewable fuels have helped reduce America’s dependence on oil—money that goes towards supporting the wars that lead to the deaths of thousands of American veterans. The 360,000-strong VoteVets.org has teamed with Americans United for Change to try to fight against what they claim […]
In Washington, The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is offering to sell its recently acquired sugar inventory for use as a feedstock for bio-energy production using the authority of the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP). CCC successfully sold 143,143 short tons under its previous FFP tenders. CCC acquired 296,500 short […]
In Washington, the Farm Bill is unlikely to come to the floor by the conference leaders’ deadline at the end of November according to commends from Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA). The Congressman stated that “I don’t know if we will get it before thanksgiving but I think we will get one.” The nutrition title remains […]
In Indonesia, the country’s state-owned oil company Pertamina has changed its pricing formula for buying biodiesel during its most recent tender where it bought 6.6 billion liters of biodiesel during the next two years. For the past three years, the national biodiesel producers association as been working with the government to get the benchmark price […]
In Florida, Rep. Matt Gaetz has filed HM 243 urging the US Congress to repeal the RFS. The legislation is set for hearing during the 2014 regular session but hasn’t yet been assigned to a committee. Such types of legislation have no actual bearing on Congress or federal law but if passed is meant to send a […]
In Malaysia, RHB Research says that the national biodiesel mandates implemented by Malaysia and Indonesia should go a long way towards stabilizing palm oil prices. Malaysia will boost its biodiesel blend to 7% in December from 5% currently while Indonesian state-owned oil company just finished a tender to purchase 6 million metric tons of biodiesel. […]
In Canada, Saskatchewan Government Insurance says it has no experience in on-farm biodiesel production and therefore won’t insure any farms that produce biodiesel, even—or especially—for their own use. Those who have been red-flagged by the government-owned insurer for potentially or actually producing biodiesel could find it harder to get better quotes for insurance elsewhere. SGI […]
In Iowa, a new report on the RIN market asserts that the system is working effectively and as intended in tracking compliance with the RFS. The research, performed at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University, discovered that a $325 million investment in E85 infrastructure would reduce compliance costs by $1.75 […]
In Spain, the government has published the biodiesel supply quotas for the next two years, quotas that don’t included non-European producers despite the expectation that they must import according to WTO rules. Of the 42 installations that received quotas, 27 are Spanish, five are Italian, five are German, two are British, and one each from […]
