In India, DD News reported that India’s Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said that he will hold a meeting with oil marketing companies (OMCs) after the Delhi elections to discuss bringing ethanol retail prices to a reasonable level. “On February 6 or 7, we will hold a meeting. Petroleum Minister Hardeep […]
In Spain, President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced new investments to continue supporting green hydrogen and the energy transition. Specifically, he has indicated that three of the seven projects chosen in the first auction of the European Hydrogen Bank are Spanish and “they will be supported in whatever way is necessary.” In addition, he […]
In India, the Financial Express newspaper reports that the cabinet has agreed to increase prices for C heavy molasses-based ethanol by 3%. The prices for B heavy molasses- and sugarcane juice-based ethanol remained unchanged. As oil marketing companies buy ethanol predominantly from B heavy molasses and sugarcane juice, the purchasing price for them shouldn’t change […]
In South Dakota, the South Dakota Searchlight reports the state’s House of Representatives passed a bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines, which will now move onto the Senate for a vote. The House passed the bill in a 49-19 split. The House Speaker Pro Tempore was the author of the vote […]
In Belgium, the European Waste Based and Advanced Biofuels Association EWABA welcomed the 2024 revision of Annex IX as feedstock expansion is a major necessity for the EU biofuel industry at a large. The revision creates wider availability of waste-based and advanced biofuels for all transport modes and somewhat alleviates the existing pressure on different […]
In the United Arab Emirates, Zawya reported that Iraq has awarded a contract for the construction of a plant for the production of 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity from waste. The plant, located in Nahrawan in the capital Baghdad is Iraq’s first waste-to-energy project and has the capacity to handle nearly 3,000 tons of waste […]
In Washington, Growth Energy recently submitted a comment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to EPA’s proposal to partially waive the 2024 cellulosic biofuel volume requirement under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The current proposal would delay the compliance deadline and grant a partial waiver to refiners for the 2024 renewable volume […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) recently reintroduced legislation that would help accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through existing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to allow further growth for alternative fuels to […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency published its third impact report on the Renewable Fuel Standard, which builds on the previous two reports, Biofuels and the Environment: First Triennial Report to Congress (2011) and Biofuels and the Environment: Second Triennial Report to Congress (2018). It reinforces the broad conclusions from the first two reports on […]
In Kenya, Kenyans wrote the president has ordered the Agriculture, Energy, and Treasury to draft rules that would see molasses converted into ethanol in an effort to reduce fossil fuel imports. The ministries have 90 days to submit to the president their suggestions for next steps. To promote domestic production, the president aims to ban […]
