In Australia, Australia will be exposed to environmental, economic and energy security risks if governments fail to foster a domestic renewable fuels sector. That is the alarming assessment of a new report commissioned by Bioenergy Australia – Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels – which addresses the elephant in the room on decarbonising […]
In India, Mint reported that the country’s secretary of petroleum and natural gas, Pankaj Jain, said that G20 nations should work together to tap into the full potential of biofuels. Noting biofuels’ contributions towards economic prosperity, energy security, and affordability, the official called for increased collaboration among G20 countries to accelerate the development of the […]
In India, the Mint reports the secretary of ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has called on the G20 nations to work together in order to assure biofuels reach their full potential. The country recently hosted a the Global Biofuel Alliance Seminar, organized by the ministry, which was held alongside the 3rd Energy Transition Working […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that Petrobras’ latest shift to gasoline prices has forced the gap between sugar and ethanol prices to 11.34 cents per pound, according to Czarnikow data, the highest in 12 years. Sugarcane mills are already pumping out as much sugar as possible thanks to unusually hight global sugar prices, so Petrobras’ move […]
In Washington, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act […]
In Washington, U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Stephanie Bice (OK-05), Wesley Hunt (TX-13), Eric Sorensen (IL-17), and Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) have introduced the Fuels Parity Act, legislation that would allow ethanol from corn starch to qualify as an advanced biofuel and require EPA to use the Argonne GREET model to determine the greenhouse gas emission […]
In Argentina, Infobae reported that the Argentine government increased domestic prices of biodiesel for blending with diesel. The Ministry of Economy’s energy secretariat set the price of biodiesel for May at 307,226 Argentine pesos ($1,349) per ton, up from 294,430 pesos previously, the government said. The new prices are effective immediately. Biofuel prices are periodically […]
In Oregon, the Salem Statesman Journal reports that Senate Bill 789 is seeking to permanently limit canola growing to 500 acres in the Willamette Valley, and that growers be licensed or risk a $10,000 fine, because of the crossbreeding risk to the area’s international brassica specialty seed growing industry. A decade ago, interest began in […]
In Washington, NATSO, representing America’s travel centers, truck stops and transportation energy retailers, and SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, testified before Congress Wednesday on the critical role that the nation’s fuel retailers play in facilitating the efficient movement of goods and energy throughout the United States. Testifying before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of […]
In Washington, in testimony to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday, the Renewable Fuels Association called on the agency to use honest carbon accounting and adopt a technology-neutral approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions for passenger vehicles. According to RFA, EPA’s proposed actions on vehicular emissions standards for 2027-2032 “would effectively force automakers to produce more battery […]
