The UK and United States announced they will work together to increase energy security and drive down prices, as part of a new energy partnership. Under the new ‘UK-US Energy Security and Affordability Partnership’, the UK and US will drive work to reduce global dependence on Russian energy exports, stabilize energy markets and step up […]
In Belgium, MEPs reached a preliminary deal with EU governments on a new law on deforestation-free products that will make it obligatory for companies to verify and issue a so-called “due diligence” statement that goods placed on the EU market have not led to deforestation and forest degradation anywhere in the world after December 31, […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports the president has asked his government to create a mechanism allowing for the rollout of B35. Currently, the country blends 30% biodiesel and has been running trials on 40% biodiesel to facilitate future higher blends. The aim is for the country to further reduce its fossil fuel imports while ensuring high […]
In Washington, the Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2022 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in the ethanol production industry “to determine whether there is sufficient competition among industry participants to avoid price-setting and other anticompetitive behavior.” As […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS “Set” proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel […]
In India, Mint reported that Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas. Hardeep Singh Puri stated that the country will advocate for a global alliance on biofuels at the upcoming G20 summit. “We will utilize our G20 presidency to try and set up an international biofuel alliance like the International Solar Alliance,” Puri said at KPMG’s ENRich […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined a bipartisan group of Midwest senators on a push to expand the year-round sales of E15 nationwide. The Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act would extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to ethanol blends above […]
In Germany, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) says the European Commission’s Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles, as published in December 2021 included an “Industrial Sustainable Carbon challenge” which entails, among other targets, having 20% of all carbon in chemicals and plastic products from sustainable non-fossil sources by 2030. The Communication outlines important strategic steps into […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports the current president of Brazil vetoed the coming National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) decision that would allow biodiesel produced by “any technological route of production” to be included in the biodiesel blending mandate. Last week’s decision would have allowed Petrobras Gasóleo R5, a fuel co-processed with vegetable oil in a […]
In Brazil, Reuters reported the ministry of mines and energy confirmed biodiesel blending will increase to 15% starting on April 1, but it will remain at 10% until then. To achieve the higher mandate, soybean demand is estimated at 30 million metric tons for 2023. Any technological route for the biodiesel production in permitted in […]
