In Iraq, state news agency Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that the local government has introduced a new law to support the use of solid waste for the production of electricity and methane gas. According to the report, the law will seek to set simple regulatory framework for investors, encouraging investments in the production of […]
In India, the Hindustan Times newspaper reports Uttar Pradesh’s New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (NEDA) has released its draft guidelines for biodiesel as part of the recently released Bioenergy Policy 2022 and are now open for public comment. The guidelines include rules for production, distribution and sale within the state. Biodiesel production and storage […]
In Japan, the USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service reports that on October 4, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) invited public comments on the proposed Basic Policy for Promoting Decarbonization of Aviation. The proposed policy identifies Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) introduction as a key strategy for reducing CO2 emissions in Japan’s aviation sector. […]
In Brazil, ANP has decided that biodiesel producers will be able to file extracts from commercialization contracts signed with liquid fuel distributors until November 3, 2022, to meet the contracting targets for the November-December 2022 period, pursuant to ANP Resolution No. 857 of October 28, 2021. With the extension of the term, producers have 15 […]
In New Zealand, the New Zealand Herald newspaper reports that the forestry minister says there are discussions between the government and Oji Fibre Solutions regarding the potential development of a biofuels and hydrogen plant at Tokoroa’s Kinleith Mill. The government has agreed to fund a multi-million dollar feasibility study to determine if the project has […]
In Washington, U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today a bipartisan group of their colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish renewable volume obligations that are additive for all fuel types in the upcoming “set” rule under the Renewable […]
In Minnesota, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels), along with other biofuel and agriculture stakeholders in the state, sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz on asking him to remain committed to a regulatory solution that will ensure the year-round availability of E15. In April this year, eight Midwest governors, including Walz, asked the Environmental […]
In India, counter to what the transportation minister has been pushing—that the sugar industry should focus on ethanol rather than sugar production—the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports that the oil minister says sugar producers should look to diversify their ethanol feedstocks due to sugarcane’s water intensity. He said that waste-based feedstocks were preferred to sugarcane […]
In Indonesia, Bloomberg reports the country aims to implement an E20 blend at the pump next year. State-owned oil company Pertamina has wanted to blend ethanol for some time, but low oil prices kept it from doing so while its new net zero ambitions for 2060 are helping it to move the dial. The new […]
In India, the Times Now newspaper reports that following last week’s launch of the Toyota flex-fuel hybrid vehicle, the petroleum and natural gas minister confirmed the government plans to roll out E20 at the pumps by January, but it could be as early as December. The original target was for April 2023. The government wants […]
