In Washington, Bloomberg reports the U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled the Department of Commerce must revisit a 2017 decision to add countervailing measures to Indonesian biodiesel imports. Commerce’s original decision was based on an export tax policy system that led to duties of between 34.45% and 64.73%, depending on the producer. However, the […]
In California, Neste is supplying Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways with sustainable aviation fuel for flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The low-carbon and high-quality fuel will contribute to each airline’s efforts to reach their climate goals. Neste is now successfully delivering sustainable aviation fuel to SFO via pipeline, a milestone the […]
In California, JetBlue announced it has followed through on its commitment to go carbon neutral on all domestic flights. Earlier this year, JetBlue became the first major U.S. airline to commit to this critical and measurable step toward reducing its contribution to global warming, and is now the first U.S. airline to achieve carbon neutrality […]
In Finland, Neste MY Renewable Diesel will be used by HRX Group, a transport company specialized in express deliveries active in 6 countries across the Scandinavia and the Baltic region, for all of its deliveries in Finland, and subject to availability, also in the Baltics. HRX Group, offices in Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius and […]
In Michigan, high yielding switchgrass varieties that require minimal nitrogen fertilization are crucial to bioenergy research because of their economically and environmentally sustainable qualities. Switchgrass, like other perennial grasses, extracts nitrogen from soils by growing long roots and by forming relationships with root fungi. Switchgrass also associates with microbes that can fix nitrogen, i.e., take […]
In Canada, the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages for Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced a total FedDev Ontario investment of C$10 million to support the scale-up and growth of two renewable fuel producers in the region: FORGE Hydrocarbons and IGPC Ethanol Inc.. FORGE Hydrocarbons uses a proprietary Lipid-to-Hydrocarbon technology, developed by Dr. David Bressler, to produce […]
In Washington, DTN reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol stocks fell to the lowest level since December 2016 at 18.678 million bbl as consumption continues to outpace production. Production fell again to 918,000 bpd, down 12% on the year, as producers seek to keep margins profitable with higher prices and lower volumes. Blending during […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency says he isn’t sure if or when “gap” SREs will be awarded because the issues surrounding the applications are complicated. He said he has questions about whether a company can be in existence today but claim economic harm back in 2012, […]
In Switzerland, after finding itself short without ethanol reserves when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Reuters reports the country will rebuild its ethanol stocks to former levels before it was dismantled two years ago. Previously, the country had between 8,000 and 10,000 metric tons of ethanol on hand in case of health emergencies. The government has […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association expressed its support for President Trump’s announcement Monday that his administration is considering reciprocal tariffs on fuel ethanol imports from Brazil. The country’s existing tariff rate quota (TRQ) is set to expire at the end of August, and some Brazilian industry and government officials have suggested that all U.S. […]
