Jan 17, 2025
SAF industry takes flight with £14.7 billion global investment
Policy News
Jan 16, 2025
The US Department of Energy (DoE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $6 million (€5.8 million) in funding for three projects that will advance biofuel development.
The projects are located in New York, California and New Hampshire.
Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the projects will support... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 10, 2025
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has welcomed the approval of the definitive duties on biodiesel (HVO and FAME) from China by EU member states.
In July of last year, the EBB obtained provisional anti-dumping duties that are currently in force, but were subject to approval of national governments of EU member states.
This approval was issued on 8 January during the... [Read More]
Policy News
Dec 23, 2024
Germany's sunflower harvest is expected to fall short of last year's figures.
According to preliminary information by the German Federal Statistical Office, German farmers harvested around 134,200 tonnes of sunflower seed in 2024.
This was down just over 21% on the previous year. The decline is mainly based on a 25% decline in production area compared to the previous... [Read More]
Policy News
Dec 16, 2024
The EU Commission has suggested that this year’s soybean harvest in the EU-27 fell slightly short of the previous year's level, despite an expansion in the production area for the 2024 harvest.
The decrease primarily reflects a decline in harvest in Romania.
In its latest estimate, the EU Commission marginally lowered its forecast for soybean production in the EU.... [Read More]
Policy News
Dec 9, 2024
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) in the UK has initiated a transition review into the countervailing measure on biodiesel from Indonesia.
This measure was inherited from the EU and is set to expire on 10 December 2024.
The TRA’s review will examine the effectiveness of this measure in protecting UK biodiesel producers from unfair trade practices related to subsidies... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 29, 2024
Wizz Air has been awarded EMEA’s Environmental Sustainability Airline Group for 2024 at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit & Sustainability Awards in Hong Kong.
This marks the third consecutive year that the airline has received a sustainability award at the annual CAPA Airline Leader Summit.
The CAPA Environmental Sustainability Awards for Excellence recognise airlines,... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 25, 2024
The UK SAF mandate has been signed into law and will become effective from New Year’s Day.
The SAF mandate will start at 2% of total UK jet fuel demand, increase on a linear basis to 10% in 2030 and then to 22% in 2040.
From 2040, the obligation will remain at 22% until there is greater certainty regarding SAF supply.
The mandate will encourage the innovation of... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 22, 2024
With a joint appeal to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a broad alliance of biofuel industry associations is supporting a recently published fire letter from 16 EU member states.
The letter urged the EU Commission to stop the implementation process.
Like the member states, the associations criticise the lack of a decisive legal basis for implementation.... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 20, 2024
Soybeans are the most important oilseed crop imported by the European Union, ahead of rapeseed.
In the first four months of the current crop year, the EU imported the highest volume of soybeans since 2021/22.
According to information published by the EU Commission, the EU purchased just over 4 million tonnes of soybeans between July and early November 2024.
This... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 15, 2024
Poor weather conditions this year have considerably reduced sunflower yields across the EU.
Notwithstanding an expansion in production area, total output remains well below previous years.
According to EU Commission estimates, EU sunflower seed production in 2024 amounted to just over 8.1 million tonnes.
This represents a 17% drop from 2023 and is also the smallest... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 23, 2024
CLIMBING. FAST. campaign partners have welcomed the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) as a formal member of the growing sustainability advocacy campaign focused on advancing the business aviation industry’s commitment to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The partnership was announced at the 2024 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE)... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 21, 2024
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has obtained a favourable judgement from the Court of Justice, which rejected the appeal formed by Indonesian exporters PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri and PT Permata Hijau Palm Oleo against the judgment of the General Court delivered in 2022.
The ruling from the Court of Justice upheld in its entirety the ruling of the General Court and... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 16, 2024
Indonesia is taking the initiative to unite ASEAN member countries against what it perceives as broader discriminatory global sustainability policies, but particularly the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), even with the regulation’s delay.
This development comes as ASEAN grapples with the potential economic impacts of such regulations on its key export... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 16, 2024
Progress in the biofuels industry towards a more efficient and sustainable future demands the deployment of innovative strategies and collaboration with key partners that can guide this process in a coherent and effective way.
Tomsa Destil is a Spanish company with over 170 years of experience providing engineering solutions worldwide for the alcohol and biofuels industry.... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 7, 2024
The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Crops (UFOP) has welcomed the postponement of the implementation of the European Deforestation Directive (EUDR) announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The agricultural sector needs this time corridor in order to be able to adapt to the additional obligations to provide evidence, UFOP added.
Against this... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 19, 2024
The UK House of Commons has given the green light to the draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024.
This was unopposed in the House with support gathered from both sides of the parliamentary divide.
The order was first put before the House earlier in July and it now needs to be approved by the House of Lords before becoming a law.... [Read More]
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