May 3, 2022
bp to invest up to £18 billion in UK energy system by 2030
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Apr 28, 2022
The Iowa state house passed the 2022 Biofuel Access Bill with overwhelming bipartisan support.
The bill now heads to Governor Reynolds’ desk to be signed into law.
This follows months of work by Growth Energy, POET, and other biofuels and ag leaders in the state to give Iowans cleaner, more affordable fuel options. The legislation would offer E15 statewide by 2026... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2022
ExxonMobil is recruiting a biofuel and ethanol trader in North America as part of its efforts to develop lower emission fuels.
The largest US oil producer plans to invest $15 billion (€14 billion) over six years to lower its greenhouse gas emissions including through biofuels, the company said in a social media post.
Demand for renewable fuels and carbon credits is... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2022
Shell has published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2021 detailing the company’s progress over the past year.
This report is sset to be put to shareholders for an advisory vote at the Annual General Meeting on 24 May.
“In a time of great uncertainty, it is vital that our long-term energy transition strategy remains on track,” said Ben van Beurden, Shell’s... [Read More]
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Apr 14, 2022
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has highlighted that any reduction in biofuels mandates could increase oil demand and lead to supply concerns.
According to the IEA, biofuels makes up about 2% of the global oil demand.
Since the war in Ukraine started and as oil and energy prices spiked, some European countries have begun considering adjusting their biofuel-blending... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2022
Top farm and biofuel leaders have responded to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to reverse 31 controversial small refinery exemptions (SREs) granted in August 2019.
They expressed disappointment with EPA’s decision to allow refineries with previously-granted SREs to not have to take additional actions to meet their obligations under the RFS... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2022
The UK’s aerospace technology research programme, the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), is to receive record levels of government funding.
UK Industry Minister Lee Rowley said driving forward the research and development of green aviation technology was a priority.
The ATI will receive £685 million (€816 million) from the government for the financial years... [Read More]
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Apr 1, 2022
The EU Biofuels Chain has released a statement urging the bloc not to encourage member states to reduce their biofuels blending mandates and consider the negative effects this would have.
The recently published Commission Communication on Food Security expressed its support for Member States’ actions to reduce the blending proportion of biofuels.
The EU Biofuels... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2022
Fuel bills are expected to rise when the Government begins preventing the use of rebated diesel, known as red diesel, and rebated biofuels in generators and site plant machinery at events from April 1.
Red diesel and some biofuels, including hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), are currently taxed favourably in comparison to the white diesel used in road vehicles.
Red diesel... [Read More]
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Mar 23, 2022
A bipartisan group of US senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to increase access to higher blends of American biofuels in an effort to curtail rapidly increasing gas prices.
In the letter, signed by 16 Senators, they request President Biden use his administrative authority to permit the sale of E15 fuel during the 2022 summer driving season, extending... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2022
The Net Zero Technology Centre has announced the launch of its 2022 Open Innovation Programme aimed at developing and deploying technologies that will reduce emissions, accelerate clean energy production and enable delivery of the UK’s net zero ambitions.
The 2022 programme will feature two funding competitions - the first opening on 16th March and the second scheduled... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2022
The shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon fuels is accelerating at such a pace that even global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic cannot slow it down. Dozens of low-carbon fuel projects have been announced, aiming at decarbonising transport such as road vehicles, aircraft and ships.
In a previous article for Biofuels International, experts covered our view on the... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2022
Canadian aviation industry leaders have launched the Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF) to accelerate the deployment of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the country.
This is to ensure that the Canadian aviation sector remains competitive as it transitions to a net-zero future.
SAF can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% and can be used... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2022
EWABA said fossil fuels that are the worst climate mitigators should always be taxed higher than sustainable biofuels.
Concerns have been raised about possible European Commission plans to tax fossil fuels and crop-based biofuels at the same rate.
The EU executive recently proposed the revision of the 2003 Energy Taxation Directive (ETD), whose current tax rates do not... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was committed to increasing the use of biofuels, but the industry was still awaiting the Biden administration to finalise specific blending goals.
Both oil refiners and corn-based ethanol producers are looking closely at the agency's planned sweeping decisions on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) - the nation's biofuel... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2022
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor testified before the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works at its hearing titled The Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard Programme: Challenges and Opportunities”.
In her testimony, Skor spoke on how a strong Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is critical to decarbonise the transportation sector and lower... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2022
TEPSA Tarragona has been given the green light to import animal by-products for the production of biofuels into the Port of Tarragona in Spain.
This has been authorised Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
TEPSA, under this new agreement, will be allowed to import liquid animal by products from outside the EU directly through the Dependent Inspection... [Read More]
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