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Nov 2, 2021
Palm oil: Countries to agree to halt deforestation in COP26 major deal
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Oct 29, 2021
Growth Energy thanks Biden Administration for biofuels support
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor has thanked President Biden and Congressional leaders for including nearly $1 billion (€858 million) in biofuels infrastructure investments in the proposed Build Back Better budget reconciliation framework. The Build Back Better Act has been designed to create millions of good-paying jobs, enable more Americans to join and remain in the... [Read More]

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Oct 14, 2021
Drive to greater biofuel usage hampered by high costs and lack of feedstock availability, WEO report reveals
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its latest World Energy Outlook (WEO) designed as a ‘guidebook’ before COP26 next month. The 380-page report spells out "what is at stake", what the pledges to reduce emissions made by world governments mean for the energy sector and what more needs to be done to limit global warming to 1.5C. The new report spells... [Read More]

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Oct 8, 2021
Clean energy not to blame for energy price hike, says IEA
Clean energy policies are not to blame for recent spikes in gas and electricity prices, International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol said. Gas and electricity prices in Europe have surged in recent months as gas supply issues have collided with rising demand in economies recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Critics have blamed the dash to replace fossil... [Read More]

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Sep 27, 2021
‘Don’t blame renewables and clean energy for gas price hike,’ says IEA
The steep rise in European gas prices has been driven by a combination of a strong recovery in demand and tighter-than-expected supply, as well as several weather-related factors, the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed. However, the IEA said it was ‘misleading’ to blame the renewable fuels and clean energy for the price hike. There were strong cold spells... [Read More]

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Sep 23, 2021
UK government offers €256 million grants for firms to cut fossil fuel reliance
Businesses in some of the UK’s most polluting and energy-intensive industries will be able to bid for a share of £220 million (€256 million) in government investment to help cut their carbon emissions and the costs of their energy bills, the UK government has announced. This move comes as the UK works to build a secure, home-grown and clean energy sector to reduce... [Read More]

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Sep 21, 2021
Calls to diversify and decarbonise energy mix as gas prices spike
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) have said that volatile global gas prices have demonstrated the urgent need to diversify and decarbonise the UK’s domestic energy system. Industry group Oil & Gas UK said wholesale prices for gas are up 250% since January - with a 70% rise since August. Exposure to global market prices is of particular... [Read More]

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Sep 17, 2021
Commission approves year-long extension of tax exemptions for Swedish biofuels
The European Commission has approved the prolongation of the tax exemption measure for biofuels in Sweden. Sweden has exempted liquid biofuels from energy and CO₂ taxation since 2002. The measure has already been extended several times, the last time being in October 2020. The Commission has now approved an additional one-year extension of the tax exemption from 1... [Read More]

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Sep 17, 2021
POET pledges carbon neutrality by 2050
POET has release of its inaugural sustainability report, which outlines the company’s focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. POET established several ESG goals, including the achievement of net-zero carbon at its bioprocessing facilities by 2050. In addition, POET has pledged to ensure that its renewable, plant-based bioethanol reduces greenhouse... [Read More]

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Sep 2, 2021
DNV’s new ‘decarbonisation stairway’ model helps shipowners navigate new build dilemmas
DNV's new Maritime Forecast to 2050 features an updated carbon risk management framework including a new ‘decarbonisation stairway’ model to help shipowners map a path to sustainability. The launch of the world’s leading classification society’s latest Maritime Forecast to 2050 is part of the Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) suite of reports. Conceived to help... [Read More]

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Aug 27, 2021
EPA recommends retroactively lowering 2020 biofuel blending mandates
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended retroactively lowering biofuel blending mandates for 2020, Reuters reported. According to Reuters, two sources familiar with the matter shared the details after the agency sent a proposal on the mandates to the White House for review. The move could provide immediate relief to oil refiners that have to... [Read More]

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Aug 24, 2021
Senators urge EPA to waive biofuel blending requirements
Sixteen US Senators have written to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging the EPA to mitigate the harm imposed on consumers and refiners by the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) ‘unachievable mandates’. In the letter, the Senators requested that the EPA waive or significantly reduce the volume of requirements for 2020,... [Read More]

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Aug 9, 2021
UK Government releases latest renewable fuel statistics
Renewable fuels in the UK fuel supply achieved an aggregated greenhouse gas (GHG) saving of 83% compared to fossil fuels, according the latest UK Government figures. Accounting for emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC) reduced this GHG saving to 78%. This quarterly release covered the supply of renewable fuel in 2020, based on data available on 18 June 2021,... [Read More]

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Aug 4, 2021
Record harvest expected for EU oilseeds
The oilseed harvest in the EU-27 is likely to see yet another rise this year following a bumper crop of soybean and sunflower seeds. The rapeseed harvest has also seen an increase in the past 12 months. The EU Commission currently estimates output for 2021 at 30.6 million tonnes. This will translate to a rise of just under 11% over the previous year. However, production... [Read More]

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Jul 30, 2021
Taxation not solution to cutting aviation emissions, says IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that the reliance on taxation as the solution for cutting aviation emissions in the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ proposal is counter-productive to the goal of sustainable aviation. EU policy needs to support practical emission reduction measures such as incentives for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and modernisation... [Read More]

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Jul 30, 2021
Scrapping of ‘multipliers’ wins backing from biofuels industry
The biofuels industry has supported the European Commission’s proposal to end the statistical inflation of waste-based biofuels in the EU’s road transport energy mix - a practice they say masks the use of fossil fuels. The revised 2.2% target for advanced biofuels, such as used cooking oil, is lower than the 3.5% proposed in the 2018 renewable energy directive. The... [Read More]

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Jun 14, 2021
G7 leaders urged to support SAF
The importance of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to decarbonisation of the aviation sector has been raised during a meeting of the Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). As part of the UK-hosted G7 Summit, world leaders were challenged to collectively commit to mandates for the use of SAF. During discussions on the need for coordinated action to tackle... [Read More]


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