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Category: Biofuels

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  • Biofuels
  • USA

Special Report: How U.S. regulators allow ethanol plants to pollute more than oil refineries

In 2007, the U.S. Congress mandated the blending of biofuels such as corn-based ethanol into gasoline. One of the top goals: reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But today, the nation’s ethanol Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

Special Report: How U.S. regulators allow ethanol plants to pollute more than oil refineries

 In 2007, the U.S. Congress mandated the blending of biofuels such as corn-based ethanol into gasoline. One of the top goals: reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But today, the nation’s ethanol Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Australia
  • Aviation
  • Biofuels

BP aims to start producing green jet fuel in Australia by 2025

BP Plc (BP.L) is aiming to start producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Australia by 2025 after converting its oil refinery near Perth to produce renewable fuels, a senior executive Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

U.S. EPA sets 2020-2022 biofuel blending mandates, denies refiners waivers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued biofuel blending mandates for 2022 and the prior two years – with this year’s number below one proposed in December – while Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

U.S. EPA sets 2020-2022 biofuel blending mandates, denies refiners waivers

June 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued biofuel blending mandates for 2022 and the prior two years – with this year’s number below one proposed Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

EXCLUSIVE Biden administration likely to retroactively raise ethanol blending volumes for 2021, sources say

The Biden administration is likely to raise ethanol blending mandates for 2021 above the figure it proposed in December to align with actual U.S. consumption levels, according to two sources Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

US EPA issues emergency fuel waiver to allow summertime E15 fuel sales

Waiver to allow ‘small’ increase in ethanol demand: S&P Global Waiver is not a ‘silver bullet’ for gas prices: White House Ethanol groups want to see action toward a permanent Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

Biden Mulls Lifting Ethanol Caps In A Bid To Lower Gasoline Prices

The U.S. Administration is mulling over whether to temporarily remove the summertime restriction on the sale of the higher-ethanol gasoline varieties in another policy attempt to lower high gasoline prices, Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

DHL Express announces two of the largest SAF deals yet with bp and Neste; > 211M gallons

DHL has confirmed new strategic collaborations with bp and Neste, to provide more than 800 million liters (211 million gallons US) of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to DHL Express within Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • California

California’s battle to cut emissions with biofuels burns in new truck engines

Renewable diesel is touted as a cleaner-burning fuel, but a recent study has shown the fuel falls short on one measure of reducing pollution from new truck engines – giving Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

Less than half of projected U.S. renewable diesel output likely by 2025- study

U.S. refiners and biofuel companies are likely to reach less than half the renewable diesel production projected by the U.S. government for 2025 due to policy and feedstock constraints, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

bp and Maersk Tankers carry out successful trials of B30 in two tankers

bp and Maersk Tankers, with support from the Danish Maritime Authority, have successfully completed trials using biofuel-blended marine fuel in product tankers, demonstrating that sustainable biofuels can be used as Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

Biden Administration Proposes Lower Biofuel Mandates For 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed reducing the amount of biofuels that oil refiners are mandated to add to petroleum fuels in a bid to provide some breathing space to Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

EPA proposes progressively higher requirements for renewable fuel blending

US refiners will need to provide ever higher volumes of renewable fuels or pay for ever greater amounts of renewable fuel credits to meet the latest proposed fuel blending standards Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts in boost to pandemic-hit refiners

The Biden administration proposed on Tuesday a reduction in the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to blend into their fuel mix since the onset of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

US EPA proposes cuts to 2020 biofuel mandate, with plans to raise blending in 2022

Highlights Cuts 2020 biofuel mandate by 15% to 17.13 billion gallons Would require blending of 18.52 billion gallons in 2021 Further increases mandate to 20.77 billion gallons in 2022 The Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Can Biomass Burning Really Replace Fossil Fuels?

As the race to go green picks up pace, biomass is becoming an increasingly popular source of clean energy, but questions remain over just how clean it is From the Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

U.S. biofuel blending proposals to come in days, sources say

 The U.S. administration plans to propose in days the amount of biofuels oil refiners must blend into their fuel mix this year and next year, as it reaches out to Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines
  • Biofuels

Aemetis, American Airlines sign $1.1B 280M gallon offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel blend

Aemetis, Inc., a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, has an offtake agreement with American Airlines for 280 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines
  • Biofuels

Phillips 66, British Airways ink UK-produced SAF supply deal

British Airways and US-based refiner Phillips 66 signed a multi-year supply agreement which will provide the airline with sustainable aviation fuel produced at the Humber refinery, according to a joint Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

Logistics woes threaten ethanol supply needed for gasoline

Supply chain snags are threatening to hamper deliveries of ethanol needed for blending with gasoline ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend, according to ethanol traders and producers. Unlike crude oil and Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

BMW of North America & California Bioenergy expand partnership to provide clean energy for EV charging

The first automaker to collaborate with dairy farms on renewable energy projects, BMW of North America and California Bioenergy (CalBio) announced an expanded partnership to include Bar 20 Dairy, a Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • Europe

Making Fuel From Straw Is About to Become a Thing in Europe

Turning bales of straw into ethanol is about to become a highly profitable venture in Europe, according to a firm that just opened a production site in the continent. Clariant Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Oct 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Eni launching sustainable aviation fuel production

Italy-based integrated energy company Eni is launching the production of alternative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Eni has been producing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel in its Venice and Gela bio-refineries Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Oct 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

EXCLUSIVE Biden administration mulls big cuts to biofuel mandates in win for oil industry -document

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is considering big cuts to the nation’s biofuel blending requirements, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move triggered by a broad Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • Shell

Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities for SAF and renewable diesel; 820,000 tonnes/year

Royal Dutch Shell will build an 820,000-tonnes-a-year biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, the Netherlands, formerly known as the Pernis refinery. Once built, the facility will Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Renewable gas producer Archaea surges in debut after SPAC deal

 Shares of Archaea Energy jumped as much as 9.2% on the largest U.S. renewable natural gas producer’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, a sign of rising Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

‘Diesel vs doughnuts’: new biofuel refineries squeeze US food industry

Fuel refiners including Marathon Petroleum and ExxonMobil are adding “renewable diesel” to their product mix in response to government incentives for cleaner fuels. The raw materials are typically edible oils Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

EPA Proposes Biofuel Mandate Cut In Win For Oil Refiners

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a retroactive reduction in biofuel mandates, effective 2020, in very welcome news to oil refiners who have been complaining of the costly mandates. Citing Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • Chevron

Chevron Expands Push into Dairy-to-Gas Fuel

Chevron Corp. is accelerating its push to convert cow manure into renewable natural gas as part of its effort to reduce its carbon footprint. (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. is accelerating Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • Shipping

Biofuel Feedstock Shortage Hinders Green Shipping Ambitions

The world’s largest shipping company, A.P. Moller Maersk A/S, aims to have net-zero carbon dioxide emissions from its own ocean operations by 2050 as the industry responsible for around 3 Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

EPA to urge U.S. biofuel blending mandates below 2020 levels, sources say

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to recommend to the White House reducing federal biofuel blending mandates for 2021 to below 2020 levels in what would be a blow Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Renewable fuel companies edge out some refiners on feedstock

Both renewable fuel processors and oil refiners are trying to profit off the growing market for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel, but high prices for feedstocks like soybean oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Renewables surpasses coal to become second most used fuel source in 2020: EIA

Highlights Coal forecast 18% higher in 2021, renewables up 7% Coal was largest source of US electricity until 2016 Renewables account for 80% of 2021 additions Renewable energy generation became Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

EIA: US renewable diesel capacity expected to increase significantly through 2024

US production capacity for renewable diesel could increase significantly through 2024, based on announced projects and those that are under construction, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Growing Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

DC Circuit reverses Trump EPA’s approval of year-round E15 fuel

A US appeals court July 2 vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of year-round E15 fuel sales, rejecting the regulatory process it took to fulfill former President Donald Trump’s October Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Farm Belt lawmakers push for biofuel investment and tax credits in new bills

Billions of dollars in federal investments and tax credits to boost demand for U.S. biofuels will be part of two bills that Democratic lawmakers will introduce to the U.S. Congress, Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • Brazil
  • USA

U.S., Brazil expected to constrain ethanol output in coming months

The United States and Brazil, the world’s top two ethanol producers, are expected to hold down production in coming months because of the surging cost of corn and sugar. Tight Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

U.S. refiners amass over $1 bln biofuel liability as Biden admin mulls relief

U.S. merchant refiners have amassed up to a $1.6 billion shortfall in the credits they will need to comply with U.S. biofuel laws, according to a Reuters review of corporate Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

U.S. lawmakers urge EPA to reject exempting refiners from biofuel mandates

Democratic U.S. congressional members sent a letter on Wednesday to the Environmental Protection Agency, urging it to reject any action that would exempt oil refiners from obligations to blend biofuels Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

Biden considers giving refiners relief from U.S. biofuel laws, sources say

President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of Delaware, is considering ways to provide relief to U.S. oil refiners from Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

U.S. EPA to keep biofuel mandates steady in 2021-22 due to coronavirus -sources

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s biofuel blending mandates for this year and next are likely to be in line with those of 2020 as the agency accounts for weaker fuel Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 May 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Oil Refiners Vs. Biofuels Clash Ends Up In Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral argument on Tuesday in a case that has pitted the oil industry and the corn lobby for years—whether refiners can obtain exemptions from Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Apr 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric

The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and away from liquid-fueled cars, but biofuels producers and some of Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Apr 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

The Biofuel Boom Could Threaten Food Security

Sustainable aviation fuels seem to be the future of air travel, according to industry insiders seeking to reduce the industry’s carbon print. Refiners are on board, just as they are Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • United Kingdom

UK introducing E10 fuel nationwide in September

E10 gasoline blends (10% ethanol) will be introduced at gasoline stations across the UK in September 2021. Its introduction on UK roads could cut transport carbon dioxide emissions by 750,000 Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Lockdowns Hit Supplies For Biofuels

Lockdowns, curfews, and fewer people eating out due to the coronavirus are dwindling the supplies of used cooking oil that is used in renewable fuels production, and refiners are now Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

IEA cuts global biofuels forecast as pandemic hits transport fuel demand

The International Energy Agency has cut its near-term forecast for global biofuels production as the COVID-19 crisis triggers the first annual decline in transport biofuels in two decades. Receive daily Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Navy researchers produce high energy density jet fuels from sustainable cellulosic feedstocks

Researchers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) have developed an efficient three-step process for the conversion of cellulosic feedstocks to both a valuable chemical precursor and high-performance Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels
  • USA

US DATA: EIA says US ethanol production and inventories fall

US ethanol production averaged 926,000 b/d for the week ended Sept. 11, a decrease of 15,000 b/d on the week and down 77,000 b/d year on year, data from the Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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