Biofuel News
Biofuel Backers Look to Grow Energy Aid in Farm Bill
Renewable energy advocates and soybean growers will be largely playing defense this year on provisions promoting biofuels in the 2024 farm bill fighting for their small piece of the agricultural legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since the 2018 farm bill has gradually increased mandates requiring blending of biofuels in gasoline while a recent climate […]
Senate Introduces Ocean-Going Renewable Fuels Bill
U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) this week introduced the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act to allow companies to preserve Renewable Identification Number credits (RINs) under the RFS program for renewable fuel, when the fuel for use is in ocean-going vessels. The legislation designates renewable fuel used in ocean-going vessels as an “additional […]
OPIS: Marine, Rail Sectors Ample Avenues for Renewable Fuels
The marine and rail industries could grow into significant markets for domestic renewable fuels in the future, a group of panelists at the 2024 Clean Fuels Conference said on Tuesday, but state and federal regulators must first create or bolster incentives to do so. “You need incentives for the rail and marine industries that want […]
Clean Fuels Looks to New Markets, Exports to Offset EPA’s ‘Dreadfully Wrong’ Blending Targets
Producers of renewable diesel and biodiesel are facing a “serious headwind” after the Environmental Protection Agency set usage mandates so low that they’re restraining demand for the biofuels, Donnell Rehagen, CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America, said Tuesday. EPA last June issued renewable volume obligations, or RVOs, for 2023 through 2025 that will require increased […]
Clean Fuels, Ag Industry Excited Over Potential for SAF
A governing board member for Clean Fuels Alliance America says sustainable aviation fuel is a groundbreaking market for the ag industry. Greg Anderson tells Brownfield the next six years will change the clean fuels landscape. “There aren’t great quantities of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, being produced,” he said. “However, the airline industry is calling […]
OEMs and Fleets Using Clean Fuels to Tackle the GHG Challenge
When it comes to the challenges of transportation emissions and climate change, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and fleets are on the first line of defense. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the transportation sector generates the largest share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the U.S., accounting for over 28% of emissions. With the […]