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Brazil’s Petrobras to start testing renewable diesel

The edible oil-based products are the next generation of diesel

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Reuters – Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras will start testing new renewable diesel based on co-processed edible oils with customers in January, while awaiting regulatory approval to sell it commercially, the company’s refining director told Reuters. The tests are expected to take about six months and will be backed by a fuel distributor and a
The RFS’s clearest success has been boosting income for corn and soybean farmers and related agricultural firms.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: U.S. biofuel mandate helps farmers, but does little else

Research shows it does little for energy security and harms the environment

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If you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, almost all gasoline sold in the U.S. is required to contain 10 per cent ethanol – a fuel made from plant sources, mainly corn. With the recent
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Indonesia to ramp up biodiesel efforts to meet green energy targets

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Indonesia will need to increase the bio content of its palm oil-based biodiesel to 40 per cent by 2024 or risk missing its renewable energy targets, a senior official said Dec. 1. Indonesia has a mandatory biodiesel program with 30 per cent palm oil content known as B30. Long-standing plans to increase the palm content
File photo of a soybean plantation in Brazil. (Mailson Pignata/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Other

More acres seen needed worldwide to meet mounting crops demand

U.S. acres may have already hit ceiling: AgResource chief

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Geneva | Reuters — Farmers need more space to grow crops to meet mounting demand for food and renewable fuel at a time of slowing growth in yields, consultancy AgResource said on Tuesday. A renewable fuel push under U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate agenda is set to trigger a boom in soyoil use, reinforcing a
The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

Trump administration mulls industry-wide biofuel waiver

Comment period would end after Trump's exit

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New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering requests from the oil refining industry and its backers for a sweeping nationwide waiver to exempt them from their obligations to blend biofuels, a measure they argue would help them weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency
American biofuel sector may have to rely on U.S. agriculture secretary for relief — senator
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American biofuel sector may have to rely on U.S. agriculture secretary for relief — senator

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Reuters – The U.S. biofuel industry may have to depend on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for aid assistance, Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa said August 4 after Senate Republicans unveiled a COVID-19 relief package that did not include more specific appropriations for the industry. A provision of the US$1-trillion HEALS Act, introduced by Senate Republicans in late
The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Weather

U.S. EPA waives fuel requirements, extends biofuels deadline

Deadline extended to help refineries

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Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled measures to help oil refineries cope with fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, including waiving anti-smog requirements for gasoline and extending the deadline for small facilities to show compliance with the nation’s biofuels law. The outbreak has touched off a massive global decline in demand for
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Crops

U.S. EPA proposes hike in 2020 biofuel mandate

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Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday proposed refiners increase the volume of biofuels blended into their annual fuel output but did not reallocate the waived amounts under the hardship program, drawing ire from powerful corn and biofuel groups as well as Republican senators. The EPA is charged with setting

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