The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) yesterday (March 17, 2025) initiated an anti-dumping investigation and a countervailing investigation into imports of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) biodiesel from the United States. The investigation was initiated following a petition from UK biodiesel producers concerned about changes in the market since the last review in 2022. Recent evidence suggests […]
According to the website of Hong Kong Bauhinia Magazine on March 14th, recently, PetroChina’s Hong Kong-based organization, International Business (Hong Kong) Company Limited (referred to as State Affairs Hong Kong), for the first time sold second-generation biodiesel (HVO) to Hong Kong end-users to provide automotive fuels for the jet fuel refueling trucks at Hong Kong […]
A coalition of eight organizations recently sent a letter to the House Committee on Fundraising urging Congress to extend the Section 40A Biodiesel Blender Tax Credit. The Biodiesel Blender Tax Credit provides a $1 per gallon tax credit for the purchase of biofuels. It was introduced in 2004 and expired last year. The biodiesel tax […]
On Wednesday, March 12, the Brazilian Union of Fuel and Lubricant Distribution Companies (Sindicom) submitted a request to the National Agency for Oil, Gas and Biofuels (ANP) to temporarily suspend the obligation to blend 14% of biodiesel in diesel fuel for a period of up to 90 days.Sindicom argues that the recent higher price of […]
March 13 – Mercedes-Benz has placed the largest single order for SAF with a DB SCHENKER customer. The record-breaking agreement enables the global automotive company to reduce its CO2 emissions by 40,000 tons through the purchase of approximately 13,000 tons of SAF. The biofuel can be used for export air cargo from Frankfurt to Beijing […]
SK Energy announced on March 10 that it will become the first Korean refiner to supply large quantities of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Hong Kong airlines. After successfully exporting SAF to Europe in January this year, this achievement is expected to be an important foundation for the company to consolidate its leading position in […]
Wastefront announced on February 28, 2025, that construction has officially begun on its £100 million (approximately $129 million) tire-to-fuel facility at the Port of Sunderland in the United Kingdom. This milestone project marks a significant step forward in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the UK and will bring significant economic benefits to […]
The Bolivian government has taken a key step in the industrialization of energy with the final stages of construction of the biodiesel plant II “Héroes de Senkata”, in which the state-owned YPFB is investing more than $66 million. Located in the Senkata area of El Alto, the plant, with a capacity of 1,500 barrels per […]
The Government of the United States strongly opposes the recommendation on “sustainable” aviation fuel made during the 13th Triennial Meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP). This proposal to the ICAO Council for multi-cropping (i.e., growing two or more crops on the same piece of land) for the […]
According to a March 4 announcement by the German Union for the Promotion of Oilseeds and Protein Plants (UFOP), Germany’s biodiesel-to-diesel blending ratio fell to an all-time low in November 2023, at 3.9 percent. This ratio has not been this low since the blending obligation was introduced in 2009. According to the latest statistics released […]