Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade on Wednesday issued a new regulation requiring exports of used cooking oil (UCO) and palm oil residue (including waste water oil slick POM) to apply for a government export license, which is valid for six months. The move is aimed at securing the supply of feedstock for the domestic edible oil […]
Spanish airlines will pay an additional €234.2 million this year for the use of 2% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) since the EU’s sustainable aviation fuel mandate came into force on January 1, the Spanish aviation group Asociación de Líneas Aéreas said on January 2, adding that it would be a good idea for Spanish airlines […]
Malaysia’s Minister of Plantation and Raw Industries, Zohari Abdulgani, said the country supports Indonesia’s commitment to move forward with the B40 biodiesel program in 2025, despite recent delays in implementation. He noted that increasing the mandatory blend ratio of biodiesel is important to support the palm oil industry. Zohary said Indonesia produces about 48 million […]
Tidewater Renewables Ltd. announced Jan. 6 that it has filed a countervailing and anti-dumping duty complaint with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in late 2024 in response to renewable diesel imports from the United States. The company says these imports are causing serious harm to the renewable diesel industry in Canada and that legal […]
Spanish airlines will pay an additional €234.2 million this year for the use of 2% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) since the EU’s sustainable aviation fuel mandate came into force on January 1, the Spanish aviation group Asociación de Líneas Aéreas said on January 2, adding that it would be a good idea for Spanish airlines […]
Jan. 5 — SK Energy, South Korea’s largest refiner, said today it has shipped its first shipment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Europe, which has implemented one of the world’s most stringent carbon neutral regulations for the aviation industry. With the shipment, SK Energy, a subsidiary of SK Innovation Co. and Korea’s largest energy […]
The UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) legislation came into effect on January 1st. Under the law, SAF must account for at least 2% of all aviation fuel used on flights departing from the UK from 2025, rising annually to 10% by 2030 and 22% by 2040. The UK government says that by 2030, the UK […]
Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister signed a decree on Friday allocating 15.6 million kiloliters of biodiesel for 2025 and asking the industry to adjust to a higher percentage of the blend by the end of next month. “The ministerial regulation has been signed,” Minister Bahlil Lahadalia told reporters, revealing that the government plans to […]
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), recently released the report Sustainable Aviation Fuel Blending and Logistics. The report, which is the result of ongoing collaboration between NREL researchers and aviation industry stakeholders, provides information and recommendations on effective petroleum jet fuel (Jet […]
Malaysian palm oil futures fell sharply on Thursday (Jan. 2) due to the delay of Indonesia’s B40 biodiesel program, which created uncertainty in the market and triggered a wave of selling. Indonesia was scheduled to implement a higher percentage of mandatory biodiesel blending program (B40) on January 1, 2025, but the program was not implemented […]