SASKATOON — Biofuel promoters are feeling simultaneously vindicated and frustrated by new numbers released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Those numbers show U.S. biomass-based diesel production, which includes biodiesel, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and heating oil, reached four billion gallons in 2023. Related stories: Carbon intensity is ‘game changer’ Renewable diesel plans […] Read more
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EPA underestimated U.S. biodiesel production
The low Renewable Fuel Standards assumptions made by the agency threw a monkey wrench into the industry's plans
B.C. to launch first mandate for sustainable aviation fuel
SASKATOON — British Columbia is making history by becoming the first jurisdiction in North America to implement a sustainable aviation fuel mandate. There are hundreds of planes in the air today using SAF, and the fuel is available at more than 100 airports. “But for these alternatives to be manufactured at scale, fuel producers need […] Read more
Carbon intensity is ‘game changer’
SASKATOON — Bob Larocque had one takeaway from his presentation at Canola Week 2023. “Remember carbon intensity because that’s the game changer,” said the president of the Canadian Fuels Association. It is a factor that will help determine the value of canola when large volumes of the crop are being consumed by the renewable diesel […] Read more
U.S. gradually losing share of world markets
American corn, soybean and wheat exports all show declines as crop production ramps up in other growing regions
SASKATOON — The United States is getting beaten up in crop export markets that it once dominated, says an analyst. Brazil is body-slamming the U.S. in corn and soybean markets while Russia is pummeling it in the wheat market, DTN lead analyst Todd Hultman told delegates attending the company’s 2023 Virtual Ag Summit. “Each year […] Read more
Camelina shows potential as biofuel crop
The crop could be a good fit in Western Canada because of its short maturity and low water requirements
SASKATOON — Camelina is poised for takeoff as the renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel industries grow, says a promoter of the crop. Mike Karst, senior vice-president of Global Clean Energy and president of its subsidiary Sustainable Oils, has been promoting the oilseed since 2007. There have been many momentum ebbs and flows during that […] Read more!["We're pretty confident there's going to be something in the [federal government's] Fall Economic Statement, but we'll see next week," said Ian Thomson, president of Advanced Biofuels Canada (ABFC). | Getty Images](https://static.producer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/17122957/biofuel-GettyImages-155419399-660x420.jpg)
Biofuel sector hopes for sign from feds
Editor’s note: This story was updated with a link to the federal government’s 2023 Fall Economic Statement on Wednesday November 22, 2023 – the day following its release. Canada’s biofuel and oilseed sectors will be closely scrutinizing the federal government’s 2023 Fall Economic Statement. They hope the Nov. 21 statement provides some indication how Ottawa […] Read more
Belize plans to make biofuel from stinky seaweed
(Reuters) — Belize is developing a pilot project to convert the masses of foul-smelling sargassum seaweed swamping its pristine beaches into biofuel, its prime minister said in a statement published by regional Caribbean bloc CARICOM. Many Caribbean countries depend economically on drawing travellers from around the world to their white sand beaches, but since 2010 […] Read more
USDA to adjust GHG model
REUTERS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $400,000 to adjust a federal greenhouse gas emissions model to ensure that aviation fuel made from corn-based ethanol is eligible for hefty subsidies, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. “We’re working on the modeling to make sure that there’s a broad array of feedstocks that […] Read more
Alta. still hopes for an average canola crop
The scattered rain showers that have fallen in the province during the first two weeks of July ‘gives us a little bit of hope’
It’s been a topsy-turvy year for canola growers in Alberta with variability in crop conditions reported in different quadrants and, in some places, even from field to field. Roger Chevraux, chair of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission, said he suspects the situation might result in an average year for producers. But the overall provincial yields […] Read more
Clean fuel regs backlash blamed on flawed assumption
Feds pressured to ‘rethink’ program, but biofuel sector points finger at faulty economic assessment that inflated costs
Advanced Biofuels Canada said Canada’s new Clean Fuel Regulations are unfairly under attack. “There is a massive pushback on the Clean Fuel Regulations based on highly inaccurate information,” said president Ian Thomson. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released a report in May forecasting the impact of the CFR on average households. The report relies on […] Read more
