Farmers and politicians want biofuel tax credits available only to feedstocks that are produced in the United States
SASKATOON — Canada’s canola sector has a powerful ally in the feedstock fight that has broken out in the U.S. biofuel industry. Forty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives recently sent a letter to the Treasury Department urging that the final guidance for the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit restrict eligibility to […] Read moreTag Archives renewable fuel
Regulatory certainty called vital to Regina project’s future
Renewable diesel plant proposed by FCL and AGT still in early design stages, waiting for Clean Fuel Standards to be set
REGINA — One of the proponents of a renewable fuel project in Regina says the regulatory environment must be clear before it goes ahead. Murad Al-Katib, who heads AGT Foods, said the front-end engineering and design for the facility planned by AGT and Federated Co-operatives Ltd. to produce both protein concentrates and renewable fuel from […] Read more
EPA’s renewable fuel rule called ‘missed opportunity’
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tapped the brakes on the renewable diesel sector and the oilseed industry that feeds it, say analysts and officials. In its final rule on renewable fuel obligations, the EPA made very modest changes to its disappointing proposed rule issued on Dec. 1, 2022. It kept the 2023 biomass-based diesel […] Read more
U.S. EPA finalizes biofuel blending mandate
Under the December proposal, oil refiners would be required to add 20.82 billion gallons of biofuels to their fuel in 2023, 21.87 billion gallons in 2024, and 22.68 billion gallons in 2025.
