SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Brazilian meat packer JBS is supplying animal waste from its operations abroad for the production of renewable aviation fuels and is studying a similar initiative in Brazil through the Friboi brand. The company said 1.2 million tonnes of beef tallow and pork lard from its units in the United States, […] Read more
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Wheat sector sees upside to clean fuel program
While American wheat growers say similar regulations threaten their crop, the Canadian industry is more optimistic
SASKATOON — Most of the talk about Canada’s new Clean Fuel Regulations has been about the opportunity it represents for canola, but there is another crop that could benefit. “There is potential for there to be a bump in demand for wheat driven by these regulatory policies,” said Shannon Sereda, director of government relations, policy […] Read more
China backs ‘green’ jet fuel
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Biofuel firms are pouring more than $1 billion into building China’s first plants to turn waste cooking oil into aviation fuel for export and to meet domestic demand once Beijing mandates the fuel’s use on airplanes to cut emissions. China, which is he world’s second-largest aviation market with about 11 per cent […] Read more
Little ethanol to qualify for aviation fuel credit
U.S. program will require that feedstock be grown using three practices, which many farmers won’t be able to follow
REUTERS — Little to no ethanol will qualify for U.S. sustainable aviation fuel subsidies under a new pilot program by president Joe Biden’s administration, according to a Reuters review of government data and people familiar with the matter. The pilot program toughened climate requirements at the last minute and could hurt the biofuel industry, which […] Read more
Canola feels there is room for improvement in U.S. SAF tax credit
The industry plans to continue lobbying the U.S. government for better access to the sustainable aviation fuel program
SASKATOON — Canada’s canola industry had a mixed reaction to new sustainable aviation fuel tax credit guidelines coming out of the United States. The good news is that canola-based SAF qualifies for the base blender’s credit of US$1.25 per gallon because it was previously approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an eligible feedstock. […] Read more
Critics question U.S. gov’t focus on sustainable aviation fuel
Federal policymakers and their Big Ag friends have a problem: their hope to make corn and soybeans the feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel hit a wall when the aviation industry ruled that biofuel from either crop did not meet its “sustainable” guidelines. As such, there would be no corn- or soy-based SAF. That’s not the […] Read more
Vegetable oil hits aviation turbulence
Sustainable aviation fuel was seen as major new market for vegetable oil, but stiffer competition may dash those hopes
SASKATOON — The biofuel market for vegetable oil might not be as massive as once envisioned, according to a commodity price reporting agency. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be the biggest driver of the biofuel market over the next two decades, Joao Morciani, agriculture and biofuel analyst with Fastmarkets, said during a recent webinar. Related […] Read more
U.S. rigs the game to allow sustainable aviation fuel to play
The easiest way to win any game is to rig the rules. That’s what Big Ag and its loyal boosters at the U.S. Department of Agriculture appear to be doing to make sure their new project, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), flies despite market gravity and basic science. Proponents hope the jet biofuel market will reach […] Read more
U.S to incentivize climate friendly farming
Farmers offered money to adopt practices that store carbon in the soil, but experts doubt the approach will be effective
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden’s administration is offering farmers money to adopt practices that store carbon in the soil to fight climate change, but soil science experts and a review of U.S. Department of Agriculture research indicate doubt that the approach will be effective. Planting cover crops and reducing tillage are key to the […] Read more
Corn-fuelled flight faces restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will soon release a preliminary climate model for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) subsidy program that is more restrictive than what the corn-based ethanol industry had expected, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Under the preliminary model, which could be released by May 15, ethanol is not […] Read more
