Policy

November 07, 2023

Miller introduces Farm to Fly Act

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstock, Business, PolicyRep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, on Nov. 7 introduced the bipartisan Farm to Fly Act, which aims to create new markets for U.S. agricultural products and strengthen domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). READ MORE

November 07, 2023

UK agency grants Virgin Atlantic permit for 100% SAF flight

BY U.K. Civil Aviation Authority Found In:Use, Business, PolicyThe U.K. Civil Aviation Authority has issued Virgin Atlantic with a permit to fly a world-first transatlantic 100 percent SAF flight. Virgin Atlantic plans to fly across the Atlantic from London Heathrow to New York JFK on Nov. 28. READ MORE

November 02, 2023

Johnson reintroduces Adopt GREET Act

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicyCo-chairs of the House Biofuels Caucus, on Nov. 2 reintroduced the Adopt GREET Act, which aims to require the U.S. EPA to update its greenhouse gas (GHG) modeling for all renewable fuels under the RFS. READ MORE

November 01, 2023

Klobuchar bill aims to update USDA loan guarantee program

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicySens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Oct. 26 announced the introduction of a bill that aims to update the USDA’s Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biobased Products Assistance loan guarantee program. READ MORE

November 01, 2023

SAF leaders urge Treasury to adopt GREET model for SAF tax credit

BY Renewable Fuels Association Found In:Business, PolicySeventy industry leaders covering nearly the entire supply chain for SAF, including major airlines, are calling on the Biden Administration to recognize the GREET model as a “similar methodology” for purposes of the IRA’s SAF tax credit. READ MORE

October 30, 2023

Senators to IRS: Block plastic-based fuels from IRA tax credits

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstock, Business, PolicySen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and five of his colleagues are urging the IRS to ensure that fuels made from petroleum products, specifically plastic feedstocks, are unable to qualify for the IRA’s SAF and clean fuels production tax credits. READ MORE

October 27, 2023

NREL: Midwestern electrofuels could become energy superheroes

BY Zia Abdullah, laboratory program manager, NREL Found In:Production, Feedstock, Business, PolicyNREL research demonstrates how carbon dioxide captured at Midwestern ethanol plants could be processed with electrolyzers powered by wind energy to produce electrofuels, specifically sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). READ MORE

October 27, 2023

Growth Energy: Biofuel producers are eligible for SAF tax credits

BY Growth Energy Found In:Business, PolicyGrowth Energy has submitted a letter to the IRS outlining why the IRS should ensure that American producers of bioethanol can certify eligibility for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credits enacted in sections 40B and 45Z of the IRA. READ MORE

October 26, 2023

International Biomass Conference & Expo opens call for abstracts

BY BBI International Found In:Production, Distribution, Use, Feedstock, Business, PolicyThe call for presentation abstracts for the 17th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo, produced by Biomass Magazine, is now open. The event will take place March 4-6, 2024, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia. READ MORE

October 25, 2023

Clean Fuels welcomes new director of state regulatory affairs

BY Clean Fuels Alliance America Found In:Business, PolicyClean Fuels Alliance America announces the strategic addition of Cory-Ann Wind, the visionary leader behind Oregon’s groundbreaking Clean Fuel Program. Wind will assume the director of state regulatory affairs role beginning Jan. 8, 2024. READ MORE

October 19, 2023

EPA: 1.95 billion RINs generated under the RFS in September

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Production, Business, PolicyNearly 1.95 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in September, up from 1.73 billion generated during the same month of 2022, according to data released by the U.S. EPA. Total RIN generation for the first nine months of 2023 was at 17.41 billion. READ MORE

October 18, 2023

Thune, Klobuchar reintroduce Adopt GREET Act

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicySens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on Oct. 17 reintroduced the Adopt GREET Act, which aims to require the U.S. EPA to update its greenhouse gas (GHG) modeling for all renewable fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard. READ MORE

October 16, 2023

Midwest Hydrogen Hub aims to help decarbonize SAF

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicyThe U.S. DOE on Oct. 13 announced plans to award up to $1 billion to support the launch of a regional hydrogen hub located in the Midwest that will enable decarbonization through strategic hydrogen uses, including the production of SAF. READ MORE

October 10, 2023

Council of the European Union adopts ReFuelEU regulations

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Production, Distribution, Use, Business, PolicyThe Council of the European Union on Oct. 9 adopted regulations for the ReFuelEU initiative. The new law aims to boost both the demand for and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the European Union. READ MORE

October 06, 2023

DOE awards $16.7M to advance production of affordable biofuels

BY U.S. Department of Energy Found In:Production, Feedstock, Business, PolicyThe U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office has announced $16.7 million in funding for five projects to advance the production of affordable biofuels and biochemicals that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. READ MORE

September 27, 2023

FAA offers $245 million in SAF infrastructure funding

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Production, Distribution, Business, PolicyThe Federal Aviation Administration on Sept. 25 launched a new competitive grant program that, in part, can support projects to add sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capacity to existing renewable diesel and ethanol plants. READ MORE

September 22, 2023

DOE seeks input on building supply chains for SAF

BY U.S. Department of Energy Found In:Production, Distribution, Use, Feedstock, Business, PolicyThe U.S. DOE has released a RFI to better understand the challenges facing critical elements within SAF supply chains. The agency is specifically seeking input from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and stakeholders. READ MORE

September 21, 2023

EPA: 2.04 billion RINs generated in August

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Production, Business, PolicyThe U.S. EPA on Aug. 21 released data indicating nearly 2.04 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in August, up from 1.84 billion generated in August 2022. Total RIN generation for the first eight months of the year reached nearly 15.45 billion. READ MORE

September 20, 2023

WestJet endorses widescale Canadian production of SAF

BY WestJet Found In:Use, Business, PolicyWestJet Group CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech, on Sept. 19 at the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, addressed the airline’s ambitions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and the vital role SAF plays in the future of decarbonizing aviation. READ MORE

September 19, 2023

Clean Fuels, ag groups urge adoption of GREET for SAF tax credit

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstock, Business, PolicyClean Fuels Alliance America, American Soybean Association, National Oilseed Processors Association the U.S. Canola Association are urging the Biden administration to adopt GREET for the purposes measuring GHG reductions for the SAF tax credit. READ MORE

September 18, 2023

Global Biofuels Alliance launches at G20 Summit

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicyPresident Joe Biden on Sept. 9 joined leaders of India, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates to launch the Global Biofuels Alliance. The launch took place on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi. READ MORE

September 14, 2023

Ethanol groups urge Treasury to adopt GREET for SAF tax credit

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstock, Business, PolicyThe RFA, Growth Energy and the USGC on Sept. 14 sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen advocating for the adoption of GREET to measure GHG reductions for the purposes of SAF tax credit created by the Inflation Reduction Act. READ MORE

September 14, 2023

DOE awards $18.6M to 8 biofuel, bioproduct feedstock projects

BY U.S. Department of Energy Found In:Feedstock, PolicyThe U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office awarded $18.6 million in funding to eight university and industry projects to develop biomass feedstocks to produce affordable biofuels and bioproducts that reduce GHG emissions. READ MORE

September 13, 2023

MEPs approve SAF mandate, limit eligible feedstocks

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Use, Feedstock, Business, PolicyMembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Sept. 13 approved a new law that ramps up requirements for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the European Union but sets limits on what types of feedstocks that fuel can be made from. READ MORE

September 12, 2023

Vilsack urges ethanol producers to seize the opportunity of SAF

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstock, Business, PolicyAgricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack on Sept. 12 called on ethanol producers to seize the opportunity offered by the emerging SAF market and stressed that climate-smart ag and carbon capture technologies must play a role in ethanol-to-SAF production. READ MORE

September 11, 2023

NCGA urges Treasury to adopt GREET for SAF tax credit

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicyNCGA President Tom Hagg and the leaders of 16 state corn grower groups on Sept. 7 sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the adoption of the U.S. DOE’s GREET model to measure GHG reductions for the purposes of the SAF tax credit. READ MORE

September 06, 2023

Gevo, USDA sign agreement for climate-smart commodities grant

BY Gevo Inc. Found In:Feedstock, Business, PolicyGevo Inc. has finalized and executed a notice of grant and agreement award with the USDA for a Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant of up to $30 million for Gevo’s Climate-Smart Farm-to-Flight Program. READ MORE

September 05, 2023

UK government to launch SAF revenue support scheme

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicyThe U.K. government on Sept. 4 announced plans to introduce a revenue certainty mechanism to support domestic SAF production. The initiative aims to bolster the development of SAF and drive further investment in SAF projects. READ MORE

August 30, 2023

Canadian government invests $5.3 million in BioFuelNet Canada

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstock, Business, PolicyThe Canadian government on Aug. 30 announced it is investing up to $5.3 million in an initiative that aims to support the development of biomass supply chains and cutting-edge technologies to produce biomass and value-added agricultural products. READ MORE

August 29, 2023

DOE, NSF fund 3 projects to advance biomanufacturing innovation

BY U.S. Department of Energy Found In:Feedstock, Business, PolicyThe U.S. DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office and the U.S. National Science Foundation have funded three new projects that aim to help accelerate innovation and develop new biomanufacturing approaches. READ MORE