Clean Fuels Alliance America congratulates Floyd Vergara, Director of State Governmental Affairs, on his upcoming retirement at the end of this month. Vergara has an accomplished career in the clean fuels industry with nearly four decades of experience. He currently manages the Clean Fuels West Coast office in Sacramento, California, and leads the team responsible for government affairs in all …
NREL 2022 BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties Assessment
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released its Assessment of BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties for 2022 with more data collected than ever before. The annual report is produced under the direction of Clean Fuels Alliance America to document the quality of biodiesel from U.S. and Canadian-based producers that participate in the industry’s voluntary quality assurance program, BQ-9000. Clean Fuels Technical …
Clean Fuels Foundation Highlights Biodiesel Benchmarks
The Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation commemorated significant developments for biodiesel during the recent board meeting held in Washington, D.C. last month, including successful implementation of B100 EPA Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grants and advancements in modeling techniques that have led to lower land use scores for biodiesel feedstocks and other advanced biofuels. The Foundation has played a pivotal role …
Clean Fuels Alliance Grows Diverse Membership
Clean Fuels Alliance America continues to grow a more diverse membership as interest in low carbon fuels gains momentum. Since January, Clean Fuels has welcomed nine new companies, according to CEO Donnell Rehagen. “The success of our industry relies on growing support from a broad mix of organizations who understand the value of clean fuels as a solution to decarbonize,” …
Praise for USDA Biofuels Grants
After last week’s disappointing final biofuel volume rule from the Environmental Protection Agency, stakeholder organizations this week are happy with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for announcing new infrastructure funding. Clean Fuels Alliance America says some of the new Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program grants will increase consumer access to biodiesel from California to New Hampshire, by companies such as …
Biofuels Groups Unhappy With Final EPA RFS Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced a final rule for biofuel volume requirements through 2025, displeasing major biofuel organizations. The final rule includes conventional renewable fuel requirements of 15 billion gallons for both 2024 and 2025, down from the proposed volumes of 15.25 billion for both years. Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper called the reductions “inexplicable …
Senators Support Sustainable Aviation Fuel Legislation
U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), along with Joni Ernst (R-IA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), are introducing bipartisan legislation to identify the standards required to meet the definition of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023 would require the federal government to use …
Nebraska Governor Signs Bill Promoting Use of Biodiesel
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen last week signed legislation promoting the sale and use of biodiesel in the state by providing retail tax incentives for the sale of biodiesel at fuel retailer locations. Part of an omnibus revenue bill, the Nebraska Biodiesel Tax Credit Act, provides a 14-cent per gallon credit for the sale of biodiesel. The credit is applied to …
Argentina and Indonesia Biodiesel Duties Extended
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) last week announced its findings after its five-year (“sunset”) review of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia and determined that revocation of them “would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.” As a result, the existing orders on imports of …
Senators Urge EPA to Strengthen RFS
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) led a bipartisan group of 14 colleagues in a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The senators specifically request EPA strengthen the RFA by maintaining the blending requirements for 2023; denying all pending Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs); eliminating proposed retroactive cuts to the …