Clean Fuels Alliance Ready to Accelerate

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“Accelerate” is the theme for the 2025 Clean Fuels Conference, Jan. 20-23 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel in San Diego, California. Clean Fuels Alliance America CEO Donnell Rehagen says the meeting theme refers to the rapid growth and transformative progress of the biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel industries. “With the clean fuels industry accelerating at an …

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Sen. Moran Meets With SAF Coalition

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Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) visited with members of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Coalition in Washington D.C. this week, where he discussed the need for greater legislative efforts to support the production and deployment of SAF in the 119th Congress. “Sustainable aviation fuel is a practical and smart way to fuel our airplanes,” said Senator Jerry Moran. “SAF offers a …

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NAFB Panel Explores Renewable Fuels Future

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Leaders from the renewable fuels industry took questions at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention in Kansas City on Wednesday about what the future looks like for them now with a new administration and a new Congress. Moderator Mark Dorenkamp of Brownfield led the panel with Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper, National Corn Growers Association CEO …

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Minnesota Chosen as Site for New SAF Plant

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DG Fuels recently announced Moorhead, Minnesota as the site for a $5 billion manufacturing facility that will produce 193 million gallons per year of low-carbon aviation fuel (SAF) using agricultural and wood waste as feedstock. This news is a notable milestone for the MN SAF Hub and is the most significant commitment towards commercial-scale SAF production in the state. The …

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Grassley Addresses 45Z and Blenders Tax Credit

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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) addressed whether farmers and biofuel producers might see rules for the 45Z tax credit before the end of the year, or if the blenders tax credit will be extended, during a call with reporters on Tuesday. “45Z is not a subject of Congressional action, it’s a subject within the Treasury Department on the rules,” said Grassley. …

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ZeaKal PhotoSeed is 1st Sustainability-Embedded Trait Tech

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ZeaKal today announced that PhotoSeed™ Soy has been validated as the first sustainability-embedded trait technology for agriculture, a technology that could expand the volume of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production by approximately one billion additional gallons on existing U.S. soybean acreage. Han Chen, co-founder and CEO of ZeaKal, says they were able to validate PhotoSeed’s impact on the carbon intensity …

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CoBank Report Studies Future for SAF

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A new CoBank Knowledge Exchange report on Charting the Path Forward for SAF finds sustainable aviation fuel provides great opportunity for growth in U.S. biofuels production from agricultural feedstocks, as long as the market and regulatory incentives are there for farmers and the wider biofuels industry. According to the report, the anticipated guidance for the 45Z tax credit, also known …

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Bill Would Extend 45Z Tax Credit

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The 45Z clean fuel production tax credit would be extended by ten years under legislation introduced this week by Reps. Brad Schneider (D-IL), Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Julia Brownley (D-CA). The tax credit, created under the Inflation Reduction Act, is slated to start in 2025 and expire in 2027, even though no rules have been developed for it yet. The …

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New Ethanol Infographics from Grains Council

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The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) has released a series of infographics to promote the benefits of biofuels, an explainer on various sustainability benchmarks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and an update on global ethanol blending policies. The Council seeks to show international policymakers and industry stakeholders that U.S. ethanol is an affordable, abundant, compatible and sustainable way for countries to …

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USDA Celebrates $3 Billion for Climate-Smart Commodities

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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack traveled to Pennsylvania last week to celebrate investing over $3 billion in 135 projects under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities since its creation in September 2022. Vilsack highlighted the initiative’s success to date, including: – Enrollment of over 3.2 million acres of working land into climate-smart practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon. …

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