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TodayOct 15Thu
  1. Biodiesel
    Google News · BIODIESEL · ptSignificance: Notable

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    Rio Grande do Sul creates sectoral chamber for oilseeds and biodiesel

    Rio Grande do Sul's agriculture secretariat (Seapi) has instituted the Sectoral Chamber for the Oilseeds and Biodiesel Production Chain, a permanent consultative forum for dialogue among government, producers, cooperatives, industry, research institutions and other segments of the chain in the state. With the new chamber, Seapi now coordinates 24 sectoral chambers. The chamber will contribute to formulating, monitoring and evaluating public policies for the production, industrialization and marketing of oilseeds and biofuels, and promote research, technological innovation, knowledge transfer and good practices, as well as ways to overcome production, logistics, regulatory and market bottlenecks. Invited members include state secretariats, Famurs, Mapa, Fiergs, Farsul, Fetag, Ocergs, Emater/RS-Ascar, federal universities, Banrisul, Banco do Brasil, Sicredi, Aprosoja RS, Embrapa, Senar, Sebrae, Acergs, Aprobio, Abrascanola and Sindienergia-RS. Participation is unpaid public service. The creation was announced by secretary Marcio Madalena at the first national opening of the canola harvest.

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    Construction starts on R$1.25bn Soli3 biodiesel plant in Rio Grande do Sul

    Construction has begun on the Soli3 biodiesel complex in Cruz Alta, in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The R$1.25 billion project is a joint venture of cooperatives Cotrijal, Cotripal and Cotrisal. Earthworks are ahead of schedule and civil construction is due to start within days, with production expected to begin in May 2028. The plant will initially process only soybeans, with equipment adaptable to canola after minor adjustments. Cruz Alta was chosen for the railway running through the town, which the article describes as the state's only operating stretch. The partners also envisage replicating or expanding the plant in future. No capacity figure is given in the article.

Oct 14Wed
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    Clean Fuels welcomes EPA proposal to reallocate 2025 small refinery exemptions

    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the release of the Reallocation of Additional 2025 Small Refinery Exemptions proposed rule. EPA proposes adding supplemental volumes to the current Renewable Fuel Standards so the standards finalized on April 1 are not eroded by the small refinery exemptions granted on August 31. EPA is proposing and taking comment on two approaches for reallocating 100% of the 770 million RIN difference between estimated and granted 2025 exemptions: split the supplemental volume between 2026 and 2027 obligations, or add the full supplemental volume to 2027 obligations. Clean Fuels Alliance America welcomed the proposal and urged EPA to finalize adding supplemental volumes to both 2026 and 2027.

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    Hormuz shock briefly made biofuel the cheapest bunker option, white paper finds

    A General Index and LSEG white paper finds B30 (30% UCOME biodiesel, 70% VLSFO) became USD 74.61 per tonne cheaper than conventional VLSFO in Rotterdam in April once EU ETS and potential FuelEU Maritime costs are included, after costing USD 11-27 more in the prior three months. B100 UCOME traded at a discount to marine gasoil for eight weeks between March and May; the authors caution this was temporary, not a permanent shift. SAF prices rose USD 636 per tonne between February and March, and aviation would need carbon prices near USD 445 per tonne of CO2e to close the SAF-jet fuel gap.

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    Mazda's microalgae biodiesel R&D project selected for NEDO's FY2026 program

    Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that its R&D project "Development of High-Density Microalgal Biofuel" was selected for the fiscal 2026 program of NEDO, the Japanese government agency that funds the commercialization of energy-saving decarbonization technologies. The project targets renewable HVO biodiesel refined from microalgal lipids. Mazda, which has researched algae biofuels since the 2010s together with Hiroshima University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, will lead the upstream chain — high-density cultivation, harvesting, drying and lipid extraction — while Idemitsu Kosan will study refining the extracted lipids into usable fuel. Mazda says it has validated production of more than one liter of fuel in about two weeks from a 1000-liter cultivation tank. As a first industrial application, the company aims to factory-fill every diesel vehicle built at its Japanese plants with algae-derived HVO biodiesel in the early 2030s. Director and CSO Takeji Kojima framed the effort within Mazda's multi-solution strategy toward a regional circular energy model.

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    Brazil biodiesel exports nearly triple in September to 22900 m³

    Brazil exported just under 22900 cubic metres of biodiesel in September, almost triple the August volume and double the 11300 m³ shipped in September 2025, according to MDIC data cited by BiodieselBR — the biggest monthly volume in 15 months. With shipments topping 100000 m³ in the year to date, Brazil is on the verge of an annual export record.

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    Brazil biodiesel margins narrow again in week 40 as plant costs outpace price hikes

    In the 40th week of 2026 (40S), Brazilian plants sold biodiesel at an average of R$5,622.84 per cubic metre, up 2% from the previous week, rebounding after the sector broke a rising streak, according to ANP data cited by BiodieselBR. The price is up 14.8% over 17 weeks of near-uninterrupted gains since mid-June, moving back toward early-year levels — but still about R$300 (5.3%) short of the near-R$6 per litre levels seen at the turn of 2025-2026. BiodieselBR notes that rising plant costs outpaced the price increases applied over the past week, squeezing margins again.

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    Growth Energy backs EPA plan to reallocate 100% of SRE-lost gallons in 2025 RVOs

    Growth Energy commended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing to reallocate 100% of the difference between projected and actual exempted gallons lost to small refinery exemptions (SREs) in the 2025 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard. In August, EPA announced a plan to grant 29 SREs from the 2025 RVO, while pledging to fully account for any lost demand before the end of October. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor said reallocating the lost gallons would strengthen the rural economy and give farmers reliable new markets, and credited congressional champions and USDA Secretary Rollins for supporting biofuel growth.

Oct 13Tue
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    AliançaBiodiesel backs ANP restriction on biodiesel sales between distributors

    Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has restored a 24-month ban on fuel distributors buying and selling biodiesel among themselves. AliançaBiodiesel, an alliance created by Aprobio and Abiove, welcomed the decision, saying it helps combat so-called "bionotas" — paper-only transactions with no corresponding physical movement of biodiesel or actual blending into diesel A. The alliance said the restriction strengthens product traceability and ensures the biodiesel used for mandatory blending is actually produced, sold and delivered under ANP rules. Aprobio president Jerônimo Goergen said such practices harm compliant companies, distort competition, reduce market transparency and hurt public revenues. Abiove executive president André Nassar said the decision brings the legal certainty and regulatory predictability the sector needs. The alliance advocates making the ban permanent after regulatory impact analysis, consultation and a public hearing.

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    Continental Refining to double biodiesel capacity at Somerset, Kentucky plant by November 15

    Continental Refining Company (CRC) said its biodiesel production and fuel terminal operations continue without interruption while it undertakes a major expansion that will double biodiesel production capacity. The capital project began in August and is expected to be completed by November 15; CRC is also adding a rail spur connecting the facility to the Norfolk Southern main line so it can receive and ship biofuel nationwide. The company's 77-acre Somerset, Kentucky complex had its soybean crush plant idled after a July 5 fire; CRC is still evaluating repair and restart options and is seeking a regional partner to operate its grain elevator. In September CRC introduced P51, a higher-blend biodiesel product tested for several years in the fleet of affiliate White Oil Company.

  3. Biodiesel
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    BNDES approves R$150M loan to Soli3 cooperative for biodiesel market entry

    Brazil's development bank BNDES approved a R$150 million credit line for Soli3 União Central Cooperativa — a joint venture of the Rio Grande do Sul cooperatives Cotrijal, Cotripal and Cotrisal — to finance machinery and equipment for a soybean processing plant under construction. The loan, under the Fundo Clima – Máquinas Verdes program (the Climate Fund linked to the Environment Ministry and operated by BNDES), is part of a R$1.25 billion project to bring the cooperative into the biodiesel market. The credit has a two-year drawdown period, extendable by 12 months, and supports low-carbon transition and climate-adaptation goals alongside adding value to members' soybeans.

Oct 12Mon
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    LanzaTech, Sinopec advance 50kt off-gas-to-ethanol-to-SAF project

    Shougang LanzaTech and Sinopec will advance a 50,000-ton-per-year project converting off-gas to ethanol and onward to sustainable aviation fuel. The project scales waste-gas ethanol fermentation toward SAF.

  2. Biodiesel
    Google News · BIODIESEL · enSignificance: Notable

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    Cuba denies any role in seized biodiesel shipments, energy minister tells Reuters

    Cuban Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Havana (Oct 12) that there was "no contract of any kind with ENETEC S.A." and that no Cuban state-owned company had managed to secure any fuel contracts, rejecting US claims of government involvement in Cuba-bound biodiesel shipments seized in September. The US said last week it had seized 90 separate shipments of biodiesel worth nearly $3 million under contracts involving ENETEC, a sanctioned Cuban state energy trader, as part of a crackdown on fuel deliveries to the island. De la O Levy said US fuel exports are permitted only to Cuba's private sector, not the government, and imports cover less than 3% of the country's fuel needs. Cuba and the United Nations have called the US oil blockade illegal and contrary to international law.

  3. Biodiesel
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    Growing interest in ethanol for maritime fuel

    Interest in ethanol as a maritime fuel is growing. Shipowners are evaluating ethanol alongside methanol and ammonia as a decarbonization option.

Oct 11Sun
  1. Biodiesel
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Notable

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    India may halt sugar-to-ethanol diversion in 2026-27

    India may halt sugar diversion for ethanol production in 2026-27 amid supply concerns. The move would affect ethanol blending targets and feedstock markets.

  2. Biodiesel
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Notable

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    Singapore eyes wider biofuel adoption for net-zero goal

    Singapore is looking into wider adoption of biofuels and bio-resources to hit net-zero emissions. The city-state is studying how biofuels can decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors.

  3. Biodiesel
    Biofuels International · NewsSignificance: Notable

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    US lawmakers urge stronger long-term support for biofuels

    Bipartisan lawmakers are calling for stronger long-term policy support for US biofuels. The push aims to give the industry stable incentives for investment and growth.

Oct 10Sat
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    Google News · BIODIESEL · esSignificance: Notable

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    Honduras' private sector backs soy-and-biodiesel plan, seeks Brazilian investment

    Honduras' private business council COHEP, led by Anabel Gallardo, publicly backed the government's plan to develop soy cultivation and biodiesel production with Brazilian company Be8, whose CEO Erasmo Carlos Battistella met President Nasry Asfura this week. The plan envisions a first expandable soy-and-biodiesel processing plant, up to 200,000 hectares of soy cultivation and around 100,000 permanent rural jobs — all targets conditional on project execution. The private sector helped draft Honduras' Ley de Biocombustibles, whose reform is expected to lower investment barriers. Stated goals: diversify agriculture, cut dependence on imported soy derivatives and fuels, and broaden the energy mix. The project remains at the exploration/planning stage; no investment is closed.

Oct 9Fri
  1. Biodiesel
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    Caramuru Targets B17 as Brazil Prepares Higher Biodiesel Blend

    Brazilian producer Caramuru Alimentos plans to expand its biodiesel output, targeting the B17 blend (17% biodiesel in diesel) expected in 2026 as Brazil raises its national biodiesel mandate.

  2. Biodiesel
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    Argentina biodiesel exports to EU nearly quadruple after Parliament rejects soy reclassification

    Argentina's soybean biodiesel exports to the EU nearly quadrupled in about three months, rising from 50,000 tonnes in the first half of 2026 to around 220,000-230,000 tonnes across reports, after the European Parliament on July 8 rejected a European Commission proposal to amend Regulation 2019/807 that would have classified soy as a high ILUC (indirect land use change) risk feedstock. EU-bound shipments had frozen from March as importers avoided regulatory risk; a coordinated effort by industry body Ciara-CEC, Argentina's foreign ministry and its EU embassy secured the Parliament's rejection, which importers took as clearance to resume buying. Ciara-CEC president Gustavo Idigoras projects full-year shipments to the EU could exceed 300,000 tonnes; the EU is Argentina's only biodiesel export market. Idigoras also noted that Black Sea-related diesel price rises made Argentine soy biodiesel more competitive in Europe. The regulatory debate is not over: the Commission must redraft the Regulation 2019/807 amendment.