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  1. Biodiesel
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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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  1. SAF
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    Japan's next-gen fuel journal: SAF to reshape aviation — decarbonization and the race for domestic production

    A feature from the Japanese monthly 'Jigyō Kōsō' online (reprinted with permission from the METI Kinki Bureau's official Note, originally published September 3, 2026) opens the 'Next-Generation Fuel Journal' series on sustainable aviation fuel. It explains that SAF — made from used cooking oil, woody biomass and bioethanol — is a drop-in fuel usable in existing aircraft and fueling infrastructure, cutting lifecycle emissions by roughly 60–80% versus conventional jet fuel; ICAO expects SAF to deliver about 55% of aviation decarbonization by 2050. Japan's policy stack includes the 2030 target of replacing 10% of domestic airlines' fuel with SAF, a public-private SAF council, Green Innovation Fund support for technology development, GX transition bond backing for large manufacturing equipment investment, a tax scheme to promote domestic production in strategic sectors, and feedstock supply-chain support. The three main barriers: high production costs, tight waste-cooking-oil supply amid international competition driving up prices, and securing demand while scaling volumes (2022 global SAF supply was about 300000 kilolitres, just 0.1% of global jet fuel). Domestic projects are advancing in Wakayama, Osaka, Chiba and Okinawa; Cosmo Oil's Sakai refinery began supplying domestically produced SAF in April 2025; the Kinki Bureau has hosted the 'Kansai Next-Generation Fuel Forum NEXT' since 2023, most recently on March 10, 2026.

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  1. SAF
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    Uttar Pradesh approves SAF manufacturing promotion policy to attract investment and green jobs

    At a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on October 9, the Uttar Pradesh government approved the Uttar Pradesh Sustainable Aviation Fuel Manufacturing Promotion Policy-2026, aiming to make the state a major SAF production hub. The policy promotes SAF made from agricultural residues, municipal waste and non-edible oilseeds — including rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse — and leans on the state's strong sugarcane and ethanol industries to support second-generation biofuel and alcohol-to-jet pathways. Manufacturing units are classified by investment size: large (Rs 200-500 crore), mega (Rs 500-1,500 crore) and ultra-mega (above Rs 1,500 crore). Incentives include stamp duty relief, exemption from land-use conversion charges and development fees, reimbursement of net state GST, interest subsidies, a full electricity-duty exemption for up to 10 years, skill-development subsidies and patent-registration-fee reimbursement. The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) will serve as the nodal agency for approving and disbursing incentives, and the policy stays in force for five years.

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  1. SAF
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    Boeing-RSB Report Maps India's Path to 5% SAF by 2030

    Boeing and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials launched a report assessing India's readiness to scale SAF, noting India's targets of 1% blending by 2027, 2% by 2028 and 5% by 2030, alongside mandatory CORSIA participation.