Biofuel Industry News

Italy has warned the European Commission that it will only support a solution to unblock the EU's planned phase-out of combustion engine cars by 2035 if it allows the sale of cars running on biofuels to continue after that date.

Sound Crazy? Maybe so, but not so crazy when you break it down. First of all, we are seeing the slow turn of the wheel as the buzz of EVs is starting to wear off and we may be looking at a hangover. They simply are not going to meet the projected level of market penetration in the next decades and the assumed benefits of efficiency and reduced emissions aren’t going to be there.

While some delegates at last week's COP27 climate conference were criticized for arriving by private jet, others arrived in Egypt aboard flights that were described as being emission-free, as they were powered fully by sustainable aviation fuel. The flights were part of a program called "Greenliner," run by Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, as a testbed for sustainable air travel solutions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose increases in the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that oil refiners must blend into their fuel over the next three years, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Today, Growth Energy released a study conducted by ABF Economics that found that nationwide access to E15, a 15 percent ethanol blended fuel, could save drivers billions in annual fuel costs, create new jobs, and return billions to the U.S.