Biodiesel World News

Chevron completes acquisition of REG Chevron Corp. on June 13 completed its previously announced acquisition of biofuel producer Renewable Energy Group Inc. The rebranded business segment, Chevron Renewable Energy Group, will remain headquartered in Ames, Iowa. READ MORE SHARE
OMB’s spring regulatory agenda includes timelines for RFS rules The U.S. EPA has indicated it will release proposed rules related to the 2023 RFS RVO and state requests to allow summer E15 sales within the next several months. The agency will also soon finalize pending canola oil fuel pathways under the RFS. READ MORE SHARE
	EPA: 1.84 billion RINs generated in May The U.S. EPA has released data showing that nearly 1.84 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in May, up from 1.72 billion generated during the same month of last year. READ MORE SHARE
Cargill, BDI announce opening of advanced biodiesel plant Cargill on June 15 announced the opening of an advanced biodiesel plant in Ghent, Belgium. The facility, which converts waste oils and residues into renewable fuel, was built by Austria-based BDI BioEnergy International. READ MORE SHARE
Qantas, Airbus partner to kickstart Australian SAF industry The Qantas Group and Airbus will invest up to US$200 million to accelerate the establishment of a SAF industry in Australia in a landmark agreement signed on June 19 by Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. READ MORE SHARE
B20 Club welcomes City of Warrenville as newest member The B20 Club recently welcomed the City of Warrenville as its newest member, according to the Illinois Soybean Association. The city began fueling 15 vehicles and various pieces of equipment with B20 starting in 2018. READ MORE SHARE
	House passes biofuel infrastructure, E15 bill The U.S. House of Representatives on June 16 voted 221 to 204 in favor of the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, a legislative package that includes funding for biofuel infrastructure and a provision to allow year-round sales of E15. READ MORE SHARE
Neste: SAF delivered to New York using existing pipelines SAF has been safely delivered to New York’s LaGuardia Airport through the Colonial and Buckeye pipeline systems – two essential pieces of American energy infrastructure. The low-emission jet fuel will power a Delta Air Lines flight. READ MORE SHARE
Compass Datacenters announces new biodiesel partnership Compass Datacenters has announced a new partnership with Foster Fuels, making Compass the first data center provider to use hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel (HVO) to fuel its on-site generators. READ MORE SHARE
Senators ask GAO if SRE denials require congressional review Sens. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.; Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.V.; and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., are asking the GAO to determine whether the U.S. EPA’s June 3 denial of 69 SREs must be submitted to Congress for review under the Congressional Review Act. READ MORE SHARE
USDA maintains forecast for 2022-’23 soybean oil use in biofuel The USDA maintained its 2022-’23 forecast for soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest WASDE report, released June 10. The overall soybean outlook is for lower beginning and ending stocks and higher prices. READ MORE SHARE
Great Eastern Shipping conducts biodiesel trial The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. announced it has successfully completed India’s first trials on an MR tanker in international waters using biofuel-blend B20M, a blend of ISCC certified 20 percent FAME biofuel and 80 percent VLSFO. READ MORE SHARE