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USDA announces $500 million in biofuel infrastructure funding

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By Erin Voegele

June 27, 2023

BusinessPolicyDistributionNorth America

The USDA on June 26 announced plans to invest up to $500 million in biofuel infrastructure projects via funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, including a new $450 million funding opportunity through HBIIP that is scheduled to open in July.

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The U.S. EPA on June 21 released its final RFS “set� rule, which includes a modest increase in biomass-based diesel RVOs for 2024 and 2025. The agency, however, elected not to finalize provisions of the proposed rule related to eRINs.

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The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration has announced its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will hold a in-person meeting on June 27 in Washington, D.C.

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Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed an agreement with Shell Aviation which will see aircraft refueled in Los Angeles with SAF from 2025, supporting JAL's ESG target of replacing 1 percent of its whole jet fuel amount with SAF in 2025.

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Aemetis Inc.has announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India is on schedule with biodiesel shipments to the three government-owned oil marketing company customers with $27 million of the $34 million of Q2 contracted deliveries complete.

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Cargolux became the first airline to uplift SAF at Luxembourg Airport with the use of the fuel on a celebratory cargo flight. Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel was supplied to the airport's fuel storage using NATO's Central European Pipeline System.

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Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport in the southwestern part of Sweden, will be the first airport in the world to offer only blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all aircraft refueling at the airport. The SAF will be provided by Neste.

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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed into law legislation promoting the sale and use of biodiesel in Nebraska. The bill, LB 727, provides retail tax incentives for the sale of biodiesel at fuel retailer locations throughout the state.

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Air Canada completed its inaugural Montreal to Amsterdam flights on June 3, with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner using sustainable aviation fuel. The airline is also expanding its partnership with Neste to incorporate SAF into some of its Amsterdam flights.

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Navigator Terminals and alfanar will enter a joint FEED study to determine the key scope for the U.K.'s first SAF handling terminal that will be located on North Tees to transport feedstock and handle the production volumes from alfanar's plant.

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Qatar Airways has signed a deal with Shell to source 3,000 metric tons of neat SAF at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. It encompasses the existing jet fuel contract with Shell at Amsterdam which will now see Qatar Airways using a 5 percent SAF blend.

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Neste and ITOCHU have agreed to extend their collaboration with a licensing agreement allowing ITOCHU to become an official distributor of Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Japan. The two companies initially began collaborating in June 2021.

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Clean Fuels Alliance America on May 26 welcomed the final determination of the U.S. International Trade Commission in its five-year (“sunset�) review of anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia.

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Advario Singapore Limited announced that the company has entered a long-term partnership with Neste in which Advario provides integrated storage and logistics services for Neste's sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Jetex has entered in an agreement with 360 Jet Fuel Ltd. to offer its customers more flexibility and wider access to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the new 360 GREEN FUEL book and claim system.

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World Fuel Services and Neste on May 22 announced a new SAF agreement. The agreement provides World Fuel with greater access to the currently limited supply of SAF available for European commercial, business, and general aviation customers.

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ASTM International has approved a new Low Metals (LM) grade of biodiesel in D6751, the ASTM specification for low-carbon B100 biodiesel used as a blendstock with middle distillate fuels such as diesel fuel.

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Neste on May 11 announced a new partnership with PetroCard, a premier commercial fleet fuel management solutions provider, to grow the accessibility of Neste MY Renewable Diesel in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S.

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Iowa awards $800,000 in renewable fuel infrastructure grants

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By Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

May 16, 2023

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program Board approved 15 project applications and 11 supplemental grant requests for a total of more than $800,000 during its quarterly board meeting on May 9.

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Neste and Viva Aerobus have signed a new purchase agreement for one million liters (264,000 gallons) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The SAF will be blended with conventional jet fuel and used to power flights from LAX.

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Thanks to a strategic cooperation between Q8 and Neste, the heavy transport sector operators can buy Neste MY Renewable Diesel at nine Q8 stations located within Denmark starting on April 17, 2023.

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Aemetis Inc. announced April 17 that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India was selected by the three government-controlled OMCs to supply 8.5 million gallons of biodiesel over the next three months.

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Neste and Ryanair have expanded their collaboration to enable Ryanair to power its full schedule of flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a 40 percent blend of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel from 1 April onwards.

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Neste, ITOCHU Corp. and Fuji Oil Co. collaborated to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which was locally-blended with conventional jet fuel, to the Japanese market as part of a MLIT demonstration project.

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Kinder Morgan Inc. on April 3 announced the full commercial in-service of its Southern and Northern California renewable diesel hub projects. The southern hub provides a throughput of up to 20,000 bpd, while the northern hub handles 21,000 bpd.

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The U.S. exported 18,576.8 metric tons of biodiesel and biodiesel blends of B30 or greater in February, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on April 5. Biodiesel imports were at 123,302.2 metric tons for the month.

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The iRFA has re-launched the statewide On-Farm Biodiesel Credit program to give back to Iowa farmers. Farmers who buy a biodiesel blend can receive up to 50 cents per gallon for filling an on-farm tank in Iowa used in agricultural operations.

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All Nippon Airways has for the first time agreed to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that was blended in Japan under a public-private initiative led by the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

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The USDA announced an award of $3.1 million for Tidewater Terminal Company Inc. to expand the availability of biodiesel by making improvements to its Snake River Terminal in Pasco, Washington.

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 27 issued a report that includes recommendations on how three federal agencies can track progress related to the Biden administration's Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge.

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