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  1. Biodiesel
    Google News · BIODIESEL · enSignificance: Notable

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    Incobrasa doubles biodiesel production capacity

    Incobrasa Industries has completed a major expansion of its biodiesel plant in Gilman, Illinois, raising annual capacity from 75 million gallons to 170 million gallons, with the expanded capacity coming online in early October. The expansion follows the company's expansion of soybean processing capacity in Gilman, aimed at processing US-grown soybeans domestically into food, feed and fuel products. The article links the investment to domestic demand under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and cites representatives of NOPA, Incobrasa and the Illinois Soybean Association, who say the move benefits farmer markets, rural jobs and US energy security.

  2. Biodiesel
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Notable

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    Argentine Senate passes biofuels bill with rising biodiesel blend to lower house

    Argentina's Senate approved a biofuels bill and sent it to the Chamber of Deputies. The bill declares the manufacture, storage, blending, marketing and self-consumption of biofuels to be in the public interest, and sets mandatory, staggered blending quotas: a minimum biodiesel blend of 7.5% initially, rising to 10% twelve months after the law takes effect. A transitional regime would run until 2036, when free competition in the market is to be released. The bill passed the vote in general by 41 votes in favour to 25 against. It also opens deregulation of complementary renewable energy, such as biomethane for pipeline injection and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

  3. SAF
    Google News · SAF · esSignificance: Notable

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    Mexico plans SAF plants in Mexico City and Cancún, ASA says at first SAF-Mex forum

    At the first SAF-Mex forum, Aeropuerto y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) director general Carlos Manuel Merino Campos said ASA, Mexico's main supplier of aircraft fuel, is pursuing specialized Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plants in Mexico City and Cancún, to meet Plan México and international greenhouse-gas commitments. He said Mexico supplied 5.4 billion litres of jet fuel last year, half of it imported. Energy undersecretary Jorge Marcial Islas Samperio said Mexico has a route and the resources for environmentally friendly fuel. Transport undersecretary Tania Carro Toledo said advanced alternative fuels can deliver significant CO2 savings without competing with food production for land and water.

  4. Biodiesel
    Google News · BIODIESEL · ptSignificance: Notable

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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.

  5. SAF
    Google News · SAF · enSignificance: Notable

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    Aviation roadmaps overshoot planetary limits, Nature Communications study finds

    A study published in Nature Communications finds that none of the currently proposed aviation roadmaps for climate mitigation bring the sector within its share of Earth's planetary boundaries. Assessing scenarios from ICAO, ATAG and the EU's ReFuelEU Aviation initiative, the authors find systematic transgression of the two core boundaries, climate change and biosphere integrity, regardless of storyline, allocation principle or biofuel production pathway. Historical aviation impacts from 1940 to 2022 alone already transgress those boundaries under the ethics-based allocation. Beyond 2022, fossil kerosene drives the transgression, while the environmental burdens of biofuels and e-fuels are highly sensitive to production pathways. The authors conclude that technological improvements alone are insufficient and that combined actions including ambitious demand-side measures are required. Under the study's scenarios, air traffic would need to degrow by 8.6% per year for additional planetary boundaries to be respected.

  6. 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.

  7. Biodiesel
    Google News · BIODIESEL · ptSignificance: Notable

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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.

  8. Feedstocks
    American Soybean Association · NewsSignificance: Notable

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    ASA: biofuel demand offsets weaker soybean export demand only in 2026/27 projection

    American Soybean Association economists modeled U.S. soybean prices against marketing year 2023/24 demand levels. Weaker export demand cut soybean prices by an estimated net $0.87 per bushel in MY 24/25 and $1.38-$1.81 in MY 25/26, while growing domestic biofuel demand added $0.22 in MY 25/26 and a projected $0.42 in MY 26/27. Only in the projected MY 26/27 case - conditional on October 2026 USDA WASDE estimates, including resumed Chinese purchases - does the combination turn net positive, by an estimated $0.18 per bushel. Soybean oil use for biofuel rose from nearly 8.9 billion pounds in 2020 to about 14 billion pounds in 2025. The analysis attributes part of the export decline to rising Brazilian production and China trade disruption; China is on track to buy just over 12 MMT in MY 26/27 versus 22 MMT or more historically.

  9. Biodiesel
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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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  1. SAF
    Google News · SAF · enSignificance: Notable

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    Companies are the missing piece to finance SAF, IATA, Airbus and Accenture say

    IATA, Airbus and Accenture released a study in Brussels on the market for sustainable aviation fuel environmental attribute certificates, arguing that corporate purchases of the certificates could become a new source of SAF financing. The study estimates corporate procurement could support 1 million to 1.9 million tonnes of SAF by 2030, up from about 323000 tonnes in 2024. Certificate prices, unclear carbon accounting rules and complex procurement remain the main barriers; the study calls for clear accounting rules, interoperable traceability and simpler purchasing. Corporate demand alone will not close the gap, and government support and capacity growth are still needed.

  2. Feedstocks
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    Malaysia's palm oil stocks rose 24.54% to 3.51 million tonnes in September, MPOB says

    MPOB data shows Malaysia's total palm oil stocks up 691,835 tonnes (+24.54%) to 3.51 million tonnes in September from 2.8 million tonnes in August; CPO stocks rose 31.88% to 2.16 million tonnes. CPO output rose 16.48% to 2.11 million tonnes, while palm oil exports fell 12.13% to 1.22 million tonnes and biodiesel exports fell 91.69% to 2,930 tonnes.

  3. Biodiesel
    Google News · SAF · enSignificance: Notable

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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.

  4. SAF
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    Topsoe to supply co-processing technology for BPCL's SAF project in Mumbai

    Topsoe has signed a licensing agreement to provide kerosene hydrotreating technology for co-processing at Bharat Petroleum's Mumbai refinery. BPCL will revamp its 4000-tonne-per-day kerosene hydrotreater to co-process 5% used cooking oil alongside conventional feedstock, producing SAF within existing infrastructure. The final investment decision is taken, the revamp is underway and commissioning is expected by end of 2026; the SAF will supply international flights departing Indian airports ahead of CORSIA compliance in 2027 and India's 1% SAF blending target for 2027.

  5. Feedstocks
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    GAPKI: palm oil commodity prices, October 13 close

    Indonesian palm oil association GAPKI published commodity prices at the close of exchanges and physical markets on 13 October 2026, for October 2026 delivery. CBOT soybean stood at 1283.6 US cents per bushel and soy oil at 67.67 US cents per pound. EU-market crude palm oil of Indonesian/Malaysian origin, CIF Rotterdam, was US$1570 per ton (12 Oct). RBD olein, Malaysian origin, FOB Malaysia, was US$1161.25 per ton on 12 Oct and US$1167.50 on 13 Oct. MDEX CPO was MYR 4200 per ton on 12 Oct and MYR 4398 on 13 Oct. ICDX CPO was IDR 15000 per kg on 12 Oct and IDR 14960 on 13 Oct. JFX OLE was IDR 18420 per kg on 12 Oct and IDR 18415 on 13 Oct. KPB Nusantara CPO, delivered, was IDR 14775 per kg (12 Oct). Middle rates per US dollar: MYR 4.087 and IDR 17884 on 12 Oct; MYR 4.082 and IDR 17899 on 13 Oct.

  6. Biodiesel
    Google News · BIODIESEL · esSignificance: Notable

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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.

  7. Feedstocks
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    MPA, CMA CGM and SLNG sign MOU to advance liquefied bio-methane as marine fuel pathway

    Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA), CMA CGM Group and Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) have signed an MOU to explore the supply and use of liquefied bio-methane as a marine fuel in Singapore. The partners will exchange knowledge on certification, supply pathways and greenhouse gas accounting for bio-methane blended into shared gas infrastructure, and run pilots and trials under real operating conditions. SLNG notes it is one of the first LNG terminals in the region certified under ISCC EU to handle liquefied bio-methane.

  8. SAF
    Google News · SAF · jaSignificance: Notable

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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.

  9. Feedstocks
    Google News · BIODIESEL · ptSignificance: Notable

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    Canola area more than doubles in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul as harvest opens

    Rio Grande do Sul held the first national opening of the canola harvest in Ijuí on October 13, with the oilseed's area in the state estimated at 353397 hectares in 2026 — up 102.64% from 174394 hectares in 2025, according to Emater/RS-Ascar. Projected production is about 572000 tonnes at an average yield of 1619 kg per hectare, and the state accounts for more than 90% of Brazil's canola output. Driven by industry demand for biodiesel feedstock, 3tentos — one of the organizers — has invested R$60 million in its Ijuí plant to produce biodiesel from canola and is encouraging more than 100000 hectares of planting this year.

  10. Renewable methanol
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Notable

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    Perpetual Next licenses Air Liquide syngas-to-methanol tech for first biomethanol plant

    Perpetual Next has signed a license and engineering agreement with Air Liquide Engineering and Technologies for syngas-to-methanol technology — RectisolTM and LurgiTM methanol — for its first biomethanol facility in the Netherlands, with an option to extend the agreement to other biomethanol sites. The deal advances the company's Biomethanol Blueprint, a standardized concept integrating torrefaction, gasification, syngas cleaning and methanol synthesis to convert low-grade organic waste including waste wood into biomethanol. Perpetual Next's Delfzijl plant is planned with 220000 tonnes of annual biomethanol capacity, targeting demand for renewable carbon-based methanol in the chemical industry and maritime sector.

  11. Biodiesel
    BiodieselBR · NewsSignificance: Notable

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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.