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  1. Biodiesel
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    Argentina biofuels forum urges Deputies to pass bill this year, citing US$500M in investments

    At the third Public-Private Biofuels and Bioenergy Forum in Córdoba, attended by more than 250 people, speakers urged Argentina's Chamber of Deputies to take up the new national biofuels law, which has already received half-sanction in the Senate, with the aim of having a new law in place by the end of the year. Senator Flavia Royón, chair of the Senate Energy and Mining Committee, said the bill would unlock US$500 million in investments, more plants and development in Salta, Tucumán, Jujuy, Córdoba and Santa Fe, and called the current framework a constraint, saying a more competitive framework should also cover biomethane and aviation fuel. Córdoba infrastructure minister Fabián López said the debate had moved from theory to the concrete possibility of a new legislative framework, describing the moment as pivotal after the Senate's half-sanction.

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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).

Oct 13Tue
  1. Biodiesel
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    Argentina biodiesel exports to EU nearly quadruple after Parliament rejects soy reclassification

    Argentina's soybean biodiesel exports to the EU nearly quadrupled in about three months, rising from 50,000 tonnes in the first half of 2026 to around 220,000-230,000 tonnes across reports, after the European Parliament on July 8 rejected a European Commission proposal to amend Regulation 2019/807 that would have classified soy as a high ILUC (indirect land use change) risk feedstock. EU-bound shipments had frozen from March as importers avoided regulatory risk; a coordinated effort by industry body Ciara-CEC, Argentina's foreign ministry and its EU embassy secured the Parliament's rejection, which importers took as clearance to resume buying. Ciara-CEC president Gustavo Idigoras projects full-year shipments to the EU could exceed 300,000 tonnes; the EU is Argentina's only biodiesel export market. Idigoras also noted that Black Sea-related diesel price rises made Argentine soy biodiesel more competitive in Europe. The regulatory debate is not over: the Commission must redraft the Regulation 2019/807 amendment.

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    YPF to produce Argentina's first sustainable aviation fuel with TotalEnergies

    YPF, Argentina's state-majority oil company, confirmed on October 7 that the country will produce sustainable aviation fuel for the first time. Under a long-term deal with TotalEnergies, the French group will invest more than $400 million to convert the San Lorenzo refinery in Santa Fe province — idle since 2017 — into a biorefinery focused on SAF and renewable diesel, operated by Santa Fe Bio, a 50/50 joint venture between YPF and Essential Energy. The plant is expected to produce about 170,000 tonnes a year of SAF, HVO and other renewable fuels, with TotalEnergies buying most of the output. Construction runs in two phases: a pretreatment unit (about 30% advanced) and the final biorefinery, with operations targeted for the end of 2029.