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S&P Global updates biofuels specifications guide for key fuels markets

S&P Global’s April update maps the specs behind ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel and SAF pricing, showing how hubs and credits shape deals.

Cole Trautman•3 min read•01:15 AM

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RNG/Biogas

California RNG credits hinge on credible methane measurement and MRV

California’s LCFS amendments put RNG value on methane MRV, where disputed avoided-methane baselines can flip carbon intensity scores deep into the negative.

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Policy & Credits

45Z credit rules may favor big biofuel producers over smaller rivals

Auditable carbon-intensity data is becoming the real gatekeeper under 45Z, and smaller plants may be pushed into lower-value default credits.

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Policy & Credits

Biofuels deliver climate promise and tradeoffs, explainer shows

Biofuels can lower transport emissions, but feedstock choice and land use decide the climate math. EPA’s RFS history shows why the sector stays contested.

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Policy & Credits

Biofuels sector faces policy shifts, trade disruption and rapid innovation in 2026

EPA’s final 2026-2027 RFS rule and Brazil’s Fuel of the Future law are redrawing biofuels margins, while feedstock scarcity and import rules decide who scales.

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Feedstocks

US biofuels feedstock markets rebound after renewable fuel policy finalization

Policy finalization is lifting soybean oil, UCO and tallow demand, while EPA import-credit changes and supply audits redraw the feedstock margin map.

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Markets

RFS credit prices trend lower as biofuels compliance costs ease

RINs are down 45% from the start of the year, easing refinery compliance costs. EIA ties the slide to cheaper feedstocks and record renewable diesel credit generation.

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SAF

India’s PBtL route could make cheaper sustainable aviation fuel

India’s PBtL route could undercut SAF benchmarks by about 40%, with residue, solar power and green hydrogen driving a cleaner export play.

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SAF

Air Canada, Airbus launch C$13.7 million platform for Canadian SAF growth

Air Canada and Airbus set up a C$13.7 million SAF platform, a four-year bet on Canadian supply that is meant to pull in bigger capital.

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RNG/Biogas

Flogas signs biomethane deal with College Group in Ireland

Flogas locked in 26 GWh a year of Irish biomethane from College Group, a deal tied to more than 6,600 tonnes of carbon savings.

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Feedstocks

EIA explains biodiesel, renewable diesel, and feedstock competition

EIA’s explainer draws a hard line between biodiesel and renewable diesel, then shows why soybean oil, tallow and used cooking oil are now contested feedstocks.

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SAF

Global SAF landscape shifts as ethanol-to-jet gains momentum

Ethanol-to-jet is moving from concept to market playbooks as EU and UK mandates, U.S. tax support and airline net-zero goals reshape SAF.

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SAF

XCF, CRV sign deal to advance New Rise renewable fuels platform

XCF on June 30 signed a deal to push New Rise ANZ toward SAF and HVO production in Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific. Air New Zealand still had no local SAF supply.

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Plants & Projects

Ence’s Navia biofactory boosts biomass use with €48 million upgrade

Ence put a €48 million Navia upgrade into service, letting bark and woody residues fire the biomass boiler and displace fossil fuels in lime kilns.

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People

Zenith Energy to buy Italian biogas project for up to €1.6 million

Zenith Energy moved on an Italian biogas developer with rights to a fully permitted, construction-ready plant, in a deal worth up to €1.6 million.

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Policy & Credits

House bill could reshape U.S. biofuels tax policy, 45Z eligibility

The House's 215-214 vote kept 45Z alive, then the July 4 law stretched the credit to December 31, 2029 and sharpened the fight over CI scores.

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SAF

SAF and maritime mandates intensify competition for biomass feedstocks

Aviation and shipping are bidding on the same lipid feedstocks, tightening margins across SAF, HVO and renewable diesel. Europe’s UCO imports and fraud risks show how fast the squeeze is spreading.

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SAF

UKEF widens backing for sustainable aviation fuel projects

UKEF widened SAF financing eligibility as Britain had already backed 17 projects with £63 million in grants, sharpening the race for first-of-kind plants.

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SAF

US Grains Council promotes ethanol as SAF feedstock in Southeast Asia

The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council pitched ethanol-to-SAF to 120 bioenergy stakeholders as ASEAN flagged Southeast Asia as a future SAF export hub.

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Policy & Credits

Merkley, Bentz bill would expand renewable biomass definition for RFS

Merkley and Bentz backed a bill to widen RFS biomass eligibility, aiming new demand at forestry byproducts and wildfire reduction.

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Biodiesel

Indonesia says biodiesel push strengthens palm oil industry and supplies

Indonesia approved 15.6 million kilolitres of biodiesel for 2025 as BPDP tied B40 to palm oil support, cooking oil subsidies and replanting aid.

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Markets

EIA: one-fifth of U.S. renewable diesel and SAF output is exported

Nearly 50,000 barrels a day of U.S. renewable diesel and SAF left the country in 2H25, with Canada taking a little over half.

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Feedstocks

EIA update tracks U.S. biofuels capacity and feedstock shifts

EIA's monthly biofuels update shows where U.S. capacity sits and which feedstocks are moving, before those shifts show up in margins.

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SAF

ACI Asia-Pacific backs airports as key to SAF scale-up

ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East says airports are the SAF bottleneck and accelerator, with ACI World pairing guidance, training and a KIX supply-chain example.

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SAF

Global SAF production lags far behind 2050 demand forecast

Airlines need 500 million tonnes of SAF in 2050, but 2025 output is just 2 million tonnes, and only 24% of planned capacity has been realized.

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Policy & Credits

Kiley introduces tax credit bill for new biomass facilities

Kiley’s biomass bill would cover 30% of construction costs and let new plants stack an existing production credit, a rare federal push for forest residue buildout.

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Policy & Credits

Biofuels market shifts to output, not capacity, as 2026 nears

Policy is firmer for 2026, but Argus says output, feedstocks and financing now matter more than installed biofuels capacity.

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Markets

USDA data show rising corn use for ethanol and feed price shifts

May corn use for alcohol and other uses hit 524 million bushels, with 92% going to alcohol. Ethanol plant corn costs averaged $4.30 a bushel as co-product values stayed in play.

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