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Published on February 26, 2024 on our platform We gained access to a leaked draft of the National Biomass Strategy (NABIS), on which the Ministries of Environment (BMUV), Agriculture (BMEL) and Economy (BMVK) have worked for months. We detail the key proposals that would impact low-carbon fuels use in transport.   The version of the…

Published on Dec 23 2023 on our platform.   The notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of biodiesel originating from China (C/2023/1574) was published this morning. We review here the possible scenarios linked to this new investigation.   Timeline of the proceeding From today, the investigation shall begin with the publication of questionnaires, the…

Published on May 08, 2023 on our customer app   The French government published its proposal for the 2024 budget law (“Projet de loi de finances 2024” or “PLF 2024”) today, including all the rules applying for the TIRUERT framework in 2025.   The budget law will be debated during Q4-23 at the Parliament, with many…

Published on September 05, 2023 on our customer app The Ministry of Infrastructure just opened a consultation about two major changes for 2024, a transitory year before a full revision of the biofuels policy. Greening mobility faster The government wants to support a faster development of renewables in transport. Currently enforced at 19.9% e.c, the blending…

Published on May 08, 2023 on our customer app 2022 We integrated SCB data for pools’ growth, showing that both diesel (-5%) and gasoline (-0.3%) have reduced further down, well below our previous anticipation We received insider info from the Energy Agency, showing a clear improvement of GHG performance in 2022 for ethanol (5.7 gCO2eq/MJ…

According to China Custom’s newly released export data, the export quantity in March still maintained at high level. China has seen the best quarterly result ever in Q1-23 for both FAME and HVO. UCO In Q1-23, a total quantity of 434 KT of UCO was exported, 24% higher than Q1-22. The quantity that exported in…

What to expect from the evolution of blending mandates in Europe? What products and feedstocks will gain momentum? How will the new compliance alternatives play out? Will newly incentivized sectors create steep competition? Here are our takeaways for 2023 perspectives.   Road mandates will not create much growth in Europe Most of the 2023 promoting…

The German Customs (Zoll), in charge of the compliance under the THG quota, recently published the 2021 data. As we highlighted before, the Customs do not wish to guarantee full transparency of its calculations; some incoherencies with other sources (BAFA and BLE) remain. However, interesting takeaways can be glimpsed in it. Volumetric figures Customs data…

The French government published yesterday the draft law for the 2023 budget. As we anticipated, it confirmed the plan to increase the level of penalty in case of non-compliance from 2023. It also contains mandate increases for both diesel and gasoline. The article 8 of the “projet de loi de finance (PLF) 2023” contains the…

The Norwegian Environment Agency just published the official figures for biofuels use under the 24.5% vol. mandate last year.  Contrary to many countries in the world, the size of the Norwegian road fuel pool (diesel + gasoline) has not evolved between 2019 (3.9 million cum) and 2020/2021 (3.8 million cum for both years). A total…