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Advanced Biofuels USA Policy Statements and Handouts
by Tom Brown (Independent Commodity Intelligence Services) Shifting government priorities are continuing to weigh on the growth of biofuels, with the policy-driven sector buffeted by delays in new legislation and low fossil fuel costs.
The public commitments by most governments to emissions-reduction, and the decarbonisation of heavy industry to meet those targets, continue to drive expectations for sector growth.
Aeroplanes will need to shift to clean fuel sources, waste from the high-polluting logistic sector will have to be cut to the bone, and the proportion of ethanol in transport fuels is likely to increase in many places.
The coronavirus pandemic has sharpened government attention on more immediate issues than transport sector reform, with Indonesia and Malaysia pushing back biodiesel blending mandates temporarily and Thailand postponing its ethanol-blending mandate indefinitely.