Insights and Stories on Renewable Fuels

Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. CEO Douglas Cole speaks at a news conference at the Manitoba Legislature on Dec. 19 as Manitoba agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn looks on.

Manitoba earmarks funds for sustainable aviation fuel plant

Dec. 19, 2023 at 2:40 pm CST

Calgary-based firm Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. plans to use Canadian feedstock like soybean and canola oils to produce as much as one billion litres of renewable aviation fuel per year, the news release added.

U.S. to boost biofuel mandates over next three years

Jun. 22, 2023 at 1:29 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

Bunge deal for Viterra to boost oilseed dominance, renewable diesel potential

Jun. 14, 2023 at 2:26 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Rod Nickel

Imperial Oil clears Edmonton renewable diesel plant for construction

Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:46 pm CST

By Nia Williams Sourasis Bose

U.S. EPA proposes revamp of biofuel program to include EVs

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:53 pm CST

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles to three-month low in broad sell-off

Nov. 28, 2022 at 4:28 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Monday to a three-month low, as commodity and equity markets dropped on concern about the impact of rare protests in China against its strict anti-COVID-19 policy. Cheap supplies from Russia and elsewhere in the Black Sea are adding competition for U.S. wheat, […]

By Rod Nickel

Co-op, AGT plan to crush canola at Regina

Jan. 17, 2022 at 8:34 pm CST

Federated Co-operatives’ plans for a renewable diesel processing plant at Regina now also include processing the canola oil needed to supply that plant. Federated Co-op (FCL) on Monday announced a memo of understanding has been signed with Regina grain and pulse crop processor AGT Foods on a joint venture that […]

By Dave Bedard

More acres seen needed worldwide to meet mounting crops demand

Oct. 19, 2021 at 1:15 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Farmers need more space to grow crops to meet mounting demand for food and renewable fuel at a time of slowing growth in yields, consultancy AgResource said on Tuesday. A renewable fuel push under U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate agenda is set to trigger a boom […]

By Reuters

U.S. appeals court rules for environmental groups in biofuel case

Jul. 16, 2021 at 5:15 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday in favour of environmental groups who argued against the U.S. government’s conclusion that biofuel blending obligations posed no danger to species’ habitats. The Environmental Protection Agency decides on the amount of […]

By Stephanie Kelly

Trump administration mulls industry-wide biofuel waiver

Jan. 15, 2021 at 5:43 pm CST

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering requests from the oil refining industry and its backers for a sweeping nationwide waiver to exempt them from their obligations to blend biofuels, a measure they argue would help them weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. President […]