Biofuels Mandates around the World 2019
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today (January 1, 2019) releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 65 countries.
The bulk of mandates continue to come from the EU-27, where the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) once specified a 10 percent renewable content by 2020 but has been scaled back to the 5-7.5 percent range — and has seen proposals for first-gen fuel mandates fall below 4% in an effort to shift more aggressively towards advanced biofuels.
14 countries in the Americas have mandates or targets in place or under consideration, 12 in Asia-Pac, 11 in Africa and the Indian Ocean, and 2 from non-EU countries in Europe.
Besides the EU, the major blending mandates that will drive global demand are those set in the US, China and Brazil – each of which has set targets – or, in the case of Brazil, is already there – at levels in the 15-27 percent range by 2020-2022.
Visual guides to the LCFS and the RFS.
LCFS vs RFS: As two contend for the Renewables Heavyweight Championship, who is the Greatest? http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2017/05/10/lcfs-vs-rfs-as-two-contend-for-the-renewables-heavyweight-championship-who-is-the-greatest/
What’s new? What’s happening?: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to California’s LCFS, and the RFS http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2017/04/12/whats-new-whats-happening-the-digests-multi-slide-guide-to-californias-lcfs-and-the-rfs/
Lo-Carb at any speed: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2017/12/01/lo-carb-at-any-speed-the-digests-2017-multi-slide-guide-to-californias-low-carbon-fuel-standard/
Mandates around the world
Who mandates what in biofuels? 64 countries have targets or mandates — but how much where, and when, and what? READ MORE
Canada
Canadian Provinces (British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, Ontario)
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
California
Oregon
Minnesota
European Union
Denmark
Italy
Finland
Ireland
Croatia
Norway
Ukraine
Australia
Fiji
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
New Zealand
Philippines
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Angola
Ethiopia
Kenya
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Nigeria
South Africa
Sudan
Zambia
Zimbabwe READ MORE
