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Fuel Retailers Applaud Legislation to Extend Biobased Diesel Blender’s Tax Credit

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NATSO, representing America’s travel centers and truck stops, SIGMA, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) are celebrating the introduction of the bipartisan “Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2026.” The “Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2026” would extend the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit through 2029 at the blender level. Taxpayers

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Follow Michigan Farmer Zach Schaffner’s Biodiesel Journey

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As Zach Schaffner prepares his equipment for planting later this month, he has a new companion onboard – biodiesel fuel. The Michigan soybean grower is trying a B5 biodiesel blend for the first time this year, and he’s bringing us along on his biodiesel journey. Schaffner admits to being initially skeptical about biodiesel, influenced by

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Michigan’s W2Fuel Pursues Grant to Expand Capacity, Rail Access

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W2Fuel is pursuing a state grant that could support a major expansion at its biodiesel facility in Adrian, Michigan, potentially increasing annual production capacity from 15 million gallons to 20 million gallons by the end of the year. Speaking in an interview with OPIS on the sidelines of the Clean Fuels Conference in Orlando, Florida,

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Great Lakes Alliance For Sustainable Shipping Identifies Collaborative Opportunities With On-Road, Rail, and Marine Stakeholders

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Over the past year, the Great Lakes Alliance for Sustainable Shipping (GLASS) has taken a closer look at how the St. Lawrence Seaway can better serve agricultural shippers while advancing sustainability goals across the region. The effort has focused on identifying both logistical constraints within the Seaway system and untapped opportunities for moving agricultural commodities

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New Analysis Finds California Land-Use Change Assumptions Vastly Outdated

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A newly released analysis is calling into question the assumptions California uses to calculate indirect land-use change (ILUC) emissions for soy-based biodiesel and renewable diesel, concluding that the state’s methodology is out of step with current agricultural realities. The study, commissioned by Clean Fuels Alliance America and Farmers Fueling the Future—a biofuel research initiative led

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Rewriting The RFS Playbook: Projected D4 Biomass-Based Diesel RIN Generation For 2026-2027

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a trilogy of decisions for the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in recent months that represents some of the most significant regulatory developments for biomass-based diesel in the program’s history.  The vast majority of biomass-based diesel produced in the U.S. and used to comply with the RFS is

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Soybean Farmers Look To Sell More Product To Domestic Renewable Fuel Producers

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Some farmers are saying the market for their soybeans remains unstable because of the ongoing trade negotiations. One sign of their anxiety is that they are renting a record amount of storage space for their soybeans, hoping to weather out the current crisis, according to the president of the Wisconsin Farmers Union. “I’m hoping that

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New Crush Plants and Trade Progress Position U.S. Soybeans for Major Upswing

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The U.S. soybean market is gaining momentum, driven by a bullish combination of renewed purchase commitments from China—following recent trade negotiations—and rapidly expanding domestic crush capacity. Together, these forces have analysts watching for a potential breakout. According to University of Minnesota (UMn) grain market economist Ed Usset, the latest report from the National Oilseed Processors

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NREL Research Points Path to Higher Blends of Biodiesel

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NREL researchers have identified strategies to blend more biomass-based diesel fuel into petroleum diesel. Barriers that are currently preventing the use of greater percentages of biomass-based diesel fuel blended into petroleum diesel have been identified, along with strategies to overcome them, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The bio-derived diesel fuel

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Registration For Great Lakes Alliance for Sustainable Shipping Meeting Open

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Registration for the Second Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Alliance for Sustainable Shipping (GLASS) is open! The meeting will take place on December 3-4, 2025, at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The meeting will begin with lunch at Noon on December 3rd and conclude by 4:30 pm on December 4th. GLASS looks

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