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Clean Fuels Applauds Proposal to Extend Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit

Clean Fuels Alliance America thanked Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) for the bipartisan proposal to support small producers. Senators Grassley and Klobuchar introduced bipartisan legislation (S. 5583) Sept. 29 to extend availability of the small agri-biodiesel producer credit through 2029.  U.S. companies that produce up to 60 million gallons of biodiesel per

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From Field to Fuel Tank: Farmers Can Help Drive Down Biodiesel’s Carbon Intensity

American farmers have long played an important role in the growth of the biodiesel industry. Now, changes to the federal 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit are creating new opportunities to recognize how decisions made on the farm can influence the lifecycle carbon intensity of the fuels produced from agricultural feedstocks. At the same time, farmers

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Ag Industry, Biofuel Producers React to SRE Decision

The soybean and biomass-based diesel industries are responding to EPA’s latest Small Refinery Exemption (SRE) announcement with a clear message: protect the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard and ensure that exempted volumes are fully reallocated. EPA recently granted full or partial exemptions to 29 small refineries for the 2025 compliance year, removing approximately 1.76

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Farmers Continue To See Value From Industry They Built

America’s soybean farmers didn’t just adopt biodiesel—they helped create the industry. Through soybean checkoff investments spanning more than three decades, farmers funded the research, fuel testing, engine validation, market development, and policy efforts that transformed biodiesel from an emerging technology into a cornerstone of the nation’s renewable fuels industry. Today, those investments continue to pay

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W2Fuel’s Michigan Biodiesel Plant Back Up and Running After Shutdown, Extensive Maintenance

W2Fuel’s 15-million-gallon-per-year biodiesel plant in Adrian, Michigan, is back online after being shut down at the beginning of the year, according to the company’s chief executive officer. “We brought it back up right after Labor Day,” Roy Strom said last week on the sidelines of the 17th Annual OPIS RFS, RINs & Biofuels Forum in

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