Market challenges
We asked market participants from across the biofuels industry about the challenges they face, and the key findings included:
- By 2025 public opinion of biofuels will be far less favourable
- North American refiners feel that renewable diesel will be the fastest growing biofuel in the next decade
- 46% of participants think that there won't be enough biofuels produced to meet the REDII mandates
- Blenders and consumers are the least likely to benefit from REDII
- Uncertainty around the US RFS is scaring investors …toward state LCFS programs
- 60% of respondents believe that E10 gasoline will be introduced in most EU member states by 2030
- Only 20% of the market think that EVs will undermine the case for biofuels
- Will Canada launch a nation-side LCFS program that requires even more biofuels?
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