# Renewable diesel boom highlights challenges in North American clean-energy transition - Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow

> Renewable diesel producers face a shortage of animal fats and used cooking oil even as demand rises on US and Canadian incentives. Goldman Sachs expects production capacity to nearly quintuple over the next three years.

- Date: 2021-03-03 · published 2021-03-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48246-renewable-diesel-boom-highlights-challenges-in-north-american-clean-energy
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Strong renewable diesel demand competes with feed fats and oilseed-based feedstocks, supporting fat and vegetable oil prices. Tighter fat supply raises the cost of fat-based feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2021-03-03 | [Insight: Renewable diesel boom highlights challenges in clean-energy transition \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48000-insight-renewable-diesel-boom-highlights-challenges-in-clean-energy-transition.md) | +9.5% | +8.0% |
| SBO | 2026-01-04 | [2025 Positions Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel for Success in 2026 - Clean Fuels Alliance America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15058-2025-positions-biodiesel-renewable-diesel-for-success-in-2026-clean-fuels.md) | +0.1% | +6.8% |
| SBO | 2022-12-07 | [Renewable diesel boom fueling soybean crushing expansion \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15347-renewable-diesel-boom-fueling-soybean-crushing-expansion-agri-pulse.md) | -1.4% | -5.2% |
| SBO | 2024-01-24 | [Renewable Diesel Boom & Where Biofuels Are Headed - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15242-renewable-diesel-boom-and-where-biofuels-are-headed-center-for-commercial.md) | -5.4% | -4.9% |
| SBO | 2021-10-27 | [Dramatic expansion in renewable diesel production could pose challenge to some biodiesel producers \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44391-dramatic-expansion-in-renewable-diesel-production-could-pose-challenge-to-some.md) | -1.6% | -4.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-01-04 | [2025 Positions Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel for Success in 2026 - Clean Fuels Alliance America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15058-2025-positions-biodiesel-renewable-diesel-for-success-in-2026-clean-fuels.md) | +0.9% | +9.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-05-06 | [South American soybean oil gains competitiveness into Asia as energy rally reshapes vegetable oil spreads \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19352-south-american-soybean-oil-gains-competitiveness-into-asia-as-energy-rally.md) | -3.3% | -0.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-05-05 | [EPA Sets Record Renewable Fuel Volumes for 2026-2027 \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15025-epa-sets-record-renewable-fuel-volumes-for-2026-2027-farm-bureau-intel-markets.md) | -1.2% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- energynow.ca: https://energynow.ca/2021/03/renewable-diesel-boom-highlights-challenges-in-clean-energy-transition/

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