# Increasing Biomass-Based Diesel Volumes included in US EPA’s 2020 renewable volume final rule

> Neste reported that the EPA's final 2020 renewable volume rule raises the biomass-based diesel requirement by 330 million gallons over the 2019 level. The company said its renewable diesel qualifies as an advanced biofuel under the rule.

- Date: 2018-12-03 · published 2018-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61463-increasing-biomass-based-diesel-volumes-included-in-us-epa-s-2020-renewable
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A higher 2020 biomass-based diesel mandate increases the feedstock demand that supports soybean oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-11-30 | [EPA Finalizes RFS Volumes for 2019 and Biomass Based Diesel Volumes for 2020 \| U.S. EPA News Releases \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61899-epa-finalizes-rfs-volumes-for-2019-and-biomass-based-diesel-volumes-for-2020-u.md) | +3.0% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2016-11-23 | [EPA Finalizes Increase in Renewable Fuel Volumes \| U.S. EPA News Releases \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73742-epa-finalizes-increase-in-renewable-fuel-volumes-u-s-epa-news-releases-us-epa.md) | +6.7% | +4.5% |
| SBO | 2020-02-07 | [EPA Issues Final Rule On RFS Program Standards For 2020 And Biomass-Based Diesel Volume For 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54466-epa-issues-final-rule-on-rfs-program-standards-for-2020-and-biomass-based.md) | -1.7% | -8.8% |
| SBO | 2020-02-05 | [EPA Sets Final Rule for 2021 Biomass-Based Diesel Requirement - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54465-epa-sets-final-rule-for-2021-biomass-based-diesel-requirement-tt.md) | -0.0% | -4.2% |
| SBO | 2019-09-12 | [Proposed Volumes for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021: Supplemental Notice \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56931-proposed-volumes-for-2020-and-biomass-based-diesel-volume-for-2021-supplemental.md) | +4.0% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- neste.com: https://www.neste.com/news/increasing-biomass-based-diesel-volumes-included-in-us-epas-2020-renewable-volume-final-rule

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