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Crossroad Continued from page 15 dĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůDĂƩĞƌƐ Where Are the Feedstocks? Cornelius Claeys of Stratas Advisers was one of several speakers who focused on which feedstocks might be available ŝŶƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚƋƵĂŶƟƟĞƐ͕ĂŶĚǁŚŝĐŚƐĂƟƐĨǇ ƚŚĞ h͛Ɛ ƌĞŐƵůĂƚŽƌǇ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ Amongst the obvious – including animal fats and used cooking oil (UCO) – he talked about the potential use of ƌŽƚĂƟŽŶĂůĐƌŽƉƐƐƵĐŚĂƐĐĂŵĞůŝŶĂĂŶĚ cellulosic sources. Only one problem – neither he nor other speakers indicated where these materials could be found. He actually played down the speed at which the EU will be able to electrify ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ fleet turnover times are so slow. He added supply and demand for biofuels will remain broadly in balance globally ƵŶƟůϮϬϯϬĂŶĚƚŚĞƌĞĂŌĞƌƚŚĞƌĞŝƐůŝŬĞůǇ to be overcapacity – provided current ĞǆƉĂŶƐŝŽŶƐĂŶĚŶĞǁďƵŝůĚƐƚĂŬĞƉůĂĐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚŝŶŚŝƐǀŝĞǁ͕ƐĞĞŵƐĚŽƵďƞƵů͘ At least there was consensus on ŽŶĞƚŽƉŝĐʹĂƚĞŐŽƌǇϯĂŶŝŵĂůĨĂƚƐǁŝůů not be added to the list of feedstocks eligible for special treatment under EU renewables rules. It’s true the EU ƌĞŶĚĞƌĞƌƐĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕&WZ͕ŝƐĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĨŽƌƚŚŝƐ͕ďƵƚŝƚŵĂǇďĞĂďƌŝĚŐĞƚŽŽĨĂƌ͘ Some argue these fats should be made ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĨŽƌĂǀŝĂƟŽŶďŝŽĨƵĞůƐ͘ Among the discussions of markets ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƚŝŽŶƐ͕ ƚŝŵĞ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐŽĨĞŶǌǇŵĞƐ͕ďůĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĞĂƌƚŚƐ ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚƐ͘ůĂƌŝĂŶƚ͕ĞƐŵĞƚ ĂůůĞƐƚƌĂ͕/ͲŝŽŶĞƌŐǇ/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů͕ EĞǆƚŚĞŵ͕ EŽǀŽǌǇŵĞƐ͕ WY ŽƌƉ͘ ĂŶĚ others presented a variety of processes ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƐŽĂƉƐ͕ŵĞƚĂůƐĂŶĚƉŚŽƐƉŚŽƌƵƐ͘ůĂƌŝĂŶƚ pointed out it has had to develop a new range of adsorbents for new and emerging feedstocks being used. A Vegetable Oil Comeback? The need for Europe to improve its food security as a result of the Ukraine crisis has already resulted in the suspension or reduction of some EU biofuels mandates in several ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ͕ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ůĂŶĚ ĐĂŶďĞĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚƚŽĨŽŽĚƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞǁĂƐ͕ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŵƵĐŚĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ at the conference of maximizing ƵƐĞ ŽĨ Ăůů ƉŽƚĞŶƚŝĂů ĨĞĞĚƐƚŽĐŬƐ͕ including vegetable oils. The European WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ŵĂǇ ǁĞůů ǀŽƚĞ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƌ ŽĨ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐŵŽƌĞĐƌŽƉͲďĂƐĞĚďŝŽĨƵĞůƐŝŶ ƚŚĞĨƵƚƵƌĞ͕ďƵĐŬŝŶŐƚŚĞĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƚƌĞŶĚ͘ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ^ĂŝƉŽů ŽĨ &ƌĂŶĐĞ ʹ a major oilseeds crusher – gave a spirited defense of the environmental advantages of oilseeds as a biofuels feedstock and the added value they provide in the form of meals that can be used as animal feed. One certainty as the Ukraine crisis drags on into the summer is this ĨŽŽĚͲĂŶĚͲĨƵĞůĚĞďĂƚĞŝƐĨĂƌĨƌŽŵŽǀĞƌ͘ dŚĞh͛Ɛ͞'ƌĞĞŶĞĂů͟ĂŶĚƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞ energy strategies call for less vegetable ŽŝůƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ďŝŽĨƵĞůƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŽƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŶĞĐĞƐƐŝƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ EU to reduce imports of fuels and to ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞŵŽƌĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŽĨďŝŽĨƵĞůƐ͘ Something’s got to give. TotalEnergies ŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌǇ A feature of ACI Oleofuels conferences is a tour of a local biofuels ĨĂĐŝůŝƚǇ͘dŚŝƐǇĞĂƌ͕ĚĞůĞŐĂƚĞƐǁĞƌĞŚŽƐƚĞĚ by TotalEnergies at the company’s ďŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌǇĂƚ>ĂDğĚĞŶĞĂƌDĂƌƐĞŝůůĞƐ͘ A senior TotalEnergies executive ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚŚŽǁƐŝŶĐĞŝƚƐƚĂƌƚĞĚŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ :ƵůǇ ϮϬϭϵ͕ ƚŚĞ >Ă DğĚĞ ďŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌǇ has moved to process a wide variety of ĐĞƌƟĮĞĚƌĂǁŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͕ĨƌŽŵƌĂƉĞƐĞĞĚ and other vegetable oils to waste ƐŽƵƌĐĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĐŝƌĐƵůĂƌĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ͕ƐƵĐŚ as UCO and animal fats. The two main ŽƵƚƉƵƚƐŽĨƚŚĞďŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌǇĂƌĞ,sKĂŶĚ ďŝŽďĂƐĞĚ ŶĂƉƚŚĂ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ĂƐŵĂůůƐŽůĂƌĞŶĞƌŐǇƉůĂŶƚ͕ĂŶĚĂƉŝůŽƚ ƉůĂŶƚĨŽƌĂůŐĂĞͲďĂƐĞĚĨƵĞůƐ͘ dŽƚĂůŶĞƌŐŝĞƐŚĂƐŝŶŝƟĂůůǇƉůĞĚŐĞĚ to supply fuels each year based on ŶŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϰϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŵĞƚƌŝĐ ƚŽŶƐ ŽĨ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ ŽŝůƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƌĂƉĞƐĞĞĚ͕ ƐƵŶŇŽǁĞƌĂŶĚƉĂůŵŽŝů͖ĂŵĂǆŝŵƵŵŽĨ ϯϬϬ͕ϬϬϬƚŽŶƐŽĨĐĞƌƟĮĞĚƉĂůŵŽŝů͖ĂŶĚ a growing share of wastes and residues ƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƚŚĞĐŝƌĐƵůĂƌĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ͕ǁŝƚŚĂ minimum of 25%. TotalEnergies has committed to ĐĞĂƐĞƐŽƵƌĐŝŶŐĐĞƌƟĮĞĚƉĂůŵŽŝůĨƌŽŵ :ĂŶ͘ϭ͕ϮϬϮϯ͘ǇϮϬϯϬ͕ƚŚĞďŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌǇ should be running on wastes and ƌĞƐŝĚƵĞƐ ŽŶůǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ŶĞĐĞƐƐŝƚĂƚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ƉƌĞͲƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇ ;ĚĞͲ ŐƵŵŵŝŶŐ͕ ďůĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĞƚĐͿ͘ KƵƌ ŚŽƐƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĚƌĂǁŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝŶƚŽ ǁŚĂƚƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĨĞĞĚƐƚŽĐŬƐŵŝŐŚƚďĞƵƐĞĚ ĂŶĚŝŶǁŚĂƚƋƵĂŶƟƟĞƐ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞǇĐŽƵůĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ǁŽŽĚ ƉƵůƉ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌͲĐƌŽƉƐ͕ ĂŶĚ other materials. R 16 August 2022 Render www.rendermagazine.com /www.rendermagazine.com /www.arasymposium.com.au