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by moinsdewatt » 27/06/18, 20:56

Why Total can only import palm oil at La Mède until 2030

Aurélie Barbaux the 15 / 06 / 2018 New Factory

In trilogue, Europe has agreed on the new energy package. It sets a target of 14% renewable energies in 2030 transport, but limiting to 7% first-generation agrofuels, with the ban on palm oils from 2030. Thanks to France, according to Nicolas Hulot.

It is finally Europe that will clear the palm oil scandal that threatened Total's new biorefinery in La Mède (Bouches-du-Rhône). The three European bodies - the Parliament, the Council and the Commission - met in trilogue to agree on the new energy package at the dawn of 14 June. It sets as objective 32% of renewable energies in consumption in 2030.

It also asks the Member States to reach 14% of renewable energies in 2030 transport, by capping first generation agrofuels at 7%. France, which is already at 8,5%, will therefore have to boost alternatives. On the other hand, prioritizing economic stakes for biodiversity, the trilogue has pushed the ban on palm oil in agrofuels to 2030, while the Parliament voted last January in favor of an energy import ban from 2021.

Nicolas Hulot welcomes

Nicolas Hulot welcomed it. In a tweet, the French Minister of the Ecological and Solidarity Transition brings credit to France this decision.

For those who had - "no cheer up" - validated the authorization given to Total to import up to 450 tonnes of palm oil into its new refinery in La Mède at the beginning of June - thus respecting a commitment made by Manuel Valls, Prime Minister of the previous government - the European agreement limits the scope of the decision. While he had obtained from Total that it limit its palm oil imports to 000 tonnes per year, the latter now has more than ten years before it to establish the profitability of its biorefinery, which is to produce 300 tonnes. of HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) biodiesel, per year.

The future of the biorefinery is not guaranteed

An agrofuel that can be produced from almost any type of oil, and add unlimited fossil diesel. But it is more expensive to produce than colza-based biodiesel. In France, diesel contains 7,7% biodiesel, including 7% rapeseed. Total was aiming with his HVO the remaining 0,7%. But Europe wants to limit to 7% first-generation agrofuels.

With bioethanol included in gasoline, France is already at 8,5%, according to IFP Energies Nouvelles. Even if it can produce its palm oil biodiesel at an acceptable cost for ten years, Total will still have to bend to sell it in France. The height would be that it is brought to export!

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by moinsdewatt » 27/06/18, 20:58

RSPO palm oil hardens its criteria and extends to small producers

By Claire Fages RFI 27 June 2018

The Round Table for Sustainable and Responsible Palm Oil, known as RSPO, is reforming. This private organization, which voluntarily gathers large Asian plantations, traders and user industries seeks to avoid the outright boycott of palm oil by consumers and therefore by distribution in Europe.

It is nothing less than the survival of palm oil as an ingredient in consumer products in Europe. Five years after its creation, the RSPO certification will impose new stricter criteria, starting from next November, welcomes Michael Blais, spokesman of the Alliance for the preservation of forests (formerly Alliance for an oil of sustainable palm), which represents the industries that use palm oil in France.

Prohibit planting from affecting all high carbon stock spaces such as peatlands, secondary forests or forests in conversion. Paraquat, an herbicide banned in Europe, is also banned. Lastly, there is a guarantee that seasonal workers used to pick fruit will no longer be deprived of their papers.

A stricter code of the road, but without a policeman

But even before this tightening of criteria, a member of the RSPO, the Asian group Wilmar, is pointed out by Greenpeace. The palm oil trader, committed to deforestation, would have turned a blind eye to the destruction of the forest by one of its branches in Indonesian Papua.

Unfortunately the RSPO remains for the moment a private and voluntary initiative. It lacks, according to CIRAD researcher Alain Rival, a coercive dimension. "It's hard to explain how one could make a code of the road without a policeman at the side of the road. We can do a code of conduct that binds Peugeot, Renault, Citroën and Michelin and other manufacturers on good practices on the road - do not drive too fast, pay attention to pedestrians, etc., but if it does not There is no policeman on the side of the road, a private code of conduct has its limits. So the growing participation of states in these certification schemes is good news, "says the researcher.

Include small planters

Another priority is to include more small-scale farmers, 40% of the world's palm oil, the percentage is even higher in Africa. Ahmadou Cisse of Solidaridad West Africa advises them in Ghana, Nigeria and recently in Ivory Coast. "The producer is obliged to note everything he does in his plantation, he is obliged to respect the protection zones that are identified by the group, the legal right of children to go to school. And in return he is certified with his other producers and in the end he has a certificate that allows them to negotiate better prices, "he says.

The RSPO premium is currently ten times higher for smallholders than for large ones, 20 dollars per tonne. Unfortunately, difficult access to land slows down their certification in Africa.

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by moinsdewatt » 31/03/19, 23:09

Total La Mede receives its first palm oil ship

Published 25 / 03 / 2019 lemarin.fr

The Atlantic Pride, 50 Xplum tpl of the Greek ship owner Super Eco, left Lavera on Monday 600 March after unloading a first batch of palm oil for the new Total Biorefinery La Mède. He must unload the balance at Bio-Oils in Huelva.

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The "Atlantic Pride" delivered to Lavéra the first cargo of palm oil destined for La Mède's new biorefinery. (Photo: Super Eco)


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by Christophe » 01/04/19, 09:17

Small practical remark:

Palm oil freezes at room temperature, so its pumping requires reheating (to 35-40 ° C) ...

I think some heavy oils need to be heated up to make it possible or at least improve their pumpability ... so the technology is known to tankers.

Because it is certain that palm oil is not pumpable at 20 ° C (or less) unless additives have been incorporated. Total had to do his math : Cheesy:

ps: The name in big, "Super Eco", great communication coup for Total! : Mrgreen:
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by moinsdewatt » 02/04/19, 01:55

Oil palm wrestling between the European Union and South East Asia

AFP released the 29 March 2019

Palm oil, a hot issue between Indonesia, Malaysia and the European Union, became hot after the publication in March of a European regulatory text that pushed the two main producing countries to threaten the EU with a trade war.

The text, which has the effect of classifying palm oil in non-sustainable biofuels because of its effect on deforestation, has raised the tension one notch. These two major exporting countries are worried that their markets will narrow after a fall of 15% in the price of this raw material last year.

Indonesia wants to take the case to the World Trade Organization if the text comes into force. Malaysia is threatening trade retaliation and is willing to buy arms elsewhere than in Europe.

"This is unfair treatment (...) which could affect good relations between the European Union and Indonesia," said Darmin Nasution, Indonesian minister responsible for coordinating economic affairs during a conference release last week.

"Indonesia is ready to take this to the WTO (...) we don't want to be treated like this," he warned.

An arming contract at stake

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned on Sunday: if the Europeans "continue to act against us, we will consider buying hunters in China or in another country." Malaysia is being courted for a contract to replace its aging Russian fleet of Mig-29s with French Rafales or Typhoons from the European Eurofighter consortium.

Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur consider palm oil as strategic because it brings a lot of currency and is dominated by powerful conglomerates. Both countries also point out that the sector has lifted millions of farmers out of poverty.

But palm oil is being blamed by conservationists for the deforestation it causes, seen as one of the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity, including orangutans.

The European Union emphasizes that palm oil contributes significantly to climate change through induced greenhouse gas emissions.

It therefore considers that palm oil biofuel can not be taken into account for the objectives set by Europe in terms of renewable energy use.

"The idea is to prevent the EU from consuming biofuels, the production of which will have generated more greenhouse gases than the use of fossil energy," said Vincent Guérend, Ambassador of the European Union to Indonesia in an interview with AFP.

Indonesia "has tried to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, to protect orangutans, but Indonesians are important too," objected Luhut Panjaitan, minister responsible for coordinating maritime affairs.

Sign of good will, Indonesia has decreed in 2018 a three-year moratorium on the development of any new oil palm plantation.

Intense lobbying

The two countries had already launched intense lobbying last year against a European directive that recommends, in the context of the EU's renewable energy targets, to reduce the use of palm oil in biofuels Europeans to reach zero by 2030.

The new regulatory text, a delegated act adopted by the College of Commissioners on 13 March, is still subject to scrutiny by the European Parliament and the countries. If after two months they make no objection, the text will enter into force.

Indonesia and Malaysia cry discrimination and denounce a new "protectionist barrier" intended to benefit European producers of biofuels. "If there is a trade dispute, it must indeed be brought before the WTO", notes Vincent Guérend.

Jakarta has hinted that it could suspend the ongoing negotiations on a free trade agreement with the European Union.

Asked about a potential trade war, the European ambassador minimizes this risk: "not from the point of view of the European Union, it is not the EU that will start it".

The EU recalls that its policy is not aimed at banning imports of palm oil, which remains widely used in food and cosmetics.

The European Union is the second largest importer of crude palm oil. And half of its imports, some 4 million tonnes, are used for biofuels.



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by moinsdewatt » 04/07/20, 14:36

Malaysia to sue EU at WTO over palm oil regulations

Ecofin Agency July 2, 2020

EU regulations on ending the use of palm oil as biofuels by 2030 continue to annoy Malaysia. The country, the second oil producer, has just announced that it would file a complaint with the WTO regarding what it considers to be an obstacle to free trade.

Malaysia, the second largest producer of palm oil, will file a complaint against the European Union (EU) with the World Trade Organization (WTO) because of its oilseed regulations.

Indeed, the economic bloc plans to ban the use of palm oil-based biofuels by 2030 because of the impacts of its production, particularly on the climate and forest biodiversity.

Confiding in Reuters, Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities believes that this is a discriminatory measure that limits the free trade in goods advocated by the WTO. In addition, the leader said, the EU decision creates "unreasonable restrictions" on the country's efforts to improve the sustainability of its industry.

With this announcement, Malaysia is following in the footsteps of Indonesia, which already filed a complaint against the EU last December on the same subject by denouncing unfair regulation. On the side of certain environmental organizations, we remain skeptical about the chances of success of the legal actions of the two main suppliers of palm oil.

“The WTO considers that environmental protection can justify restrictive trade measures. However, there is a multitude of proofs which show that palm oil is linked to deforestation and environmental destruction ”, confides to the Ecofin Agency, Laura Buffet of the Brussels NGO Transport & Environment.

“The original European position was that biofuels from palm oil and soy should be ecological and environmental. If so, they would be classified as renewable energy. But the reality is that they represent an environmental disaster. For this, I believe that the EU is fully within its rights by banning palm oil from its list of biofuels. In my opinion, a WTO complaint would be lost in advance, ”said Etelle Higonnet, campaign director for the environmental NGO Mighty Earth.


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by GuyGadebois » 04/07/20, 21:04

moinsdewatt wrote:
Malaysia to sue EU at WTO over palm oil regulations

Ecofin Agency July 2, 2020

Let them go get fucked deep. Signed: "the small obese and the cardiac deficient at Ferrero, Nestlé, Unilever, Mars, Mondelez and others".
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by sicetaitsimple » 04/07/20, 21:16

GuyGadebois wrote:Let them go get fucked deep. Signed: "the small obese and the cardiac deficient at Ferrero, Nestlé, Unilever, Mars, Mondelez and others".


Except that it talks about biofuels and nothing else ....
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by GuyGadebois » 04/07/20, 21:17

sicetaitsimple wrote:
GuyGadebois wrote:Let them go get fucked deep. Signed: "the small obese and the cardiac deficient at Ferrero, Nestlé, Unilever, Mars, Mondelez and others".


Except that it talks about biofuels and nothing else ....

And what do you want me to do? ELSEWHERE Malaysia is one of the largest suppliers of edible palm oil. Let them go and get very deep.
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by moinsdewatt » 10/10/20, 15:04

Palm oil: world prices expected to rise during the first half of 2021

Ecofin Agency 9 oct 2020

In 2021, the palm oil market will experience some respite. World oilseed prices are expected to increase slightly in the first half of the year due to lower supply and expected higher demand.

Global palm oil prices are expected to pick up in the first half of 2021.

According to industry analysts polled by Reuters, the improvement in prices will benefit in particular from the decline in global palm oil supplies due to heavy rains linked to the La Niña phenomenon in Southeast Asia.

In addition, the tightening of stocks of other oilseeds such as soybean oil and sunflower oil should help increase the attractiveness of palm oil.

Indeed, specifies Thomas Mielke, CEO of Oil World, while the production of sunflower oil should decline, the supply of soybean oil will be less with in particular the drop of 9,5% in volumes crushed in Argentina this year and abundant purchases expected from China.

These different factors should improve the competitiveness of palm oil, which costs much less than all other oilseeds. According to Mielke, the price of a ton of benchmark Malaysian oil could notably temporarily climb to $ 771 in the first half of 2021 from $ 695 on October 8.

As a reminder, oil palm is the third largest oilseed crop in terms of planted area, behind soybeans and rapeseed.



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