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USA: Canadian renewable fuel and feedstock supplier Targray has opened a new biodiesel terminal in Mead – a suburb of Spokane – in Washington, USA.

“The new site is well-positioned to supply high-quality biodiesel fuel and alleviate supply concerns for retailers, distributors, refineries, and fleet operators across the state, which has mandated a biodiesel blending requirement since 2006,” the company said on 22 June.

The Clean Fuel Standard is a state-regulated legislation in Washington requiring fuel suppliers to gradually reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels to 20% below 2017 levels by 2034, as part of a plan to cut state-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 4.3M tonnes/ year by 2038.

Targray said the policy encouraged fuel suppliers to improve efficiencies in their fuel production processes and provided incentives for producing or blending low-carbon fuels.