US biofuel producers to urge Congress to review aviation fuel tax credits

Biofuel producers will urge U.S. Congressional leaders on Tuesday to change the methodology used in the Build Back Better Act to account for life-cycle emissions in the production of lower-carbon aviation fuel.

Makers of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are angling for tax credits to help boost production as the Biden administration aims to cut carbon emissions.

The existing text of the bill relies on parameters developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization. But signatories of a letter from biofuels makers reviewed by Reuters want the legislation to use an accounting method known as the U.S. Department of Energy's GREET model, which they