AreaPhilippines

Commodity GroupBiofuels

CommodityBiodiesel

Date01/06/2021

Policy CategoryRenewable energy

Policy InstrumentBioenergy policies

DescriptionLaunched a public consultation on new quality standards for diesel blends containing, respectively, 3 percent and 4 percent of coconut oil-based biodiesel – in view of the planned shift from the prevailing 2 percent blending mandate to higher admixture levels.

NotesTHE PHILIPPINES – biofuel standards: The Department of Energy launched a public consultation on new quality standards for diesel blends containing, respectively, 3 percent and 4 percent of coconut oil-based biodiesel. Meanwhile, the Philippine Coconut Authority and the country’s biodiesel producers reiterated their calls for a gradual increase in the current, long-standing 2 percent blending mandate – in line with the National Climate Change Action Plan issued in 2016, which envisaged blending rates to reach 20 percent in 2025, provided sufficient supplies of biodiesel feedstock could be secured (see also MPPU Apr.’21).