NOPA members have invested over $6 billion with an additional industry capacity of 30%. NOPA remains disappointed by EPA’s 2023-2025 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule. The 2023 and 2024 volumes fell far below existing biodiesel and renewable diesel production and are not representative of the additional capacity that has come online since the final volumes were issued. In 2023 alone, industry produced 1 billion gallons more than in 2022, and over 1.2 billion gallons more than the 2023 RVOs.
NOPA members’ expansion and increased crush capacity continues to meet – and exceed- the demand for food, feed, and fuel customers and reiterates that the oilseed industry is ready and able to meet higher Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2025 and beyond that better align with industry capacity. The U.S. oilseed crush industry is uniquely positioned to solve two existential challenges: food security and renewable energy.
Ahead of the 2026 RVO rulemaking process, NOPA commissioned S&P Global Commodity Insights to conduct a feedstock study which evaluated the domestic and global supply and availability of feedstocks relative to the U.S. RFS RVO’s and found that:
In 2023 alone, domestic and imported feedstocks supported the production of 4.3 billion gallons of renewable diesel and biodiesel also known as biomass-based diesel (BBD), surpassing the yearly RVO targets for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Looking forward, existing U.S. feedstocks can support domestic production of an additional 1.4 billion gallons by 2030 in part due to investments in NOPA crush capacity. While Imported feedstocks can further support an additional 1 billion gallons by 2030.
Domestic feedstocks combined with additional imported feedstocks can support 6.7 billion gallons total by 2030.
The U.S. oilseed industry is ready and able to meet higher RVOs for 2026 and beyond in part thanks to a 30% increase in U.S. oilseed crush capacity totaling $6 billion in U.S. investment.
