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Organization, Presentation, and Nature of the Business	12 Months Ended
Organization, Presentation, and Nature of the Business	Dec. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization, Presentation, and Nature of the Business	ORGANIZATION, PRESENTATION, AND NATURE OF THE BUSINESS Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "REG") is a company focused on providing cleaner, lower carbon transportation fuels. Today, the Company principally generates revenue as the leading North American advanced biofuels producer with a nationwide distribution and logistics system. The Company participates in each aspect of biomass-based diesel production, from acquiring feedstock, managing construction and operating biomass-based diesel production facilities, to marketing, selling and distributing biomass-based diesel and its co-products. To do this, REG utilizes its nationwide production, distribution and logistics system as part of an integrated value chain model to focus on converting natural fats, oils and greases into advanced biofuels. As of December 31, 2019, the Company owns and operates thirteen biorefineries, with eleven locations in North America and two locations in Europe, which includes twelve operating biomass-based diesel production facilities with aggregate nameplate production capacity of 505 million gallons per year ("mmgy") and one fermentation facility. Ten of these plants are “multi-feedstock capable” which allows them to use a broad range of lower-cost feedstocks, such as distillers corn oil, used cooking oil and inedible animal fats in addition to vegetable oils, such as soybean oil and canola oil. In August 2019, the Company closed the New Boston, Texas biorefinery, which had a nameplate capacity was 15 mmgy. The biomass-based diesel industry and the Company’s business have benefited from certain federal and state incentives. The federal biodiesel mixture excise tax credit (the "BTC") was retroactively reinstated on February 9, 2018 for the year 2017 and on December 20, 2019 for the years 2018 and 2019. The BTC has also been extended through December 31, 2022.