Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2019, as well as the biomass based diesel volume standard for calendar year 2020.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. This approval follows the recently announced Part 79 approval of Ensyn’s renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 23, 2022

The Biden Administration turned to Tesla for help on its renewable fuel policy reform. The updated policy is expected to include benefits for electric vehicles from the United States’ renewable fuel subsidies. The administration also reached out to other companies tied to the EV industry. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

EPA is suggesting that it could reduce the biodiesel volume for 2018 by as much as 315 million gallons and effectively carry through those volumes to further reduce the proposed volumes of advanced and total renewable biofuels by 473 million gallons. billion gallons, and the 2018 total renewable fuel volume requirement from 19.24

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted Ensyn Corporation ( earlier post ) Part 79 registration for its renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. Ensyn is advancing its RFO Coprocessing business with UOP and an array of first-class, global industry leaders; the Part 79 registration process involved a number of these.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not finalize the 2014 applicable percentage standards (the 2014 Renewable Volume Obligations, RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program until sometime next year. The RFS requires a certain percentage of renewable fuels in the US fuel pool. Earlier post.).

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JULY 19, 2011

will begin supplying an expected 160 city buses in the Brazilian city of São Paulo with Amyris renewable diesel—a pure hydrocarbon drop-in fuel derived from sugarcane (known locally as Diesel de Cana). The supply contract runs through the end of 2012. Amyris technology produces renewable farnesene (Biofene).

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JUNE 23, 2022

He also continued his calls for the oil industry to increase refinery capacity to increase production. Refined product prices are set by the marginal supply costs of bringing the incremental barrels of products to market. About half of US refinery shutdowns are conversions to renewable fuel production.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The challenge, initiated by the three agencies signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU), has the goal of supplying at least 3 billion gallons of SAF per year by 2030 and, by 2050, sufficient SAF to meet 100% of aviation fuel demand—currently projected to be around 35 billion gallons per year. Decarbonize supply chains.

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MARCH 10, 2014

Ensyn Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ensyn Corporation, has signed a contract with Memorial Hospital of North Conway, New Hampshire for the supply of RFO (Renewable Fuel Oil), Ensyn’s advanced cellulosic biofuel. Ensyn Fuels will supply the onsite tankage and the RFO delivery system to the boiler. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Raven SR, a US-based renewable fuels company ( earlier post ), plans to build a waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Aragón, Spain, following the opening of its subsidiary Raven SR Iberia in Zaragoza, announced earlier this month. For this reason, the California EPA has determined that the Raven SR method is a non-combustion process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

Six biofuel trade associations have filed a motion in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to intervene in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) 2012 final rule being challenged by the American Petroleum Institute (API). renewable fuels. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 12, 2012

The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit with the DC Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) for what API called “unachievable” requirements for use of cellulosic biofuels in the 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). EPA must set the requirement at a realistic volume but they have not.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

In any case, when we switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, we reduce but do not eliminate environmental damage. Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

UNICA, Brazil’s Sugarcane Industry Association, has noted with potential concern that a current EPA proposal that would allow, among other things, biofuel producers to partially process renewable feedstocks at one facility and further process them into renewable fuels at another facility may unintentionally limit US access to sugarcane ethanol.

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JUNE 22, 2012

Menetrez of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division. This knowledge is, however, changing rapidly, facilitated by research and industry and driven by economics. —Menetrez 2012.

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APRIL 26, 2022

The 200mm wafer fab will help lead the industry-wide transition from silicon to Silicon Carbide-based semiconductors. Wolfspeed recently announced a multi-year agreement with Lucid to supply Silicon Carbide devices. Wolfspeed recently announced a multi-year agreement with Lucid to supply Silicon Carbide devices.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

JetBlue announced a ten-year renewable jet fuel purchase agreement with SG Preston , a bioenergy company. The airline will purchase renewable jet fuel made from rapidly renewable, bio-based feedstocks that do not compete with food production. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved renewable jet fuel safe for use.

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MAY 27, 2015

Industria e Comercio, unveiled two new 100% renewable base oil—the main component of motor oils—products: a renewable polyalphaolefin (PAO) Group IV and a renewable version of its NovaSpec Group III+ base oil. The new base oil products add to Novvi’s growing portfolio of renewable oils. and Cosan S.A.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

Biofuel advocacy group Advanced Biofuels introduced the concept of “E30 Capable” vehicles as part of its comments to the the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) recently proposed Tier 3 motor vehicle fuel and emission rulemaking. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Earlier post.) mpg fleet-wide CAFE standards.

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JULY 20, 2023

HPDI enables the world’s trucking and off-road equipment manufacturers to address the challenges of meeting the regulatory requirements of Euro 7 and the US EPA while offering end users affordable options that are powered by carbon-neutral fuels such as biogas, zero carbon fuels like green hydrogen and other renewable fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2015

Four separate percentage standards are required under the RFS program: cellulosic biofuel; biomass-based diesel; advanced biofuel; and total renewable fuels. Cellulosic biofuel and biomass-based diesel categories are nested within advanced biofuel, which is itself nested within the total renewable fuel category. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). This collaboration combines industry leadership in airframe and engine manufacturing, a new and committed airline, and next-generation jet fuel development and production. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company based in California, has upgraded its 50 million gallon per year capacity biodiesel and refined glycerin production facility in Kakinada, India to produce high-quality distilled biodiesel. Aemetis, Inc., — Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis. Aemetis was founded in 2006.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

In January 2012, BAL scientists reported the engineering a strain of Eschericia coli that could break down and then ferment alginate—one of the most abundant sugars in brown algae, but a sugar that industrial microbes can’t metabolize—into ethanol. Conventional industrial microbes can use mannitol and hydrolysed glucan.

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JUNE 22, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that establishes the biofuel volume requirements for 2023 to 2025. The final rule also discusses EPA’s intent to monitor the ongoing implementation of the RFS program and its impacts on domestic refineries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2013

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled this week in a case (#12-1139) brought by the American Petroleum Institute (API) against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ( earlier post ), and vacated the 2012 cellulosic biofuel RFS standard while affirming the 2012 advanced biofuel standard.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Doing Well by Doing Good Sustainability and eco-friendly decisions are leading trends in the transportation industry today, and for good reason. According to the Environmental Protection Agenc y (EPA), the transportation industry is responsible for 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. A McKinsey & Company U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

The new B6.7N, L9N, and ISX12N engines feature Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) Optional Low NO x certification, On-Board Diagnostics (OBD), Closed Crankcase Ventilation (CCV) systems, and performance and reliability improvements. The letter “N” denotes engines that are fueled by natural gas.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). President Obama.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. Palm oil represents approximately 20% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage annually. Source: EPA. Schematic of a belt filter press.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

The company will produce 20 million gallons of renewable fuel per year employing its Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) technology. Ensyn will convert 440 dry tons of woody biomass into a renewable fuel oil (RFO) product. There is an abundant supply of woody biomass near the plant due to excess forest materials in the region.

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MARCH 15, 2013

The project identifies possible paths to a low-carbon, low-petroleum future in the US transportation sector, and also looks beyond technology to examine the marketplace, consumer behavior, industry capabilities, and infrastructure. Findings are being detailed in a series of nine reports, six of which are now available.

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MARCH 24, 2016

The Lanzatech process can use industrial flue gases from steel mills and other processing plants as well as syngas generated from any biomass resource such as MSW, organic industrial waste and agricultural waste and reformed methane residues.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand. In February, 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie, Inc.

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JUNE 7, 2017

The researchers explored their different scenarios using the ANSWER-MARKAL model with a modified version of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 9-region database (EPA US9R). power plants and refineries) and in turn to the transportation, residential, industrial, and commercial end-use sectors. —Keshavarzmohammadian et al.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

This settlement ends all of the lawsuits and creates a new relationship between the companies, aimed at leveraging each other’s strengths and accelerating development of competitive supply for bio-based isobutanol. Both parties can sell up to 30 million gallons per year royalty-free into any field.

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