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03.19.10
US AUTO INDUSTRY SUPPORTS NATIONAL GHG STANDARDS
The US auto industry warned lawmakers this week that overturning the EPA endange...
03.19.10
US CLIMATE LEGISLATION IS 'CRUCIAL' TO GLOBAL EFFORTS
Progress on US climate legislation this year is “crucial” to maintaining global ...
03.10.10
FIRST NEW ZEALAND BIODIESEL STATION OPENS
New Zealand's first biodiesel station has opened in Queenstown, and will supply ...
03.10.10
TERRA ENERGY TO ACQUIRE OIL TERMINAL FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN PA
Terra Energy Resources announced today the final negotiations for the acquisitio...
03.10.10
IMPERIUM RESTARTS BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
Imperium Renewables has restarted biodiesel production at its Grays Harbor plant...
03.10.10
US SENATE VOTES FOR AMENDMENT INCLUDING BIODIESEL TAX CREDIT
The US Senate has voted to invoke cloture on the Baucus Substitute amendment of ...
03.03.10
CANADA INVESTS $77 MIL IN GREENFIELD ETHANOL PLANT
Canada will invest nearly $77 million through its ecoENERGY for Biofuels program...
03.03.10
BIOX COMPLETES REVERSE TAKE-OVER TO GO PUBLIC
BIOX Corp. of Canada has completed a reverse take-over, enabling it to go public...
03.03.10
RANGE FUELS RECIEVES $80 MIL USDA LOAN GUARANTEE
USDA has announced that Colorado-based Range Fuels, with a planned biofuels plan...
03.03.10
SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL THAT INCLUDES BIODIESEL TAX CREDIT
March 1, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont....
EPA Releases Proposed RFS2 Ruling
05.06.09
On Tuesday, US EPA released its proposed Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). Among the updates is a minimum use requirement for "Biomass-based Diesel" in which the fuel must reduce ghg emissions by 50% including indirect land use.
According to EPA, soy-based biodiesel reduces lifecycle ghg emissions by 22%, therefore in order to meet requirements a biodiesel production facility would need to use a minimum of 48% waste grease and a maximum of 52% soybean oil.
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