Sentences with phrase «renewable fuel volumes»

This yearly percentage standard is to be set at a level that will ensure that the total renewable fuel volumes will be used based on gasoline volume projections provided by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

In fact, since the RFS expanded renewable fuel volumes in 2007, over 1/3 of corn production and nearly 1/4 of the oil produced from soybeans have been diverted to biofuels.1 As the EPA points out, «because many biofuel feedstocks require land, water, and other resources, research suggests that biofuel production may give rise to several undesirable effects.»

In November 2012, EPA received two petitions for a reconsideration of the September 27, 2012 rulemaking entitled «Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Biomass - Based Diesel Renewable Fuel Volume» which established a volume requirement of 1.28 billion gallons for biomass - based diesel in 2013 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Devising unrealistic solutions to justify bad policies is just another distraction from the real problem: The RFS is fundamentally flawed, and its renewable fuel volume mandates are broken.

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) established the RFS2 program and the annual renewable fuel volume targets, which steadily increase to an overall level of 36 billion gallons in 2022.

Not exact matches

While VETC has been broken out as a separate revenue category, both renewable fuels tax credits are included in the «volume related» revenue line.

So with that in mind, it's bad news that the EPA - who should be defending the environment - has come out with a new mandate that requires an increase in the total volume of renewable fuel use by the end of 2016 to 18.11 billion gallons, an 11 % increase from 2014.

Those other laws include the US renewable fuel standard, which requires that the volume of renewable fuel blended into gasoline is increased from 34 billion litres in 2008 to 136 billion litres by 2022.

WASHINGTON — American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement on the proposed 2017 volume requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS):

A decade ago Congress passed legislation creating the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)-- requiring escalating volumes of ethanol in the U.S. fuel supply — that was intended in part to help reduce crude oil imports while capitalizing the supposed environmental advantages of ethaFuel Standard (RFS)-- requiring escalating volumes of ethanol in the U.S. fuel supply — that was intended in part to help reduce crude oil imports while capitalizing the supposed environmental advantages of ethafuel supply — that was intended in part to help reduce crude oil imports while capitalizing the supposed environmental advantages of ethanol.

In 2007, Congress set annual statutory volumes for ethanol, divided into two main categories: total renewable fuel and «advanced» biofuels.

Two ads have been running heavily in the Washington, D.C., market and in some other markets in advance of a Nov. 30 deadline for the EPA to finalize requirements for the total volume of ethanol to be put into gasoline, and for other renewable fuels.

Even in the midst of an energy shift to renewable sources, the sheer high volume of cars using gasoline fuel daily, 24/7, in all countries negates the probability of lowering down temperatures to pre-industrial levels.

This notice also acknowledges that there are constraints in the market's ability to consume renewable fuels at the volumes specified in the Clean Air Act in future years, and states that the EPA anticipates proposing adjustments to the 2014 volume requirements in the 2014 rule to address these constraints.

EPA established the volume requirements and associated percentage standards that apply under the RFS2 program in calendar year 2013 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass - based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel.

Next month EPA is scheduled to finalize 2014, 2015 and 2016 ethanol - use requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)-- and where EPA sets the volume standards could have big impacts on consumers and our economy.

Agency's Mismanagement Highlights Need to Repeal the Mandate WASHINGTON — American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement on EPA's 2014 - 2016 volume requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): «EPA bureaucrats continue to prove they are incapable of managing the RFS.

Based on the standard, each refiner and importer determines the minimum volume of renewable fuel that it must ensure is used in its transportation fuel.

For the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), that means aligning ethanol volume requirements with market realities.

Interesting «Today in Energy» post from the able folks at the U.S. Energy Information Administration, recapping EPA's final 2013 renewable fuels target volumes that were announced last week.

When EPA green - lighted E15 use, it knew E15 vehicle testing was ongoing but decided not to wait for the results — most likely to raise the permissible concentration level of ethanol in fuels so that greater volumes could be used, as required by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).