"Renewable fuels" refers to energy sources that can be naturally replenished and are considered more sustainable than fossil fuels. These fuels are derived from renewable resources such as plants, biomass, or sunlight, and are used to power vehicles, generate electricity, or heat homes. Unlike fossil fuels, which are finite and can deplete the Earth's resources,
renewable fuels can be constantly replenished, making them better for the environment and reducing reliance on non-renewable energy sources.
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Renewable fuel standards do exist and function in much the same way, although it is important to set these standards carefully.
Federal law mandates that oil companies use 12 billion gallons
of renewable fuels such as ethanol in this year, rising to 15 billion gallons by 2015.
While biofuels are better in the long run, the study says they won't meet a standard set in a 2007 energy law to qualify
as renewable fuel.
The planners envisioned large - scale projects, including bigger wind farms and more heating plants run
on renewable fuels.
This represents stage one of the company's commitment to make its complete model range compatible
with renewable fuels by 2012.
That's a policy that can generate huge revenues, which can then be put into clean - energy research and development and programs to get
more renewable fuels out there.
With the inclusion of traditional biomass, heating and cooking will remain the principal uses of
renewable fuels over the next 25 years.
They say that
while renewable fuels are needed, they are still at an early stage of development, and petroleum will remain the dominant source of energy for decades.
One of these measures must be the amount of grain utilized for the production
of renewable fuel.
And if plant life really does hold the building blocks
for renewable fuels, it would seem that we are literally surrounded by potential energy sources everywhere green grows.
BGU researchers, pioneers and leaders
in renewable fuels for over three decades, are powering the future of energy.
I think their primary fear is that putting that large compliance obligation on smaller businesses (as opposed to multi-billion refiners) could cause a backlash against the entire idea of
renewable fuel mandates.
IRVINE, Calif. and MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 27 — BlueFire Renewables, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE.ob — News), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of
renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced a contract with Cooper Marine & Timberlands to provide feedstock for BlueFire's planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, -LSB-...]
This section provides an overview of compliance, quality assurance plans (QAPs) and cellulosic waiver credits
under Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The current scientific understanding is sufficient to warrant immediate action, as has already been recognized in the U.S.
federal Renewable Fuel Standard and California Low Carbon Fuels Standard.
A cap can extend to refineries or concrete plants whose emissions can't be supplanted by using
renewable fuel sources.
Under the federal
Renewable Fuels Standards program, refineries are now required to buy gas from landfill owners and blend it into transportation fuel.
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.»
Luleå University of Technology is the first in the world to
produce renewable fuels from pyrolysis bio-oil in its facility LTU Green Fuels.
The waiver enables Icahn's CVR Energy to avoid tens of millions of dollars in costs related to the
U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard program
Dorgan and other say the vote signaled that a package
including renewable fuels mandates, energy - efficiency measures, and increased domestic exploration could attract significant Republican support.
The anticipated need for adjustments in the 2014 RFS advanced biofuels and
total renewable fuels targets reflects a combination of demand and supply issues in the biofuels marketplace...
Either way, Syncrude argued, the federal
renewable fuels regulation improperly trenched on matters falling under exclusive provincial jurisdiction.
KiOR was considered the next great thing since sliced bread and in many ways was the cornerstone of advanced
renewable fuels policy.
The session highlighted a wide range of views concerning the
US Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), including those of the corn ethanol and advanced biofuels industries, poultry growers, chain restaurants, environmentalists, and small engine manufacturers.
A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, urged regulators to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn used his role as an adviser to the White House to gain unfair trading advantages in the market for
renewable fuel credits.
The agency is currently working on regulations for the oil and gas sector, and is finalizing new annual regulations for the nation's ethanol mandate and
renewable fuel blending requirements.
Opponents of the resolution expected the Simmons amendment to be a poison pill, as it would include
renewable fuel subsidies and oil industry tax breaks important to many ALEC legislators.
Dr Tristan Smith, reader in energy and shipping, from the University College London Energy Institute, said that the shipping industry would require rapid technological changes to produce zero - emission ships, moving from fossil fuels to a combination of electricity (batteries),
renewable fuels derived from hydrogen, and potentially bioenergy.
BIOFUELS:
Renewable fuels groups are satisfied with President Trump's planned compromise over federal ethanol mandates that would allow year - round sales.
Pursuant to that law, an increasing amount of
renewable fuel such as ethanol — rising to 36 billion gallons in 2022 — must be introduced into the market.
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