The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published the final rule that establishes the volume requirements for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Previous discussions about EPA’s arguments for use of the general waiver authority in the RFS statute reviewed a leaked version of the proposed rule and the proposed […]
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Current Issues Surrounding the Renewable Fuel Standard
Overview of the RFS The Renewable Fuel Standard is just a single component of our nation’s broader energy policy approach. The RFS was originally created under the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005. In 2007, the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) expanded the original standard to what is now often referred to as RFS2. […]
Growing a Sustainable Biofuel Economy: Part 1
The Environmental Appeal of Second-Generation Biofuels Second-generation biofuels from cellulosic feedstocks that were until recently thought to be always “five years away,” are now being produced commercially. In 2014, about 18 million gallons were produced, which was substantially higher than the 432,000 gallons produced in 2013. Poet-DSM and Abengoa are two of the refineries that […]