California’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels inside California. Carbon intensity is measured in grams of carbon dioxide equivalents (g CO2e) per unit energy (MJ)…
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Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS)
Congress created the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation’s renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil. This program was authorized under the Energy Policy Act…
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Feedstock Experts
What do “feedstock experts” do? In the “renewable” world, the term “feedstock” is used to mean any renewable, biological material that can be used directly as a fuel or converted to another form of fuel…
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Renewable Identification Numbers (RINS)
What are Renewable Identification Numbers (RINS), and what does a RIN expert do? A Renewable Identification Number (or RIN) is a serial number assigned to the volume of a batch of biofuel for the purpose…
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Life Cycle Analysis Expert
Life cycle analysis (LCA) is an essential tool in establishing baseline environmental impacts from a specific process, product, or infrastructure, and can also connect economic and social impacts depending on the end goal. Ideally, the…
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Renewable Hydrogen Expert
A renewable hydrogen expert is an expert in the process of hydrogen production from renewable and fossil feedstocks as well as the compression, liquefaction, delivery, and dispensing of hydrogen. Hydrogen from thermal conversion involves the…
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Carbon Capture Challenges
The Challenges Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is widely viewed as a crucial technology for mitigating climate change by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial processes and power generation. However, it faces several…
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Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
It appears that low carbon fuel standards continue to spread, as even the historically most polluting companies seem to be embracing the idea that the health benefits and sensitivity to global warming are good for…
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Cellulosic Ethanol
This is a PowerPoint by Lee Enterprises Expert, Dr. Doug Rivers, about the past, present and future of cellulosic ethanol in the U.S. It discussed the history of cellulosic ethanol, cellulosic feedstocks, cellulosic conversion technology,…
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Ethanol in the U.S.
This is a PowerPoint by Lee Enterprises Expert, Dr. Doug Rivers, about the past, present and future of ethanol in the U.S. It discusses the history of ethanol, feedstocks currently used to produce ethanol, and…
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