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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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The majority (62%) of the plantations were located on the island of Sumatra, and more than two-thirds (69%) of all industrial plantations were developed for oil palm cultivation, with the remainder mostly being Acacia plantations for paper pulp production. Earlier post.).

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Researchers show oil palm plantation expansion a significant source of CO2; projected to contribute more than all of Canada’s current fossil fuel emissions by 2020

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Oil palm supplies more than 30% of world vegetable oil production. The study, published as an open access paper in the journal Nature Climate Change , shows that deforestation for the development of oil palm plantations in Indonesian Borneo is becoming a globally significant source of carbon dioxide emissions.

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Study finds GHG emissions associated with palm oil production have been significantly underestimated; implications for carbon intensity of biofuels as well as biofuel policies in Europe

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A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland. Southeast Asia.

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Lux: California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard will become a global phenomenon; carbon intensity, not volume

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The LCFS eliminates volume targets and focuses strictly on a fuel’s carbon intensity (CI) measured in gCO 2 /MJ on a well-to-wheel (WTW) basis—from extraction, conversion, transport, and combustion of the fuel. Earlier post.). This model does not offer a ubiquitous solution.

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Celanese sees new TCX ethanol process as key component in future growth; a paradigm shift in ethanol production

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In a paper presented at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Coal Liquefaction and Gas Conversion Contractors Review Conference in 1995, Joo et al. In the presentation to investors, Celanese executives said that TCX enables the company to produce ethanol at the equivalent of gasoline produced with $60 per barrel crude oil (around $1.50/gallon).

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil. Earlier post.)

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BIO Conference Highlights Emerging Range of Pathways to Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels

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As one example, while Elevance’s olefin metathesis platform can deliver renewable diesel and jet from renewable oils ( earlier post ), the company’s primary initial commercial focus is on higher-value chemicals. ERS just announced a joint venture with Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) to construct a high-capacity biorefinery in Indonesia.

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