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EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

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Emissions for select fuel pathways for the two time horizon/discount rate approaches. The US Environmental Protection Agency released its expected Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing the implementation of changes to the existing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA).

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NREL report estimates gasoline produced from biomass could cost about the same as ethanol

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A new report from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) concludes that gasoline produced via the methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) route ( earlier post ) using syngas from a 2,000 dry metric tonne/day (2,205 US ton/day) biomass-fed facility could have a plant gate price (PGP) of $1.95/gallon Source: NREL.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Field testing will be conducted at a renewable power generation site in California to capture operational data on the novel process and material combination under real conditions. The University of Akron in collaboration with Aspen Aerogels, Inc., Data will be used to advise techno-economics and life cycle analysis of the technology.

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