Alternative transport fuels elements of the European Union’s “Fit for 55”...
A 2023 policy update with the final versions of the revision of the recast of the Renewable Energy Direcitve, ReFuelEU, and FuelEU Maritime can be found here. The European Commission recently released...
View ArticleThe impact of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard on food and feed prices
This briefing paper reviews evidence of the impacts of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on food prices, with a focus on corn and soy, and presents new analysis on the impact of the RFS on U.S....
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The Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for New Ships
At the July 2011 session of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, the represented Parties to MARPOL Annex VI adopted amendments to Annex VI Regulations for...
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Potential CO2 reductions under the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index
Proposed short-term measures to reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping fall into two categories: operational approaches and technical approaches. Based on the International Maritime...
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Market modeling of a Sustainable Biofuels Mandate in New Zealand
To increase the use of lower-carbon fuels in the transport sector and contribute to climate change mitigation goals, New Zealand is considering a Sustainable Biofuels Mandate. As currently proposed,...
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If we use livestock feed for biofuels, what will the cows eat?
Around one-third of all biodiesel produced in the U.S. is made from waste feedstocks like used cooking oil, animal fats, and inedible corn oil. But few waste feedstocks are really wastes; none of these...
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The climate risk of allowing feed crops in the EU gas package biomethane target
The European Parliament voted to include a 35 billion cubic meter (bcm) biomethane target in amendments to the Proposal for a Regulation on the Internal Markets for Renewable and Natural Gases and for...
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Transportation Summit 2024
Wednesday, June 19 – Saturday, June 22 Québec (Estérel), Canada Our third iteration of the Transatlantic Transportation Decarbonization Summit will bring together government, industry, and thought...
View ArticleDisplacement ratios for US corn DDGS
With large-scale biofuel production, co-products such as dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) are increasingly being used in animal feed rations. In the process they displace various other...
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Estimating Displacement Ratios of Wheat DDGS in Animal Feed Rations in Great...
Much previous work on this subject has been based on simple assessments of the comparative protein and energy content of distillers’ grains. In reality, however, livestock diets are formulated based on...
View ArticleMultiple and cover cropping in Brazil: Status and opportunities for biofuel...
The deployment of double cropping and cover cropping in the Brazilian agricultural system has had considerable success in terms of reducing soil erosion and stabilizing soil quality. In addition, the...
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