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National Regulations to Increase SAF Use
June 12, 2024
In our recent article entitled “Where is the SAF going to come from?”, we explained how facilities designed to produce renewable diesel (RD) can be designed or modified to produce significant volumes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Since SAF is more expensive to produce than RD using this technology (known as HEFA or hydrogenated esters...
Policy
Did you know that Portland, Oregon has begun phasing out petroleum diesel?
May 29, 2024
By: Mark Fitz, President of Star Oilco The first fossil fuel phase-out by a U.S. city is off and running. On May 15, 2024, Portland kicked off phase one of its rebooted Renewable Fuel Standard. Called an “RFS” for short, it was originally implemented in 2006 as the first B5 (5% biodiesel, or BD, blended...
News
Where is the SAF going to come from?
May 7, 2024
In a past article – SAF in the IRA Era – How do the incentives stack up? – we described why sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is more expensive to produce than renewable diesel (RD) and how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) increases the incentives to produce SAF over the next four years. In an earlier...
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Flash Report: 4Q2023 LCFS Data Show Nearly 3 million MT Net Credit
May 7, 2024
On April 30, CARB posted the fourth quarter 2023 data for the LCFS program. In today’s flash report, we offer a quick look at this fourth quarter data. Our comprehensive analysis will be published in Stillwater’s Quarterly LCFS Newsletter which will be available to subscribers on Thursday, May 9th. The fourth quarter data show a net...
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Closing in on West Coast Renewable Diesel Supply/Demand Balances
April 30, 2024
In 2022 the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) revised its reporting requirements for renewable fuels to be fully inclusive of the slate of biofuels, including renewable diesel (RD). Previously, only ethanol and biodiesel (BD) were featured in EIA’s biofuel monthly reporting. Furthermore, EIA had not previously made available RD movements by rail. This additional data,...
News
What’s up with the collapse of CFP credit prices?
April 24, 2024
Observers of Oregon’s Clean Fuel Program (CFP) have probably noticed that after two years of being significantly higher and more stable than California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit prices, CFP credit prices have fallen to near parity with those observed in California. In the article in our March 2024 LCFS Newsletter (subscription required), we...
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