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Policy

Where Will All the Diesel Go?

December 13, 2023

For those interested in the West Coast supply of transportation fuels, the ongoing and continuing growth of renewable diesel (RD) production should be of great interest.  As shown in Figure 1 below, RD production capacity in the United States is expected to increase by a factor of ten between 2019 and 2025 and more than...

Policy

A Tale of Two RINs – Digging Deeper

November 29, 2023

In our recent article, “A Tale of Two RINs,” we reviewed current conditions driving the price of D3 renewable identification numbers (RINs) upwards while the price of D4 RINs is falling. This article drew considerable interest. With respect to our analysis of the D4 RIN market, one of our readers agreed with our observation that...

Presentations

Decarbonizing ICEVs –A Key Step in the Energy Transition

November 20, 2023

On November 16, 2023 Stillwater Senior Associate Dr. Adam Schubert presented Decarbonizing ICEVs –A Key Step in the Energy Transition for the SwRI LCA for Transport Symposium. This presentation is linked below.

Policy

California fuel prices soar ever higher on the wings of taxes and fees

November 15, 2023

Stillwater has regularly written about California retail gasoline prices compared to the U.S. average. It has been eighteen months since we last posted an article about the cost of California’s climate change programs and excise taxes. With carbon prices and excise tax rates in the Golden State on the move, it is high time to...

Policy

A Tale of Two RINs

November 7, 2023

It is the best of times (for buyers of D4 RINs and sellers of D3 RINs) and the worst of times (for buyers of D3 RINs and sellers of D4 RINs). Several recent news articles have been published concerning the “RIN Cliff” – the rapid fall in D4 RIN prices which has been recently observed;...

Policy

Crops vs Solar to Produce Vehicle Miles Travelled

November 7, 2023

One of Stillwater’s own was recently approached by a land developer to consider turning farmland in Oregon into a solar farm. The lease payment amounts proposed in the out-years would provide approximately four times the income for the land compared to farming the same acres – a significant incentive and a difficult one to dismiss...
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