Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - August 19, 2016

Ethanol Opportunities and Challenges: A State-by-State Look at Higher Blends

Carbon emissions from the transportation sector are higher than emissions from any other sector for the first time since 1979. Renewable biofuels could be key to reducing these emissions, and a new report from the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) outlines how each state could use higher blends.

Ethanol is commonly offered to consumers as a ten percent blend in gasoline, or E10. Gas stations that offer higher blends are currently few and far between, but the ACE’s “Retailer Roadmap” aims to help change the fuels landscape. The Roadmap analyzes the potential demand for higher blends in each state, compiles the incentives for retailers available at the state and federal level, and provides simplified calculations of the additional profits a retailer could earn by offering higher blends to consumers.

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Headlines

1. EPA Should Take Note of New DOE High Octane Fuels Research 

2. Trucking Industry Cautiously Embracing New Federal Standards 

3. Vilsack To State Leaders: Develop Water Quality Plan Soon 

4. U.S. Navy’s ‘Great Green Fleet’ to Tap Australian Biofuel Hub 

5. India Outlines Plan To Increase Biofuels Market By More Than 750 Percent By 2022 

 

Upcoming Events: 

1. 2016 NASEO Annual Meeting

September 11-14, 2016

Providence Biltmore

Providence, Rhode Island

The 2016 Annual Meeting marks NASEO’s 30th anniversary as an organization. Over the past three decades, the State and Territory Energy Offices have worked together and with partners at the national, state, and local levels to advance practical, cost-effective, and impactful policies and programs. This meeting will celebrate their past successes and convene decision makers around today’s pressing energy issues. Register today to reserve your spot in the dynamic discussions and intimate networking opportunities that will help shape the future of state energy cooperation and policy innovation. EESI is a supporting sponsor of the 2016 NASEO Annual Meeting.

 

2. EPA Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel - Public Teleconference

The U.S. EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board staff office has announced plans to hold a public teleconference of the SAB biogenic carbon emissions panel on Oct. 12 as part of its continuing review of the framework for biogenic CO2 emissions from stationary sources first released in November 2014 and updated this February.

 

 

 

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