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EPA proposes 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards

Source : domesticfuel.com

Cellulosic ethanol targets were reduced while biodiesel was increased under the latest standards proposed by the federal government for the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories under the RFS2 based on the annual renewable fuel volume targets. EPA once again lowered the target for cellulosic ethanol, which was set at 500 million gallons in 2012, to somewhere between 3.45 and 12.9 million gallons. The agency "remains optimistic that the commercial availability of cellulosic biofuel will continue to grow in the years ahead" and so does the Advanced Ethanol Council, provided there is stable policy to allow the industry to invest in technology to make it possible.

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22 June 2011 | Legislation :: Biofuels :: United States & Canada
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