The Renewable Fuel Standard: Overview and Implementation Issues
- ISBN-10
- 1536150754
- ISBN-13
- 9781536150759
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-03-03
- Publisher
- Nova Snova
- Author
- James McDonald
Description
Established by Congress as an amendment to the Clean Air Act, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandates that U.S. transportation fuel contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel. The mandated minimum volume increases annually and must be met using both conventional biofuel (e.g., cornstarch ethanol) and advanced biofuel (e.g., cellulosic ethanol). For a renewable fuel to be applied toward the mandate, it must be used for certain purposes (transportation fuel, jet fuel, or heating oil) and meet certain environmental and biomass feedstock criteria.
