Today, an interagency team led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT’s) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge: Metrics Dashboard Fact Sheet. USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack made the announcement at the North American SAF Conference & Expo in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Metrics Dashboard Fact Sheet summarizes actions and progress to help drive innovation and expand the production and use of SAF to meet the SAF Grand Challenge target of 3 billion gallons of SAF in the United States by 2030.
The annual climate event launched with announced commitments to triple nuclear energy financing, decarbonization initiatives across the aviation sector and some carbon offset deals.
Amtrak has replaced more than a million gallons of fossil fuel with renewable diesel in the past 12 months. The company has began integrating climate resilience and sustainability design measures into capital projects and it has finalised plans to host its first clean energy generation facility.
How can waste oil from french fries be used to make fuel that can power a plane?
That’s one of the big questions Honeywell teams answered by developing and bringing to market a process for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2007. Known as Ecofining, the process produces renewable diesel and SAF utilizing widely available materials like waste fats, oils and greases. Blended with conventional jet fuel, the use of SAF can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 80% compared to conventional fossil fuels.1
A new study by economists at UC Berkeley and the U.S. Naval Academy found California drivers could expect to save 20 cents per gallon if the state allowed gas stations to sell E15 fuel – a blend of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline approved in all 49 other states.
The Renewable Fuels Association today released a study documenting the economic and environmental benefits of the world’s first plug-in electric hybrid flex fuel vehicle (PHEFFV). After rigorous emissions testing, lifecycle greenhouse gas analysis, and nearly 34,000 miles of real-world driving, the study concludes that a PHEFFV offers distinct advantages over fully electric vehicles.
Leaders of the U.S. ethanol industry are seeking to intervene in a legal challenge of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation, which effectively bans the use of renewable, crop-based biofuels like corn ethanol as a feedstock for decarbonizing the aviation sector. Collaborating in the intervention are the Renewable Fuels Association, U.S. Grains Council, Growth Energy and LanzaJet. Earlier this year, LanzaJet opened the world’s first ethanol-to-jet biorefinery, in Georgia.
The 40B tax credit guidance and modified GREET model released today by U.S. Treasury begin to unlock the door for U.S. ethanol producers and farmers to participate in the emerging market for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). However, more work must be done to fully open the SAF market to ethanol and properly recognize the climate benefits of modern agriculture and biofuels, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the final winners of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Clean Energy Education Prize in the Inspire Track.
DOE launched the HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize through the American-Made program to address the growing need for a robust and diverse clean energy workforce. Through two tracks, the prize awards nearly $8 million to HBCUs to help prepare the next generation of clean energy leaders.
Across the globe people are talking about decarbonizing our future energy systems. But how do we actually get there?
Much of the answer lies in the distribution grid—the complex network we use to deliver electricity from power plants to homes, businesses, and other end users. Revamping our current distribution grid will be essential for enabling the widespread adoption of electric vehicles, heat pumps, electric cooking, and more, ultimately driving large-scale electrification and decarbonization.