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NASEM announces provisional committee for new study on life cycle analyses of low-carbon fuels
Low carbon fuel standards, such as the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, are major US programs for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels. These standards rely on life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool to estimate fuel GHG emissions.
However, current LCAs differ notably in how they are implemented, with disagreements pertaining to data quality, modeling approaches, and key assumptions.
The ad hoc NASEM committee will assess current methods for estimating lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with transportation fuels (liquid and non-liquid) for potential use in a national low-carbon fuels program. In carrying out its assessment, the committee will identify the general characteristics and capabilities of GHG emissions estimation methods that would be commonly needed across various types of low-carbon fue
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For more than a decade, the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has provided powerful incentives that have driven the introduction of new transportation fuels into the US marketplace due to valuable credits known as Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) generated on these fuels under the RFS. Ethanol and biodiesel were the first main beneficiaries. In recent years more novel fuel types like renewable diesel, renewable natural gas and sustainable aviation fuel have begun to become more mainstream. The most talked-about new transportation fuel, renewable electricity, has been unable to generate RINs not because doing so is prohibited by the RFS, but because EPA has simply failed to act on applications by renewable electricity providers to generate RINs. EPA has both the authority and information necessary to act on this issue, but a legal challenge against the Agency is ripe and may be necessary to prompt quicker action
National Academies to conduct study on methods of LCA of low-carbon transportation fuels
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is forming a committee that will conduct a study on the current methods for life cycle analyses (LCA) of low-carbon transportation fuels in the United States.
Low carbon fuel standards, such as the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), are major US programs for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels. These standards rely on life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool to estimate fuel GHG emissions.
However, current LCAs differ notably in how they are implemented, with disagreements pertaining to data quality, modeling approaches, and key assumptions.
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