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Figuring Out How to Absorb 36B Gallons of Biofuel

Posted on February 27, 2008

The US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) mandates, among its many components, an aggressive ramp-up in the use of renewable fuels, culminating in a 36 billion gallon renewable fuel standard (RFS) by 2022. Of that, corn ethanol production is capped at 15 billion gallons per year starting in 2015; the remainder is expected to be provided by advanced biofuels , the majority of which are cellulosic biofuels. (Earlier post.)That much ethanol poses the challenge of how to use it. Accordingly, the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy s Office ...

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