The final numbers for 2013 support EPA's case to reduce the RVOs for 2014 due to the blend wall.EPA released the Required Volume Obligation (RVO) data under the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS) last week, just as the 2014 RVO proposal was being closed to comments. The data is below and includes the total Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs):Comparing these numbers to their RVOs:
Ethanol totaled 96.5 percent of its target volume. Biodiesel totaled 104 percent of its target volume. Advanced biofuel (absent biodiesel) totaled 39 percent of its target volume. Cellulosic totaled only 9 percent of its volume target (and only 0.024 percent of its statutory level of 1.75 billion gallons as spelled out in the original RFS).
The fina...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
The hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America. Hoary marmots live near the tree line on slopes with grasses and forbs to eat and rocky areas for cover. It is the largest North American ground squirrel and is often nicknamed "th...
