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MONDAY, January 30, 2012 - Last week,
the U.S. EPA omitted palm oil from the renewable
fuel standard (RFS) citing its findings that palm
oil did not meet the minimum 20 percent lifecycle
CO2 reduction threshold needed to qualify as
renewable fuel under the RFS program. Palm oil is
used to produce biodiesel and renewable diesel and
most notably comes from Malaysia and Indonesia. EPA
found that the lifecycle CO2 emissions reductions
for biodiesel produced from palm oil had a 17
percent CO2 reduction and renewable diesel had an 11
percent reduction compared to the baseline petroleum
diesel fuel they replace. The agency’s findings were
based on a study in conjunction with Iowa State
University. |
