US EPA's 2017 final rule: Increasing Renewable Fuel Volumes

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US published the final ruling covering renewable fuel volume requirements for 2017 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program on 23 November 2016. The final rule calls for further increases in the volumes requirements above those in proposed rule published on 18 May 2016 and includes an increased volume requirement for biomass-based diesel for 2018.

For 2017, the EPA sets volume requirements of 4.28bn gallons (up from 3.61bn gallons in 2016) for advanced biofuels and 19.28bn gallons (up from 18.11bn gallons in 2016) for all renewable fuels. In addition for 2018, the Agency sets the volume requirement for biomass-based diesel to 2.1bn gallons (up from 2.0bn gallons). The proposal is available on the EPA's website.

Neste Renewable Diesel meets the EPA requirements of an advanced biofuel in the biomass-based diesel category and is being used by US refiners, blenders, and fuel distributors to meet their renewable fuel requirements.

Source: Neste Corporation
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