Purdue researchers announce new biofuel processing technology
December 22, 2014
BY Staff
A public comment period on the Oregon Clean Fuels Program closed in November. The program, which is similar to California’s Low Carbon Fuels Standard, requires a 10 percent reduction of greenhouse gases from transportation fuels over a 10-year period.
The first phase of the program was adopted in December 2011. In February, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality was directed to draft rules for the second phase of the program. The comment period on those rules has closed. While the DEQ is moving forward to implement the program, it is currently subject to a statutory sunset date of Dec. 31, 2015. If that sunset date is not removed by the state legislature, the DEQ will be unable to implement the program after the end of the year.
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A wide variety of fuels would be eligible for use under the program, including biogas-based biofuels, cellulosic fuels, first-generation biofuels, electricity and hydrogen fuels.
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