{"id":11390,"date":"2021-06-03T16:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=11390"},"modified":"2021-06-03T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T14:59:40","slug":"renewable-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2021\/06\/03\/renewable-diesel\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Diesel, Biodiesel Cut GHG Emissions in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: Neste<\/i><\/p>\n

Neste is one of the companies providing renewable diesel. To date, Neste has provided more than 1.5 billion gallons of renewable diesel to California businesses and cities, Neste officials said.<\/b><\/p>\n

Renewable diesel and biodiesel are playing a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector in California, according to newly released data from the California Air Resources Board on California\u2019s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Diesel Technology Forum, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of diesel engines, fuel, and technology, points out that low-carbon transportation fuels powering internal combustion engines delivered the state\u2019s biggest reduction in transportation-related sources of greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel are the biggest carbon-cutting technologies from the transportation sector in the report, edging out ethanol and beating the benefits of electrified cars, trucks and buses by three to one, notes the forum.<\/p>\n

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Graph: Diesel Technology Forum<\/p>\n

Cumulatively, over the period of 2011-2020, California\u2019s consumption of biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels accounted for 43% (over 32 million tons) of all greenhouse gas eliminated from the transportation sector, while battery-electric transportation options accounted for only 13% (10 million tons), according to Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Availability of low carbon-biobased diesel fuel is expanding.\u00a0CARB estimates that biobased diesel fuel has grown from about 16 million gallons in 2011 to nearly 1 billion gallons in 2020.\u00a0Renewable diesel fuel is one the fastest-growing low-carbon transportation fuels sold in the state, notes DTF.<\/p>\n

These are fuels derived from waste feedstocks, including vegetable oils and animal fats, to yield very low carbon transportation fuels.<\/p>\n

Traditional fuel producers such as\u00a0Marathon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Phillips66<\/a>\u00a0have announced investments to retool petroleum refineries to produce renewable diesel fuel, in addition to existing large renewable diesel providers such as Neste<\/a> and Renewable Energy Group. Love\u2019s, Cargill and their affiliates recently announced a joint venture<\/a> to produce and market renewable diesel.<\/p>\n

Energy analysts estimate<\/a>\u00a0that announced capacity from these announcements would equate to nearly 3 billion gallons of the fuel produced annually, or about as much petroleum diesel fuel consumed in California in 2019.<\/p>\n

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Graph: Diesel Technology Forum<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cRelative to other strategies, today the switch to biobased diesel fuel is a cost-effective solution that allows municipal and private fleets to generate big climate benefits at least cost by using existing assets like fueling infrastructure and diesel engines,\u201d said Schaeffer in a news release.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n