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New Study Will Examine Sustainable Fuel Feedstocks

The latest biomass study by the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture, will examine the volumes and locations of sustainable fuel feedstocks.

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By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

June 16, 2023

With the transportation sector accounting for one-third of U.S. carbon emissions, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with the support of the Department of Agriculture, will release its latest study later this year on potential feedstocks for sustainable fuels. Conducted every five years, the study will focus on what biomass and waste feedstocks are actually available along with their sustainability criteria.

The “Billion Ton Study”—which will also determine where the feedstocks are concentrated—will be valuable to companies in the growing sustainable aviation fuel industry as they determine the locations of future renewable fuel refineries and the most effective conversion technologies needed to process those materials.

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