by Brianna Welsh | Jun 24, 2025 | RFS Updates, RINSTAR News
In a long-anticipated move for the renewable fuels industry, the EPA released two major updates to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program on June 13, 2025. The first is a proposed rule outlining Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2026 and 2027. The second is a...
by Brianna Welsh | Jun 19, 2025 | Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
In March 2024, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) launched MethaneSAT, a groundbreaking satellite designed to track and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations. Just a few months later, in August 2024, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory introduced its own...
by Brianna Welsh | Jun 17, 2025 | Renewable Energy, RINs
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program is a program that the renewable fuel industry is quite familiar with. Its main objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance energy independence, and support the domestic biofuels industry. To achieve these...
by Brianna Welsh | Jun 12, 2025 | Renewable Energy
As we continue to seek cleaner alternatives to traditional fossil fuels, biofuels have emerged as a significant part of the solution. As biofuels enthusiasts, we at RINSTAR have noticed a growing debate in the biofuels industry while attending the many biofuels’...
by Brianna Welsh | Jun 10, 2025 | RINs
Each RIN is tied to a specific type of renewable fuel, identified by what’s known as a “D-code.” These D-codes represent key details such as the feedstock used, the production process, and the level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions achieved. For producers,...
