by Brianna Welsh | Jul 10, 2025 | Renewable Energy
A key aspect of the RFS program and its related incentives is the concept of “Carbon Intensity” or CI. CI measures the Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions per unit of energy produced. For renewable fuel producers, or any other obligated party, understanding and...
by Brianna Welsh | Jul 2, 2025 | RFS Updates, RINSTAR News
Biofuel producers and agricultural stakeholders recently received some welcome news. In a series of key legal decisions, both the U.S. Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld vital parts of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, bringing some...
by Brianna Welsh | Jun 30, 2025 | RFS Updates, RINSTAR News
On June 13, 2025, the EPA issued a proposed rule establishing Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2026 and 2027, along with a finalized reduction to the 2024 cellulosic biofuel target. Earlier this week, RINSTAR published a detailed breakdown of both the proposed...
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...
