Archive for July 2024
Why The Gap Between the D4T Theoretical Price and D4 RIN Market Price?
I have been asked how the D4T theoretical price (yellow line in Figure 1) is calculated and why it is lower than the D4 Renewable Identification Number (RIN) market price (orange line). D4T is calculated in a spreadsheet called ATTRACTOR using the model derived in this article. In the past year, the D4 RIN market…
Read MoreThe New Game of Renewable Fuels Part 3 – WHY Are The RFS Mandates Nested?
The spectacular increase in the price of the D6 Renewable Identification Number (RIN) in 2013 was one of the most extreme moves in the history of major commodity trading. Read the other blogs in this series, The New Game of Renewable Fuels: RINs are the environmental credits used to certify compliance with the U.S. federal…
Read MoreThe New Game of Renewable Fuels Part 2 – Principles 1, 2, and 3
The RIN is a game-changing environmental credit that is a tax, a subsidy, and a mandate, all at once. Read the other blogs in this series, The New Game of Renewable Fuels: 1) The RIN is a tax . . . . . . that is levied on petroleum fuels supplied by refiners and importers.…
Read MoreThe New Game of Renewable Fuels – The Rules Of The Game
The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) caused many businesses to be thrust involuntarily into a new game. The game came with a new kind of environmental credit called the Renewable Identification Number (RIN), which has rules different than any other environmental credit. Read the other blogs in this series, The New Game of Renewable Fuels: People…
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