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A Renewable Identification Number (RIN) is an environmental credit that is part of a price control system that manipulates the prices of fuel components to force otherwise non-economic biofuels into the US fuel supply.  Anatomy noun, anat·​o·​my ə-ˈna-tə-mē  a study of the structure or inner workings of something Read other blogs in this series RINatomy:…

A Renewable Identification Number (RIN) is a part of the price control system that manipulates the prices of fuel components to force otherwise non-economical biofuels into the US fuel supply.  Anatomy noun, anat·​o·​my ə-ˈna-tə-mē  a study of the structure or inner workings of something Read other posts in this series RINatomy – In this control…

The current renewable diesel boom was triggered by $billions of investment whose financial success relies on government mandates, credits, and subsidies, primarily the Renewable Fuels Standard and its Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credit system. Hoekstra Trading has studied relationships between RINs and stock prices since 2020 and reported on them in our annual Research Reports.…

This is Part 4 of a four-part series reviewing my notes from a December 15, 2023 presentation made by Scott Irwin, Professor of Economics at The University of Illinois, titled “The RFS, Renewable Diesel, SAF & the Future of Biofuels”. Read more blogs from this series Renewable Diesel in the News – Part 1 provides…

This is Part 3 of a 4-part series reviewing my notes from a December 15, 2023 presentation made by Scott Irwin Professor of Economics, at the University of Illinois, titled “The RFS, Renewable Diesel, SAF & the Future of Biofuels”. Read more blogs from this series Renewable Diesel in the News – Part 1 gave…

This is Part 2 of a four-part series reviewing my notes from a December 15, 2023 presentation made by Scott Irwin, Professor of Economics at The University of Illinois, titled “The RFS, Renewable Diesel, SAF & the Future of Biofuels”. Read more blogs from this series: Renewable Diesel in the News: Part 1 provided some…

Hoekstra Trading is pleased to announce it has entered a data acquisition agreement with Bloomberg Finance LP that grants Bloomberg a license to use, display, and deliver Hoekstra Trading’s “D4T” value to Bloomberg users starting January 1, 2024.   D4T is the theoretical value of a D4 Renewable Identification Number (RIN) calculated weekly by Hoekstra Trading…

Last week, Scott Irwin, Professor and Laurence J Norton Chair of Agricultural Marketing at University of Illinois, presented “The RFS, Renewable Diesel, SAF & the Future of Biofuels” at the 2023 Farm Assets Conference in Champaign, Illinois. His assignment from The Management was to explain this topic in 30 minutes or less. Read other blogs…