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The New Game of Renewable Fuels Part 5 – Changing Factors

In this blog series we are explaining how the invention of the renewable identification number (RIN) environmental credit in 2007 ...
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The New Game of Renewable Fuels Part 4 – Rewind to June 2023, On The Brink of a RIN Price Collapse

In this blog series, we are explaining how the invention of the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) environmental credit in 2007 ...
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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 ...
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The 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 ...
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The 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 ...
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The 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 ...
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Mid-year ATTRACTOR Update – D4 RIN market price diverges from D4T Theoretical Price, plus “Critique of the C-Suites”

The Attractor spreadsheet (chart below) shows the 2024-vintage D4 RIN market price (gold points) and the “D4T” theoretical value (white ...
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Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through Part 4 – Will the Litigation Ever End?

See other episodes in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...
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Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through Part 3 – The RIN Tax Does Not Affect A Refiner’s Profits

Read other blogs in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...
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Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through – Part 2 – How is the RIN tax different than a sales tax?

Read other blogs in this series:Part 1 - Two CampsPart 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different From a ...
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