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Top 3 Takeaways — From Infocast’s RNG & SAF Capital Markets 2025

This July 15-16, 2025 event was my first opportunity to meet those involved in Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project financing ...
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Top Four Takeaways from EPA’s public hearing on the 2026-2027 RFS Standards Proposed Rule

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing on the 2026-2027 proposed Renewable Fuels ...
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The Octane Value of Ethanol Part 1- Measuring Octane Quantity With The Octane-gallon

Refiners and other gasoline enthusiasts are familiar with the concept of the octane-gallon.  One octane-gallon is the quantity of octane ...
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What was “RINsanity”? Read This Classic 2013 Article On The Big Bang of Renewable Identification Number (RIN)s

This New York Times article described the frenzy set off by the 100-FOLD increase in the D6 RIN in 2013. ...
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Comparing Theoretical and Market Renewable Identification Number Prices Part 5 – RIN Price Forecasting

ATTRACTOR is a spreadsheet application of the RIN price equation defined in this publication by Scott H Irwin, Kristen McCormack ...
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Comparing Theoretical and Market Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Prices Part 4 – Over-Reaction to Regulatory Policy Changes

A May 15, 2025 rumor said the Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) levels for biobased diesel for years 2026 and following ...
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Top 3 Takeaways From Fastmarkets Biofuels and Feedstocks Americas 2025 Conference

Number 3:  What is the status of U.S. biodiesel production? U.S. biodiesel production (not including plants that use hydroprocessing technology, ...
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Comparing Theoretical and Market Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Prices Part 3 – Anticipating Changes in Tax Subsidies

Read other blogs in this series – Comparing Theoretical and Market RIN Prices: Part 1 Three Factors Part 2 How ...
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Midwest States Pose New Challenges for Gasoline Supply

With summer gasoline season upon us, refiners and gasoline distributors are now supplying the more expensive, low volatility summer gasoline ...
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My Top Three Takeaways From the Bloomberg Farm, Food, and Fuel Summit 2025

Number 3 — Confusion reigns  At a conference in September, 2024, a panelist said, “Biofuels is a difficult place to ...
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