ETHANOL CONTENT IN CALIFORNIA'S GASOLINE INCREASES TO E10
POSTED: MAR 05, 2010
Since the ban of MTBE in California, the state has used a 5.7% blend of ethanol instead of the E10 more common across the rest of the country. But today California is switching over to the 10% blend. This is good news for consumers who can now use a higher content of renewable fuel and for America's ethanol producers who have a newly expanded market - but questions remain about the future of ethanol use in California as the state's low carbon fuel standard moves toward implementation. As written, corn-based ethanol may not qualify as a low-carbon fuel because the state insists on charging it with additional penalties for "indirect effects," as opposed to only the "direct effects" charged to other fuels.
Read a new post on ACE's blog or read the feature article in the March/April issue of Ethanol Today for the full story.
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POSTED: MAR 05, 2010
Since the ban of MTBE in California, the state has used a 5.7% blend of ethanol instead of the E10 more common across the rest of the country. But today California is switching over to the 10% blend. This is good news for consumers who can now use a higher content of renewable fuel and for America's ethanol producers who have a newly expanded market - but questions remain about the future of ethanol use in California as the state's low carbon fuel standard moves toward implementation. As written, corn-based ethanol may not qualify as a low-carbon fuel because the state insists on charging it with additional penalties for "indirect effects," as opposed to only the "direct effects" charged to other fuels.
Read a new post on ACE's blog or read the feature article in the March/April issue of Ethanol Today for the full story.
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