EISA (Energy Independence and Security Act) compliant ethanol fuel from corn stover in a depot‐based decentralized system

PURDUE EXTENSION RE-7-W Fueling and Feeding America Through Renewable Resources RenewableEnergy Synergies Between Cover Crops and Corn Stover Removal

Introduction In 2007 the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) established that by 2022, 36 billion gallons of biofuel are to come from renewable fuel sources. More specifically, the mandate requires the production of cellulosic biofuels to increase to 16 billion gallons ethanol equivalent annually by 2022 (Energy Independence and Security Act, 2007). Cellulosic biofuels are derived from ...

Energy and Environmental Aspects of Using Corn Stover for Fuel Ethanol

Supporting Online Materials for: Global Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts of Maize Ethanol: The Role of Market-Mediated Responses

United States: Section 202 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2022. Of that total, 15 billion gallons may be ‘conventional’, or corn-based ethanol. The renewable fuel standard under EISA includes life cycle GHG reduction performance requirements that include emissions from indirect land change. The US EPA’s notice of proposed...

supply and demand security of energy in central asia and the caucasus

امنیت انرژی به معنی عرضه مداوم و پایدار همراه با قیمت های معقول در حامل های انرژی، که تهدیدات امنیتی، سیاسی، اقتصادی، محیط زیستی و روانی را کاهش دهد. امروزه نفت و گاز تنها، کالای تجاری نیست بلکه بعنوان ابزار سیاسی مورد استفاده قرار می گیرد.اختلاف میان روسیه و اکراین بر سر انرژی در ژانویه 2006، تهدیدی برای امنیت انرژی اروپا ایجاد کرد. در این تحقیق ما تلاش کردیم که نقش انرژی آسیای میانه و قفقاز ر...

Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel?

Reports of disappearing glaciers, shrinking arctic ice, rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes, and unprecedented European heat waves combined with an inexorable buildup in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is increasing pressure on governments to respond with new greenhouse gas initiatives. California and other states are providing policy leadership in the United States. Of particular interest...