Feenstra introduces 3 bills to boost research for biobased fuels
Summary
The bill directs the U.S. comptroller general and the secretary of energy to compare the financial and environmental costs of replacing federal government gasoline-powered vehicles with EVs or E85-capable FFVs. The working group would include representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, the USDA, biorefinery stakeholders, agriculture research universities, and others. The DOE would also be directed to work with the USDA, U.S. Department of Transportation and appropriate stakeholders to establish research and development goals that would result in the demonstration of the fuel ell system. “As Green Plains transforms our biorefinery platform, new markets, such as alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel, are key for our low-carbon ethanol. “The U.S. ethanol industry is laser focused on investing in new technologies and new products, all with an eye toward lowering carbon emissions and decarbonizing the transportation sector.