Two processes that turn woody biomass into transportation fuels
have the potential to exceed current Environmental Protection Agency
requirements for renewable fuels, according to research published in the Forest
Products Journal and currently featured on its publications
page.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for emissions from wood-based
transportation fuels requires a 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions compared to using fossil fuels. The standards don’t just concern greenhouse
gases generated when biofuel is burned to run vehicles or provide energy:
What’s required is life-cycle analysis, a tally of emissions all along the
growing, collecting, producing and shipping chain.
