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EPA sets new renewable fuel volume 

dThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) "Set 2" final rule. The final rule increases the use of American biofuels, creating the renewable fuel volume requirement increase for 2026-2027, the highest in program history. To meet the historic 2026 and 2027 volume levels, EPA estimates that biodiesel and renewable diesel production and use will need to increase by over 60% compared to 2025 volumes.  

According to the EPA press release, the EPA estimates the rule will generate over $10 billion for rural economies and create over 100,000 new jobs in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors. To provide continued certainty for American corn growers and ethanol producers, EPA will maintain the 15 billion conventional biofuel level for 2026 and 2027. 

Graph caption: 2026 – 2027 renewable fuel volume requirements, SRE reallocation volumes and total applicable volumes (billion RINs) provided by the EPA.

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Renewable Fuel

Plasma Blue reduces the cost of biodiesel production. Producing fuel, whether petroleum-based or bio-based, is a game of pennies and the producers with the lowest cost of production will always win. In biodiesel production, most savings come from lower priced feedstocks, the reduction of catalyst cost, the amount of energy used in the process and the price received from each gallon sold.

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What is Biodiesel?

Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel made from a range of oils, including soybean oil, tallow and recycled cooking grease. The flexibility of oil feedstock makes biodiesel a critical source of energy and transportation fuel across the globe. Today, biodiesel production capacity is spread globally from high-income countries to emerging economies. Within the U.S., there is a combined capacity of over 3 billion gallons of production.²

What is the Solution?

Plasma Blue’s technology creates biodiesel at a dramatically lower production cost. It also integrates easily into existing biodiesel plants, new greenfield plants and at ethanol plants.

Plasma Blue created a novel technology that reduces the cost of biodiesel production by:

  • Eliminating the need for pre-heating and heat maintenance
  • Shortening processing time
  • Replacing expensive catalysts with sodium hydroxide
  • Reducing production of partially processed product from incomplete reactions

By implementing this technology, Plasma Blue expects biodiesel facilities to achieve a savings of $0.07-$0.11/gallon. The technology is expected to enable the use of ethanol in production of biodiesel. This may increase the value of the glycerin by-product by $0.10-$0.25/lb.³ Ultimately, these advantages could translate to more than $2.0–$3.2 million in annual savings for a 40-million-gallon biodiesel facility. Plasma Blue technology has the potential to enhance a plant’s overall carbon score. Depending on available incentives, this is worth up to 15 cents per gallon, netting a 30-million-gallon plant $4.5 million annually.

1. https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/renewables-data-explorer
2. https://www.eia.gov/biofuels/biodiesel/capacity/

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