2021
The National Biodiesel Board FY 2021 Sustainability Analysis-Quantifying the value of carbon abatement technologies over different investment timing scenarios
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Contributor/Checkoff:
New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association
Category:
Fuel
Keywords:
Renewable energyRenewable fuels
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Brad Shimmens, Clean Fuels Alliance America
Co-Principal Investigators:
Matt Herman, Clean Fuels Alliance America
Project Code:
SYBN 21 006
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association
$25,000
Institution Funded:
Clean Fuels Alliance America
$25,000
Brief Project Summary:

This research builds on a previous analysis authored by Jenny Frank and Tristan Brown of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) located in Syracuse, New York. The first publication from that analysis, "Quantifying the comparative value of carbon abatement scenarios over different investment timing scenarios" introduced a novel methodology for quantifying the societal climate benefit associated with the immediate use of biomass-based diesel in heavy-duty transport, rather than waiting several years for an electric solution.

This proposal seeks to build on and expand that initial work by applying the methodology established in the initial...

Unique Keywords:
#biodiesel, #biodiesel/bioheat, #bioheat, #northeast, #renewable diesel
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The primary educational goal of this research is to make sure all biodiesel and renewable diesel feedstocks, including soybean oil, are included in the carbon reduction strategies of the CLCPA. If this project is successful it could open a one-billion-gallon market for biodiesel which would be expected to be approximately 50% soy-based, consuming approximately 3.7 billion pounds of soybean oil.

The primary goal of the researchers is to generate publications which can be used in the education of policymakers and environmental stakeholders. The research that has already been completed demonstrates that the value of achieving decarbonization using commercially available, lipid biomass-based diesel is greater than that provided by the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles in the future. The proposed research expands this analysis to demonstrate the value that lipid biomass-based diesel has compared to the future alternatives medium-duty vehicle electrification and cellulosic biofuels. Quantifying the carbon abatement potential of lipid-based biodiesel and renewable diesel relative to other options under the CLCPA could lead to an additional 950 million gallons of annual demand for biomass-based diesel from lipid feedstocks, including soybean oil.

Final Project Results

Updated January 21, 2022:
October - December 2021 Environmental Analysis

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The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.