Sugarcane Ethanol Carbon Intensity Recertified by California’s ARB

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May 17, 2016

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(California Ethanol & Power) Today California Ethanol & Power, LLC (CE&P) announced the updated carbon intensity (CI) for its anticipated sugarcane and sweet sorghum ethanol. On May 9, 2016, California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) under the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) released recertified fuel pathways from their updated GREET model which evaluates the energy and emission effects of transportation fuels.

CE&P’s fuel pathways were certified on March 31, 2016, with their sugarcane ethanol at a CI of 22.44 revised from 54.47 and their sweet sorghum ethanol at a CI of 30.63 revised from 39.0. CE&P has a blended average CI of ~25 revised from ~49. CARB updated existing CI values certified under the previous LCFS regulation and calculated using the CA-GREET 1.8b model to new values calculated using the CA-GREET 2.0 model under the LCFS re-adopted in September 2015, as listed at:http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/fuelpathways/pathwaytable.htm.

The low carbon fuel CE&P intends to produce will contribute to the state’s LCFS goals of reducing the carbon intensity of fuels sold in the state 10% by 2020. “The newly revised CI for our sugarcane and sweet sorghum ethanol is significant as it establishes CE&P’s ethanol as one of the fuels with the lowest carbon intensity,” statedPresident/CEO Dave Rubenstein. “Once we are in production and provide operational data, we are eligible to claim credits under the LCFS due to our low CI relative to petroleum-based gasoline.” READ MORE

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