BioFuels Journal

The US EPA recently published a proposed rule approving camelina oil as a feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2).

Under the RFS2 program each feedstock, or raw material, for biodiesel production must go through an approval process to qualify for the program.

As it has with other biodiesel feedstocks such as animal fats, recycled cooking oil, soybean oil and canola oil, the EPA's proposal shows that biodiesel produced from camelina oil reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent compared with diesel fuel.

This lifecycle reduction in emissions qualifies biodiesel as an “Advanced Biofuel” under the program.

"Biodiesel's evolving feedstock diversity is one of its greatest strengths, and we're pleased to see the EPA recognizing camelina as yet another feedstock that meets the agency's standards as an Advanced Biofuel," said Don Scott, director of Sustainability at the National Biodiesel Board.

"This is good news for our industry and will give biodiesel plants another tool in the toolbox as they continue producing record quantities of America's Advanced Biofuel."

Biodiesel made from an increasingly diverse mix of resources such as agricultural oils, recycled cooking oil and animal fats, is the first and only commercial-scale fuel produced across the U.S. to meet the EPA's definition as an Advanced Biofuel.

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