RESEARCH BRIEF - Assessing the role of biomass-based diesel in U.S.

Rail in the United States consumed roughly 3.8 billion gallons of diesel fuel equivalent (DGE) in 2022 and nearly all of that came from fossil diesel.1 In the National Blueprint for Transport Decarbonization, the U. [...] After comparing the life-cycle carbon intensity (CI) of various renewable diesel pathways with the standard CI for electricity and fossil diesel produced in California, we estimate the available biomass feedstocks in the United States in 2030. [...] AVAILABILITY OF RENEWABLE DIESEL FOR THE RAIL SECTOR Here we draw upon previous work by the ICCT for the road and aviation sectors that assessed the availability of vegetable and waste oils to produce biofuels. [...] RAIL DECARBONIZATION STRATEGY target.30 Biomass has also been identified as a promising low-carbon solution for decarbonizing the maritime sector.31 The DOE’s projections for sustainable biomass availability fall short of the combined projected fuel demand for the maritime, aviation, rail, and off-road sectors in 2050.32 In the 2023 National. [...] Department of State and the Executive Office of the President, The Long-Term Strategy of the United States, Pathways to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 (Washington, DC, 2021), .