Johns Hopkins researchers use model to test feasibility of California’s LCFS

In Maryland, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have undertaken a feasibility assessment of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard using a mathematical model of the US biofuel market/policy they developed that quantifies several categories of impacts across different regional markets. These market impacts include policy-specific effects of California’s LCFS as well as the federal level Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Several scenarios are developed to highlight issues of long term LCFS feasibility; in particular, the research highlights the role that biodiesel/renewable diesel might need to play in order for the goals of the LCFS to be met.