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Biodiesel Initiative in Southern California

EFC9 organized the Biodiesel Roundtable at Dominican University of California in San Rafael, bringing together over 50 representatives from industry (including haulers, producers, distributors and users), regulators, public agencies and biodiesel roundtablecommunity-based organizations in 2008. The mission of the Roundtable was to identify and resolve obstacles California communities encounter in efforts to produce and use biodiesel derived from waste grease (used cooking oil). Through a facilitated process, attendees listened to presentations, told stories about their experiences with biodiesel, worked together to identify key issues and concluded the day by generating 64 suggestions about how to achieve the Roundtable’s goal. These suggestions fell into five areas of emphasis: criteria/standards, education, feedstock/production, funding and regulatory/policy change.

Based on the outcome of the Roundtable, in EFC9 evaluated the feasibility of encouraging fleets in the Los Angeles area to use local waste vegetable oil (WVO) derived biodiesel and in the process identified a host of obstacles preventing the creation of a local and sustainable waste to fuel economy. At the same time, the federal government began promoting the development of renewable energy fuels through the Stimulus Package and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passed new low-carbon fuel requirements by 2011.

 

Related Reports
Biodiesel 2010: Final Report (Biodiesel2010) 3.3MB