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Nov 3, 2010

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA - Amyris “renewable” diesel gets EPA ok for blend level to 35%

Emeryville,CA,USA -Owner Fleet, by Wendy Leavitt -Nov 2, 2010: -- Amyris, Inc. has announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has furthered its official registration of Amyris’s renewable diesel fuel, raising the registered blend level with ultra-low sulfur diesel from 20% to 35%... The company’s renewable diesel fuel, is made from “Biofene” and is intended to be a drop-in replacement for petroleum diesel... Amyris is not a well-known name to U.S. truck fleets, but that could change. The company notes that independent lab tests have shown that Amyris renewable diesel performs as well as or better than both petroleum diesel and biodiesel on critical ASTM International certification metrics... They also note that, because their renewable diesel fuel is hydrocarbon-based and compatible with existing engines, it will not require engine or infrastructure modifications. However, unlike petroleum, Amyris renewable diesel offers a superior environmental profile: at least 90% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions relative to petroleum (based on CARB metrics), no sulfur, lower oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions, lower particulate matter (PM) emissions, lower carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon exhaust emissions... (Photo from amyrisbiotech: sl science overview)

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