22 Oregon Trucking Association, Inc. Oregon Truck Dispatch renewable diesel, but also the increased cost that this new fuel mix would bring. The City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) recognizes on their website that, “currently, renewable diesel is not readily available and can be more expensive than fossil and biodiesel in Oregon.” However, BPS says that the implementation schedule was designed “to signal the market that renewable diesel is a desired product, while not overtaxing availability of renewable fuels like biodiesel.” Recognizing the challenges around supply of renewable diesel, the policy gives the BPS Director the ability to temporarily suspend or modify the minimum blend requirements if they determine those requirements are infeasible due to increased prices or lack of supply. While concerns remain about cost and supply of renewable diesel, an April 2024 study released by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) found that renewable diesel has significantly higher potential for reducing the industry’s CO2 emissions at a much lower cost than transitioning the nation’s trucks to battery electric vehicles. ATRI found that transitioning from petroleum diesel to renewable diesel will result in a 67.3 percent decrease in per truck life-cycle CO2, compared to a 30.0–39.5 percent decrease in per truck life-cycle CO2 for battery electric vehicle trucks. This analysis includes full life-cycle CO2 emissions, including mining for the battery materials, vehicle production, power generation, and vehicle disposal. However, the data are clear: if your fleet is exclusively using renewable diesel today, shifting to battery electric vehicles will more than double your life-cycle CO2 emissions. Renewable diesel offers an opportunity for the trucking industry to contribute to decarbonization efforts today, while the implementation of battery electric vehicles is complex and uncertain. Battery electric trucks continue to represent an extraordinarily small 03 billion, compared to $1.19 trillion for BEV trucks. DIESEL RD is typically made from vegetable oils or animal products, including: Used Cooking Oil Corn Oil Soybean Oil Canola Oil on gallons – enough ay from fossil fuels. iesel (Gallons) Tallow Renewable Diesel, cont.
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