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Fuel Life Cycle Analysis

TIAX California assesses the energy consumption and emissions of a client’s fuel pathway.

TIAX works with clients that supply advanced, renewable, and alternative fuels, including conventional and cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, renewable gasoline and diesel, petroleum from oil sands, algae biofuels, natural gas, electricity, and hydrogen.

We provide assessments of the energy consumption, criteria pollutant emissions, and greenhouse gas emissions of transportation fuels, analyzing the technical, economic, and environmental advantages of alternative and conventional fuels. We offer guidance on policies such as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the Renewable Fuel Standard, supporting clients in commercializing fuels and processes within regulatory and market frameworks.

Example projects:

  • Assessed the carbon intensity of KiOR’s renewable gasoline and diesel fuels from biomass feedstocks. TIAX supported KiOR in establishing its eligibility as a cellulosic biofuel, contributing to its successful $150 million IPO in 2011 and supporting its $1 billion U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantee.
  • Assisted the California Energy Commission in developing the alternative fuels plan for California by performing a life cycle analysis of energy use and emissions from multiple alternative and conventional fuels and technologies in support of Assembly Bill 1007.
  • Created customized state-specific versions of the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) model for life cycle energy and emissions analysis, which have been used by California, Washington, and Oregon in developing alternative fuel policies.
  • Performed a full fuel cycle greenhouse gas comparison of Canadian oil sands and conventional crude resources for the Alberta Energy Research Institute.
  • Conducted a techno-economic analysis of 23 fuel pathways for the Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future that examined the full fuel cycle costs of converting various feedstocks into transportation and heating fuels in support of a low carbon fuel standard for the Northeast states.

 

For more information contact  Jeff Rosenfeld  or Karen Law via email or by phone at 408-517-1550.