The approval further validates Trestle’s technology, paving the way for production and sale of low emissions ethanol in the fuel market of California.
To increase production and sale of low carbon fuel for consumers in California and British Columbia, Trestle Energy has been seeking to partner with Midwestern ethanol plants. The company’s production system aids American farmers and fuel producers to compete with overseas imports, the company claims.
The production system intends to deliver climate and energy security benefits and aids electric utilities to comply with the Clean Power Plan.
Trestle Energy co-founder and president James Rhodes said: "We are pleased California has joined BC in approving our fuel pathways. These pathways demonstrate the ability of American agriculture, industry, and ingenuity to both grow the economy and protect the environment.
"They also demonstrate the ability of ambitious environmental policies to stimulate innovation and drive down carbon emissions. We look forward to expanding our network of partners to ramp up deliveries for California consumers.
"We are excited to begin working with Oregon regulators in the coming year."
Trestle Energy intends to use its technology under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2).
Under RFS2, EPA approval would mean that American ethanol producers would be able to compete with international sugarcane ethanol imports, thus aiding job creation and climate benefits locally.
The move would also help American industries to begin fulfilling their climatic commitments that were adopted in December 2015 in the Paris Agreement (COP21).
Trestle Energy’s production process was backed by bipartisan coalition of US Senators, who had written to EPA seeking the Administration to give Trestle Energy’s petition "full and prompt consideration because of its potential contributions to the commercialization of advanced biofuels and the associated economic development in Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and other Midwestern States."
