Newest GREET model updates environmental impacts

Several state and federal agencies have used GREET to aid in their considerations of potential fuel greenhouse gas regulations. For example, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency uses a specific set of assumptions with the GREET model in its analysis of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the potential expanded use of renewable and alternative fuels.

California Air Resources Board has been using a GREET version in its effort to develop low-carbon fuel standards.

Funding for the development and maintenance of the GREET project was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy through the Vehicle Technologies Program, Office of Biomass Program and Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program.

The GREET software is available at no charge. To learn more about its functionality, visit the GREET Web site at: http://www.transportation.anl.gov/software/GREET/index.html.

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