California Ethanol + Power teams with Life Cycle Associates on LCAs

In California, California Ethanol + Power (CE+P) announced that leading environmental consulting experts Life Cycle Associates has joined its team for Sugar Valley Energy, a sugarcane-to-ethanol biorefinery planned in California’s Imperial Valley. Life Cycle Associates is partnering with CE+P to define the expected carbon intensity pathway for the sugarcane ethanol product as called for by California’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS.) 

Headquartered in Portola Valley, California, Life Cycle Associates analyzes the energy and environmental impacts of fuels and energy systems. The firm works with clients around the world to further the reduction of harmful emissions and negative impacts on the environment and climate. A significant portion of its work in biofuels and other alternative fuels concerns the evaluation of new fuel production technologies, their energy balance, and economics.