2026 Criteria for High-Quality Low-Carbon Fuels
One Standard for Low Carbon Fuel Quality
Relae has published its first Criteria for High-Quality Low Carbon Fuels (LCF), a comprehensive guide for voluntary market buyers navigating a complex and rapidly evolving landscape of certifications, regulatory schemes, and quality frameworks. The criteria address the full LCF value chain, from feedstock sourcing to end use, giving buyers a clear reference to assess what their procurement actually covers and where additional diligence is needed.
What's Inside
- Introduces six core principles for evaluating LCF quality, covering carbon accounting, additionality, feedstock sourcing, leakage, environmental impacts, and social equity.
- Helps buyers distinguish minimum requirements from best practices using a clear must/should framework applied across the full supply chain.
- Designed as a living resource, updated annually, with future editions expanding to cover synthetic fuel pathways, renewable natural gas, and sector-specific applications.
Rohan Raman
Rohan Raman
Rohan Raman is a chemical engineer by training who brings a background in process engineering and industrial project execution to the evaluation of carbon management solutions. Before joining Relae, Rohan spent several years in the oil and gas industry in process engineering, project engineering, and business planning roles supporting refining, chemicals, and low-carbon technology initiatives. Additionally, he supported deployment of various large scale capital projects, helping develop project design specifications and start-up procedures.
At Relae, Rohan applies his engineering and project delivery background to help clients evaluate carbon removal and reduction projects for procurement. He conducts technical assessments of hybrid carbon management projects to help clients understand project quality, technical risk, and delivery likelihood. Rohan also supports project assurance work, partnering with project developers to identify and address technical and operational risks that could affect a project's ability to be built successfully and deliver on its carbon claims.
