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Volkswagen fueling car carriers with fuel derived from used cooking oil; GoodFuels BFO

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The fuel is produced from materials such as used oil from restaurants and the food industry. The first car freighter was refueled for the first time with this oil in mid-November 2020 and a second ship is due to follow at the beginning of 2021. This way, we reuse waste oil in an environmentally compatible way.

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Volkswagen AG coordinating new €6M EU research project on drop-in biocatalytic solar fuels

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This basic concept is in line with the fundamental approach (CO 2 + water + renewable energy → drop-in fuels) being taken by Audi (a member of the Volkswagen Group) in its e-fuels initiatives. A4F Algafuel SA, Portugal. Neste Oil Corporation, Finland. Earlier post.). Universität Bielefeld, Germany.

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