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EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

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While sales of new diesel passenger cars have decreased in recent years, the share of diesel used in road transport (including for freight transport by heavy-duty vehicles) has continued to rise, amounting to more than 66% of total fuel sales in road transport in 2015, compared with 51% in 2000. in 2015 to 7.1%

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Emissions study suggests E10 + renewable hydrocarbons a high bioenergy alternative for conventional cars

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C 9 paraffinic component (oxygen-, aromatic-, and sulfur-free; density, 672 g/L; dry vapor pressure equivalent (DVPE), 45 kPa), which is a side product of producing renewable diesel from vegetable oil and animal fat by using Neste Oil’s NExBTL hydroprocessing technology. 7 °C (19.4 °F). —Aakko-Saksa et al.

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Neste files patent on gasoline fuels with high bioenergy content

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Neste, currently largest producer of renewable drop-in fuels (primarily diesel) with its NEXBTL platform ( earlier post ), has filed a patent ( US20150144087 ) on a gasoline composition (and the method for making it) comprising up to 20 vol% (preferably from about 10-15 vol.%), of paraffinic bio-hydrocarbons originating from the NEXBTL process.

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