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Neste to offer public electric vehicles charging service at its stations in Finland

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Neste is introducing public high power charging (HPC) at its service stations in Finland for light- and medium-duty electric vehicles. Neste MY Renewable Charging adds another option to Neste’s portfolio of solutions in Finland for supporting the transition to low-emission transport.

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Toyota’s diesel line-up in Western Europe to be made compatible with HVO100 diesel fuel

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JULY 21, 2022

Toyota’s toughest, body-on-frame models in Europe are to be made compatible with HVO100 diesel, a non-fossil fuel made from 100% renewable sources such as waste cooking oil. Both the Land Cruiser and Hilux will join the Proace family of light commercial vehicles in being compatible with HVO100 diesel.

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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel made 100% from waste and residues in Finland; initial customers

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Neste recently launched a renewable diesel made entirely from waste and residues under the brand name Neste MY Renewable Diesel at select service stations in the Helsinki region today, 9 January 2017. The feedstock selection available for Neste’s renewable diesel has been successfully expanded to more than 10 raw materials.

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Finland Waste Renewable Diesel

Sales of Neste MY Renewable Diesel expands to Neste Truck stations for heavy vehicles in Finland

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JANUARY 30, 2017

The distribution of Neste MY Renewable Diesel, produced entirely from waste and residues, has expanded to the Neste Truck network for heavy vehicles in Finland. The product enables up to 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle of the fuel compared to conventional fossil diesel.

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Finland Renewable Diesel Vehicles

ICCT: real-world NOx from Euro 6 diesel passenger cars more than 2x Euro VI diesel trucks

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JANUARY 6, 2017

In Europe, the average amount of NO x present in exhaust emissions from modern diesel passenger cars under real-world conditions is more than double the levels from modern trucks and buses, according to a new briefing paper released by the independent research organization International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

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JUNE 1, 2016

Researchers in Sweden and Spain have devised a three-step process for the conversion of precipitated kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel. Pöyry Forest Industry Oy in Finland, noted that: The magnitude of the recovery process is often not fully appreciated. Their paper appears in the journal ChemSusChem. Vakkilainnen, from.

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Study shows renewable diesel from crude tall oil is a high quality drop-in fuel for off-road engines

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AUGUST 20, 2016

A team from the University of Vaasa (Finland) and UPM-Kymmene Corporation has examined how the blends of fossil and renewable diesel produced from crude tall oil (CTO) affect the performance and exhaust emissions of the modern common-rail off-road diesel engine. UPM BioVerno renewable diesel is produced from wood-based tall oil.

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Renewable Diesel Oil Engine

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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JUNE 23, 2022

The end product is a transportation fuel suited for aircraft, ships as well as heavy and light road vehicles. Neste as the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel refined from waste and residues sees Power-to-Liquids as a possible complementing technology for future sustainable fuel production.

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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APRIL 25, 2018

Registrations increased in all EU Member States except Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Diesel cars made up 45% of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6 g CO 2 /km ) and diesel cars (117.9 percentage point). g CO 2 /km).

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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JUNE 25, 2019

Diesel vehicles constituted 36% of the new registrations, marking a drop of 9 percentage points from 2017, and 19 percentage points from 2011 when diesel cars peaked with a 55% share of new registrations. On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (121.5 g CO 2 /km) are now very close to those of gasoline cars (123.4

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Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. In larger refineries light olefins—ethylene, propylene and butenes—are separated from this fraction.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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JUNE 27, 2020

Diesel vehicles constituted 31% (32% including HEV) of new registrations, marking a decrease of 4 percentage points from 2018, and 23 percentage points from 2011 when diesel cars peaked with a 55% share of new registrations. On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (127.0 g CO 2 /km). in 2018 to 1.3% g CO 2 /km. g CO 2 /km.

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Neste piloting its first EV charging service with Niemi Services; aims to launch in Finland in 2021

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JUNE 2, 2021

Neste is piloting its first electric vehicle charging service targeted to logistics companies in Finland. at their site in the Konala area in Helsinki, Finland. The pilot project supports Neste’s and Niemi’s climate strategies and helps Niemi, the leading moving and logistics company in Finland, to reduce its climate emissions.

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Norwegian/Finnish studies find Euro 6 cars exceeding NOx and CO2 type limits in real-world conditions; below on PM

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Emission measurements conducted by Institute of Transport Economics in Norway, in collaboration with VTT in Finland, show that new Euro 6 cars with diesel engines are struggling with NO x emissions well in excess of regulatory type limits when in real traffic. Figure credit: Institute of Transport Economics. Click to enlarge.

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Neste Oil launches sales of NExBTL renewable naphtha; plastics feedstock and biocomponent for gasoline

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Neste Oil—the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel—has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers; the company is one of the first to supply bio-naphtha on a commercial scale. It has been observed that diesel selectivity decreases with increasing reaction temperature while.

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Study finds engines emit exhaust nanoparticles even when not fueled during engine braking

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JANUARY 19, 2014

The study by researchers in Finland and Greece, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , suggests that both the characteristics of these particles and the mechanism by which they form seem to differ significantly from those of soot and nucleation particles.

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Neste files patent on gasoline fuels with high bioenergy content

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AUGUST 22, 2015

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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Study finds that optimizing engine parameters for renewable diesel can reduce PM and NOx both by more than 25%

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MAY 19, 2012

A team of researchers in Finland reports that by adjusting engine parameters for the use of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel fuel across a range of loads (50%, 75%, and 100%), particulate matter and NO x emissions can both be reduced by more than 25% relative to the values from using HVO with standard engine conditions.

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Engine Diesel Renewable Emissions

AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

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APRIL 2, 2016

The service will run on new 60-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses manufactured by New Flyer. Bus Rapid Transit offers the benefits of a light rail train system without the exorbitant cost of building light rail. In the US, construction of a typical light rail system averages $70 million per mile or more.

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Neste to offer public electric vehicles charging service at its stations in Finland

Toyota’s diesel line-up in Western Europe to be made compatible with HVO100 diesel fuel

Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel made 100% from waste and residues in Finland; initial customers

Sales of Neste MY Renewable Diesel expands to Neste Truck stations for heavy vehicles in Finland

ICCT: real-world NOx from Euro 6 diesel passenger cars more than 2x Euro VI diesel trucks

New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

Study shows renewable diesel from crude tall oil is a high quality drop-in fuel for off-road engines

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

Neste piloting its first EV charging service with Niemi Services; aims to launch in Finland in 2021

Norwegian/Finnish studies find Euro 6 cars exceeding NOx and CO2 type limits in real-world conditions; below on PM

Neste Oil launches sales of NExBTL renewable naphtha; plastics feedstock and biocomponent for gasoline

Study finds engines emit exhaust nanoparticles even when not fueled during engine braking

Neste files patent on gasoline fuels with high bioenergy content

Study finds that optimizing engine parameters for renewable diesel can reduce PM and NOx both by more than 25%

AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

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