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Neste providing companies in Finland a service for monitoring transport fuel emissions

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Neste is the first company in Finland to provide a service for companies and other organizations to monitor their climate emissions caused by the use of transport fuels. Road transport accounts for more than 90% of the total transport emissions in Finland.

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Neste Oil beginning commercial use of tall oil pitch as fuel feedstock

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Neste Oil is beginning the commercial use of tall oil pitch as a feedstock for refining into transportation fuel. Up until now, it has not been possible to use tall oil pitch, a residue produced by tall oil refiners ( earlier post ), as a commercial-scale feedstock for fuel refining purposes. Earlier post.).

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

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Development of high-temperature electrolysis, CO 2 capture, and hydrocarbon synthesis technologies have been completed in a Business Finland-funded Veturi E-fuel research project; the integrated technology is now ready for implementation. —Lars Peter Lindfors, Senior Vice President Innovation at Neste.

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Neste Oil holds grand opening of Europe’s largest renewable diesel refinery in Rotterdam

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Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its NExBTL renewable diesel refinery in the Port of Rotterdam. The emission benefits of the refinery’s output will be equivalent of removing more than a quarter of a million cars from the roads. The Rotterdam refinery is also capable of utilizing future feedstocks such as algae oil.

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3-year trial shows use of NExBTL renewable diesel significantly reduces local emissions

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A three-year biofuel trial organized by Neste Oil, Helsinki Region Transport (HSL), and Proventia has recently been completed, and the results have shown that Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel can significantly reduce local emissions that have a direct impact on urban air quality.

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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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Issues covered in the briefing include emissions, air pollution, noise and renewable energy and the impact of transport on ecosystems and biodiversity. Evolution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU-28 from 1990 to 2016. In 2016, average emissions decreased by 1.5 In 2016, average emissions decreased by a further 4.7

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European Council endorses 40% GHG cut by 2030; requests ways to cut transport emissions via efficiency, electrification and renewable fuels

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The Council members also requested further examination by the European Commission on instruments and measures for a comprehensive and technology-neutral approach to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in transport, for electric transportation and for the use of renewable energy sources in transport after 2020.

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