Division A Typical and default values for biofuels if produced with no net carbon emissions from land use changeF1
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| Not including animal oil produced from animal by-products classified as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption f1 | ||
| Biofuel production pathway | Typical greenhouse gas emission saving | Default greenhouse gas emission saving |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar beet ethanol | 61 % | 52 % |
| Wheat ethanol (process fuel not specified) | 32 % | 16 % |
| Wheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant) | 32 % | 16 % |
| Wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler) | 45 % | 34 % |
| Wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant) | 53 % | 47 % |
| Wheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant) | 69 % | 69 % |
| Corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant) | 56 % | 49 % |
| Sugar cane ethanol | 71 % | 71 % |
| The part from renewable sources of ethyl-Tertio-butyl-ether (ETBE) | Equal to that of the ethanol production Pathway used | |
| The part from renewable sources of tertiary-amyl-ethyl-ether (TAEE) | Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used | |
| Rape seed biodiesel | 45 % | 38 % |
| Sunflower biodiesel | 58 % | 51 % |
| Soybean biodiesel | 40 % | 31 % |
| Palm oil biodiesel (process not specified) | 36 % | 19 % |
| Palm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill) | 62 % | 56 % |
| Waste vegetable or animal f2 oil biodiesel | 88 % | 83 % |
| Hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed | 51 % | 47 % |
| Hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower | 65 % | 62 % |
| Hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified) | 40 % | 26 % |
| Hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill) | 68 % | 65 % |
| Pure vegetable oil from rape seed | 58 % | 57 % |
| Biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas | 80 % | 73 % |
| Biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas | 84 % | 81 % |
| Biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas | 86 % | 82 % |
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Not including animal oil produced from animal by-products classified as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption