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Division B Estimated typical and default values for future biofuels that were not on the market or were on the market only in negligible quantities in January 2008, if produced with no net carbon emissions from land use changeF1

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Biofuel production pathway Typical greenhouse gas emission saving Default greenhouse gas emission saving
Wheat straw ethanol 87 % 85 %
Waste wood ethanol 80 % 74 %
Farmed wood ethanol 76 % 70 %
Waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 95 % 95 %
Farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 93 % 93 %
Waste wood dimethylether (DME) 95 % 95 %
Farmed wood DME 92 % 92 %
Waste wood methanol 94 % 94 %
Farmed wood methanol 91 % 91 %
The part from renewable sources of methyl-tertio-butyl-ether (MTBE) Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

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Substituted by Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (Text with EEA relevance).