# Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC, Division: Disaggregated default values for processing (including excess electricity): ‘e p – e ee ’ as defined in Part C of this Annex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Biofuel production pathway
Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO 2eq /MJ)
Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO 2eq /MJ)
Sugar beet ethanol
19
26
Wheat ethanol (process fuel not specified)
32
45
Wheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant)
32
45
Wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler)
21
30
Wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)
14
19
Wheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant)
1
1
Corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)
15
21
Sugar cane ethanol
1
1
The part from renewable sources of ETBE
Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used
The part from renewable sources of TAEE
Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used
Rape seed biodiesel
16
22
Sunflower biodiesel
16
22
Soybean biodiesel
18
26
Palm oil biodiesel (process not specified)
35
49
Palm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill)
13
18
Waste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel
9
13
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed
10
13
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower
10
13
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified)
30
42
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill)
7
9
Pure vegetable oil from rape seed
4
5
Biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas
14
20
Biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas
8
11
Biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas
8
11

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/70/annex/IV/division/D/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-IV/division-D/division-2
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