{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/28",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Energy content of transport fuels",
  "text": "Fuel\nEnergy content by weight(lower calorific value, MJ/kg)\nEnergy content by volume(lower calorific value, MJ/l)\nBioethanol (ethanol produced from biomass)\n27\n21\nBio-ETBE (ethyl-tertio-butyl-ether produced on the basis of bioethanol)\n36 (of which 37 % from renewable sources)\n27 (of which 37 % from renewable sources)\nBiomethanol (methanol produced from biomass, to be used as biofuel)\n20\n16\nBio-MTBE (methyl-tertio-butyl-ether produced on the basis of bio-methanol)\n35 (of which 22 % from renewable sources)\n26 (of which 22 % from renewable sources)\nBio-DME (dimethylether produced from biomass, to be used as biofuel)\n28\n19\nBio-TAEE (tertiary-amyl-ethyl-ether produced on the basis of bioethanol)\n38 (of which 29 % from renewable sources)\n29 (of which 29 % from renewable sources)\nBiobutanol (butanol produced from biomass, to be used as biofuel)\n33\n27\nBiodiesel (methyl-ester produced from vegetable or animal oil, of diesel quality, to be used as biofuel)\n37\n33\nFischer-Tropsch diesel (a synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons produced from biomass)\n44\n34\nHydrotreated vegetable oil (vegetable oil thermochemically treated with hydrogen)\n44\n34\nPure vegetable oil (oil produced from oil plants through pressing, extraction or comparable procedures, crude or refined but chemically unmodified, when compatible with the type of engines involved and the corresponding emission requirements)\n37\n34\nBiogas (a fuel gas produced from biomass and/or from the biodegradable fraction of waste, that can be purified to natural gas quality, to be used as biofuel, or wood gas)\n50\n—\nPetrol\n43\n32\nDiesel\n43\n36",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/28/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:14.344474+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}