{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-2001/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-2001/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2018/2001",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-2001",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "ENERGY CONTENT OF FUELS",
  "text": "Fuel\nEnergy content by weight (lower calorific value, MJ/kg)\nEnergy content by volume (lower calorific value, MJ/l)\nFUELS FROM BIOMASS AND/OR BIOMASS PROCESSING OPERATIONS\nBio-Propane\n46\n24\nPure vegetable oil (oil produced from oil plants through pressing, extraction or comparable procedures, crude or refined but chemically unmodified)\n37\n34\nBiodiesel - fatty acid methyl ester (methyl-ester produced from oil of biomass origin)\n37\n33\nBiodiesel - fatty acid ethyl ester (ethyl-ester produced from oil of biomass origin)\n38\n34\nBiogas that can be purified to natural gas quality\n50\n—\nHydrotreated (thermochemically treated with hydrogen) oil of biomass origin, to be used for replacement of diesel\n44\n34\nHydrotreated (thermochemically treated with hydrogen) oil of biomass origin, to be used for replacement of petrol\n45\n30\nHydrotreated (thermochemically treated with hydrogen) oil of biomass origin, to be used for replacement of jet fuel\n44\n34\nHydrotreated oil (thermochemically treated with hydrogen) of biomass origin, to be used for replacement of liquefied petroleum gas\n46\n24\nCo-processed oil (processed in a refinery simultaneously with fossil fuel) of biomass or pyrolysed biomass origin to be used for replacement of diesel\n43\n36\nCo-processed oil (processed in a refinery simultaneously with fossil fuel) of biomass or pyrolysed biomass origin, to be used to replace petrol\n44\n32\nCo-processed oil (processed in a refinery simultaneously with fossil fuel) of biomass or pyrolysed biomass origin, to be used to replace jet fuel\n43\n33\nCo-processed oil (processed in a refinery simultaneously with fossil fuel) of biomass or pyrolysed biomass origin, to be used to replace liquefied petroleum gas\n46\n23\nRENEWABLE FUELS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FROM VARIOUS RENEWABLE SOURCES, INCLUDING BIOMASS\nMethanol from renewable sources\n20\n16\nEthanol from renewable sources\n27\n21\nPropanol from renewable sources\n31\n25\nButanol from renewable sources\n33\n27\nFischer-Tropsch diesel (a synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons to be used for replacement of diesel)\n44\n34\nFischer-Tropsch petrol (a synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons produced from biomass, to be used for replacement of petrol)\n44\n33\nFischer-Tropsch jet fuel (a synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons produced from biomass, to be used for replacement of jet fuel)\n44\n33\nFischer-Tropsch liquefied petroleum gas (a synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons, to be used for replacement of liquefied petroleum gas\n46\n24\nDME (dimethylether)\n28\n19\nHydrogen from renewable sources\n120\n—\nETBE (ethyl-tertio-butyl-ether produced on the basis of ethanol)\n36 (of which 37 % from renewable sources)\n27 (of which 37 % from renewable sources)\nMTBE (methyl-tertio-butyl-ether produced on the basis of methanol)\n35 (of which 22 % from renewable sources)\n26 (of which 22 % from renewable sources)\nTAEE (tertiary-amyl-ethyl-ether produced on the basis of ethanol)\n38 (of which 29 % from renewable sources)\n29 (of which 29 % from renewable sources)\nTAME (tertiary-amyl-methyl-ether produced on the basis of methanol)\n36 (of which 18 % from renewable sources)\n28 (of which 18 % from renewable sources)\nTHxEE (tertiary-hexyl-ethyl-ether produced on the basis of ethanol)\n38 (of which 25 % from renewable sources)\n30 (of which 25 % from renewable sources)\nTHxME (tertiary-hexyl-methyl-ether produced on the basis of methanol)\n38 of which 14 % from renewable sources)\n30 (of which 14 % from renewable sources)\nFOSSIL FUELS\nPetrol\n43\n32\nDiesel\n43\n36",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
}