In Belgium, production and use of renewable ethanol from ePURE members and other EU producers reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by an average of 79% compared to fossil fuels in 2024, according to newly certified data. As EU policymakers consider how best to decarbonize road transport, the new high level of GHG savings once again confirms the importance of renewable ethanol as a replacement for fossil fuel in the petrol and hybrid cars that Europeans continue to favor.
The high GHG saving performance of EU ethanol was accompanied by significant production of food and feed co-products (6.9 million metric tons of commercial product) and of captured biogenic CO2 (1.5 million tons) – more ways in which ethanol production contributes to EU food security and offsets fossil resources. The 2024 findings were compiled from ePURE members and other EU producers and certified by auditing firm Copartner.
Tags: Belgium, ePure, ethanol
Category: Fuels
