In Germany, closing in on the year 2030, Neste is closing in on the first major interim target when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and efforts to limit CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Transportation must pay its share of the bill to make sure that these targets are met. To test the viability of renewable diesel (also known as “HVO100”, with HVO referring to hydrotreated vegetable oil), Porsche, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Neste tested renewable diesel in truck transportation across a total of 1.6 million kilometers.
One expectation was a higher consumption of the trucks running on renewable diesel due to the lower energy density of the fuel. The project team was in for a surprise though: In fact, the trucks running on renewable diesel ended up with a slightly lower fuel consumption than those running on B7 diesel – meaning that the expected additional volumetric consumption of fuel is too small to be measured. The fact that the exact opposite happened – lower consumption for the renewable diesel powered trucks – was attributed to a change in the behavior of the drivers who knew that they were driving on a more sustainable fuel and may thus have driven more consciously.
Tags: Germany, Neste, Porsche
Category: Fuels
