In Finland, Neste said it tested renewable diesel in truck transportation across a total of 1.6 million kilometers with Porsche, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with the aim of testing the viability of renewable diesel.
Neste noted that an endurance run featuring up to 12 trucks running on 100% Neste MY Renewable Diesel (HVO100) was kicked off, with each truck having a twin truck running on conventional fossil diesel. The goal was to look at real-life conditions with existing traffic and infrastructure use instead of the environment of a laboratory.
To supply the trucks running on renewable diesel, Neste’s distribution partners EDi Hohenlohe and TOOL-FUEL provided a mobile 5,000 liter filling station.
The twin trucks not running on renewable diesel were fueled with conventional B7 diesel.
Neste highlighted that the trucks running on renewable diesel ended up with a slightly lower fuel consumption than those running on B7 diesel.
“In summary, the endurance test confirmed that using renewable diesel is a tool for significant greenhouse gas emissions without negative effects on other parameters,” Neste added.
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Tags: Finland, Neste, Porsche, renewable diesel
Category: Research
