E85 vehicles slow to pick up in Finland but new St1 Biofuels plant could help

In Finland, just 3,400 E85 vehicles were sold in 2015 through September compared to 146,000 new cars registered during the whole year. The figure may look small, but its part of a wider movement towards alternative fuel vehicles, which saw a 40% increase in 2015. With St1 Biofuels’ new 10 million liter sawdust-based ethanol plant coming online the end of last year, the fuel will supply E85 blends throughout the country. Concerns about ethanol’s starting capacity in extremely cold temperatures has had a dent on flex-fuel vehicles but consumers are starting to learn that once the engine starts, it runs just like gasoline.

Category: Fuels