Palm Oil: A Success Story in Green Technology Innovations
Palm Oil: A Success Story in Green Technology Innovations
Palm Oil: A Success Story in Green Technology Innovations
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The greenhouse-gas perspective• EU Renewable Energy Directive requires reduction of GHG emissions by at least35% compared with fossil fuels, so that one biofuel is classified as "susta<strong>in</strong>able"and therefore meets the objectives and requirements• <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Oil</strong> :Discrim<strong>in</strong>atory element <strong>in</strong> RED - typical value ("state of thetechnology") vs. default value ("worst case scenario") <strong>in</strong> the "calculation" ofGHG substitution:Biofuel / source Typical value Default valueEthanol / sugar-beet 61% 52%biodiesel / rapeseed 45% 38%biodiesel / sunflower oil 58% 51%biodiesel / palmoil(full methane capture)36%(62%)19%(56%)Adapted from Dr. Gernot Pehnelt, IPOSC 2010 10
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