Biodiesel Blending

SGS INSPIRE observed that most fuel suppliers have preferred achieving the biofuels mandates through biodiesel blending, rather than through ethanol blending in gasoline. This is reflected in increasing biodiesel consumption, in contrast to stagnating bioethanol consumption (see figure in the next section). There are also other factors reinforcing this trend, such as the decision of some EU member states to merge mandates for bioethanol and biodiesel in one biofuel mandate, e.g. Spain.

However, the total HVO and biodiesel consumption have remained stable in previous years due to an increasing trend of the double counting of used cooking oil and tallow. SGS INSPIRE estimates that the total biodiesel in all diesel-type fuels was 4.1% v/v in 2016 and 5.4% v/v in 2018. At the