Per Ethanol Grade

In Sweden there are two bioethanol grades sold: E85 and E5 (conventional gasoline grade). The share of E85 used to be larger when it was the main alternative fuel grade. With the introduction of B100 (100% of biodiesel) and HVO100 (100% of hydrotreated vegetable oil) and the increase in energy tax on this grade, sales of E85 decreased. In the past few years, the Swedish government reintroduced a full tax exemption for E85 but sales did not return to the previous level as can be observed at the graph below. This graph shows also the volume of ethanol blended in E5 grade and ethanol portion of ETBE used in E5 grade, compared with E85 grade (i.e. gasoline blended with ethanol). The line shows the consumption of fossil gasoline used for the production of E5 and E85.