Introduction

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Introduction

This report is part of a series of 4 reports that provide a global overview of alternative fuels to diesel. Based on their chemical and physical characteristics, we divided the alternative fuels into the following categories:

•Biodiesel: fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE) produced by the esterification of oil

•Paraffinic diesel: paraffinic hydrocarbons that can be produced through various pathways, and include hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVO), gas-to-liquid (GtL), coal-to-liquid (CtL), biomass-to-liquid (BtL), and co-processed diesel

•Gaseous fuels: hydrogen, liquefied natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG) and biogas

•Synthetic diesel: diesel produced through the power-to-liquids (PtL) pathway from electricity, water and carbon monoxide or

Global: alternative fuels to diesel - biodiesel

Current

Just a few countries have regulations or specifications in place on biodiesel or biodiesel blends. Blending has been found in several countries over the years, but the results do not show sufficient consistency to conclude that there has been biodiesel blending in Africa. Most of the biodiesel found may have come already blended with imported diesel. Some attempts to commercialise biodiesel...

Publication date:20 Oct 2020

Last edit on:2024-05-15

Biodiesel