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 - synthetic diesel

Current

Synthetic diesel is currently only produced in Europe, at pilot and demonstration scale. Some vehicle and fuel producers are promoting it. Its production involves electricity, water, carbon monoxide carbon dioxide (CO2). It could be used to replace the fossil diesel in heavy duty vehicles, however, the production costs currently are too high to compete with fossil diesel, biodiesel and...

Publication date:20 Oct 2020

Last edit on:2024-05-15