Future HVO feedstock

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According to the latest publication from the European Environmental Agency (EEA), palm oil-based feedstocks, oil and its by-product palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), and used cooking oil (UCO)/Animal fat were the most popular feedstocks for HVO consumed in the EU. These three feedstocks accounted for about 78.4 % of the total volume of HVO supplied to the 27 member states (MS).

Feedstock usage for HVO consumed in 2020 at the EU 27 level, %

Feedstock	2020
Palm oil	39.4
Tallow/UCO/waste vegetable oil or animal fat	31.9
PFAD	7.1
Other	21.5
Not applicable	0.03

Source: EEA report published in October 2022

However, with the measures adopted in the EU Renewable Energy Directive of December 11, 2018 (RED II) and transposed in national le

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