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Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway | Typical greenhouse gas emissions(gCO2eq/MJ) | Default greenhouse gas emissions(gCO2eq/MJ) |
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sugar beet ethanol | 19 | 26 |
wheat ethanol (process fuel not specified) | 32 | 45 |
wheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant) | 32 | 45 |
wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler) | 21 | 30 |
wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant) | 14 | 19 |
wheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant) | 1 | 1 |
corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant) | 15 | 21 |
sugar cane ethanol | 1 | 1 |
the part from renewable sources of ETBE | Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used | |
the part from renewable sources of TAEE | Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used | |
rape seed biodiesel | 16 | 22 |
sunflower biodiesel | 16 | 22 |
soybean biodiesel | 18 | 26 |
palm oil biodiesel (process not specified) | 35 | 49 |
palm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill) | 13 | 18 |
waste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel | 9 | 13 |
hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed | 10 | 13 |
hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower | 10 | 13 |
hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified) | 30 | 42 |
hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill) | 7 | 9 |
pure vegetable oil from rape seed | 4 | 5 |
biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas | 14 | 20 |
biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas | 8 | 11 |
biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas | 8 | 11 |
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