-----Original Message----- From: Niels Ans¿ - FC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 May 2003 14:14 To: Int. Pure Plant Oil Group Subject: Final version of the biofuel directive published. News about Pure Plant Oil for Transportation - May 20th., 2003 The final version of the European biofuel directive published. The final version of the European biofuel directive, Directive 2003/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2003 on the promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 123 Volume 46, 17 May 2003 Pure Plant Oil (PPO) is hereby formally recognized as a biofuel together with other biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol, by specific mentioning Pure Vegetable Oil (PVO) under Whereas:12) Pure vegetable oil from oil plants produced through pressing,extraction or comparable procedures,crude or refined but chemically unmodified,can also be used as biofuel in specific cases where its use is compatible with the type of engines involved and the corresponding emission requirements. and Article 2.2 At least the products listed below shall be considered biofuels: (a)Îbioethanol â:ethanol produced from biomass and/or the biodegradable fraction of waste,to be used as biofuel; (b)Îbiodiesel â:a methyl-ester produced from vegetable or animal oil,of diesel quality,to be used as biofuel; (c)Îbiogas â:a fuel gas produced from biomass and/or from the biodegradable fraction of waste,that can be purified to natural gas quality,to be used as biofuel,or woodgas; (d)Îbiomethanol â:methanol produced from biomass,to be used as biofuel; (e)Îbiodimethylether â:dimethylether produced from biomass, to be used as biofuel; (f)Îbio-ETBE (ethyl-tertio-butyl-ether)â:ETBE produced on the basis of bioethanol.The percentage by volume of bio-ETBE that is calculated as biofuel is 47 %; (g)Îbio-MTBE (methyl-tertio-butyl-ether)â:a fuel produced on the basis of biomethanol.The percentage by volume of bio-MTBE that is calculated as biofuel is 36 %; (h)Îsynthetic biofuels â:synthetic hydrocarbons or mixtures of synthetic hydrocarbons,which have been produced from biomass; (i)Îbiohydrogen â:hydrogen produced from biomass,and/or from the biodegradable fraction of waste,to be used as biofuel; (j)Îpure vegetable oil â:oil produced from oil plants through pressing,extraction or comparable procedures,crude or refined but chemically unmodified,when compatible with the type of engines involved and the corresponding emission requirements. The complete document can be downlaoded from http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/2003/l_12320030517en.html (select your language, and download from page 42) The following are direct links to the English , German , French and Spanish versions. Relevant link: Article "Unmodified Vegetable Oil as an Automotive Fuel", by Peder Jensen, IPTS/JRC, Spain. Available in English at http://www.jrc.es/pages/iptsreport/vol74/english/TRA1E746.htm. Soon it will be available in French, Spanish and German (see http://www.jrc.es/home/report/report_main.html) Further information's about PPO as fuel http://www.folkecenter.dk/plant-oil/plant-oil_en.htm Yes, please send me news about pure vegetable oil as fuel No, please don«t send me more news about pure vegetable oil as fuel Folkecenter for Renewable Energy Kammersgaardsvej 16, DK-7760 Hurup Thy, Denmark Web : www.folkecenter.dk , email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel : +45 97 95 66 00 , fax +45 97 95 65 65 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/aM1XQD/od7FAA/uetFAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
