Measured greenhouse gas budgets challenge emission savings from palm-oil biodiesel. Nature Communications , 2020; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14852-6 Cite This Page : ...

The price of palm oil, which has gained favour over the last few years as a cheap biodiesel feedstock, is soaring. Another relatively new use of palm oil is as a trans-fat substitute for use in ...

Indonesia’s palm oil export ban has re-ignited the discussion of using cooking oils to make biodiesel. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board said countries should cut back on using edible oils for biodiesel.

B40 will boost Indonesia's palm oil use for biodiesel to 13.9 million metric tons from the estimated 11 million tons needed this year, with B35, ...

In its 2022-2032 Agricultural Outlook, the Commission projected palm oil would account for 9% of total biodiesel output by 2032, down from an average 23% for 2019/2021. Sign up here.

Sunflower (86g CO2e/mj) and biodiesel produced from palm oil with methane capture (83g CO2e/mj) are only slightly better than conventional crude oil, according to the data.

Treehugger / K. Martinko. This is a mature palm plantation that’s reaching the end of life. Oil palms are able to produce fruit for harvest within 4 to 6 years of planting, if fertilized well.

UK now biodiesel contains no palm oil, for the first time since new legislation in 2008. Since the start of the UK’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation in 2008, volumes have dropped sharply and ...

In its 2022-2032 Agricultural Outlook, the Commission projected palm oil would account for 9% of total biodiesel output by 2032, down from an average 23% between 2019 and 2021.

Original publication: Meijide et al. Measured greenhouse gas budgets challenge emission savings from palm-oil biodiesel. Nature Communications (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14852-6 ...