As EU policymakers consider how best to decarbonise road transport, the new high level of GHG savings confirms the importance of renewable ethanol as a replacement for fossil fuel in the petrol and hybrid cars that Europeans continue to favour, according to ePURE, the trade association representing European renewable ethanol producers.
“Once again, ethanol’s sustainability credentials are confirmed by this new GHG savings certification” said David Carpintero, Director General of ePURE, the European renewable ethanol association. “At a time of geopolitical and economic uncertainty, the strategic importance of European bioethanol refineries is greater than ever. By converting multipurpose crops grown by European farmers into food, feed, renewable fuel and biogenic CO2, ethanol biorefineries help achieve EU goals for food security, energy independence, climate change mitigation and industrial and agricultural autonomy.”
The high GHG saving performance of EU ethanol was accompanied by significant production of food and feed co-products (6.9 million tonnes of commercial product) and of captured biogenic CO2 (1.5 million tonnes) – confirming ways in which ethanol production contributes to EU food security and offsets fossil resources.
The 2024 findings were compiled from ePURE members and other EU producers and certified by auditing firm Copartner.
ePURE’s membership includes 20 producing companies with around 50 refineries across the EU and UK, accounting for about 85 percent of EU renewable ethanol production.
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