The company said that Neste Green diesel contains at least 10% renewable fuel in the form of Neste Oil’s NExBTL component. Using the NExBTL component reportedly improves the air quality in cities due to reduced particle emissions and reduces also greenhouse gas emissions significantly.
Neste Green diesel will first become available in the metropolitan region around Helsinki after which distribution will be extended to other parts of Finland on a phased basis, the company said.
Simo Honkanen, vice president of renewable fuels at Neste Oil, said: Neste Green diesel is a mixture of traditional fossil diesel and Neste Oil’s renewable NExBTL component. Currently the EU requires a bio content of 2%. We are committed to our role as a pioneer of the renewable fuel industry, so our product has a bio content of 10% minimum. According to current plans, this will only be required in year 2020.
