House of Commons - Environmental Audit

Select Committee on Environmental Audit Minutes of Evidence

Annex

RESULTS FROM CONCAWE/EUCAR/JRC WELL TO WHEELS STUDY


		2010 technology g.CO₂eq/km	Hybrid technology g.CO₂eq/km

Petrol	2010	163	140
Biogas	from municipal waste	32	24
	from liquid manure	-144	-106
	From	5	4
Petrol with 5%	from sugar beet with pulp to heat	158	136
bioethanol	from wheat with gas boiler, DDGS to heat	160	138
	from wheat with gas CHP, DDGS to heat	159	137
	from wheat with straw CHP, DDGS to heat	157	135
	from farmed wood	156	135
	from sugar cane	156	135
	from straw	156	135
100% bioethanol	from sugar beet with pulp to heat	58	50
	from wheat with gas boiler, DDGS to heat	97	84
	from wheat with gas CHP, DDGS to heat	73	64
	from wheat with straw CHP, DDGS to heat	32	28
	from farmed wood (coppice)	43	37
	from sugar cane	21	19
	from straw	19	16
Diesel	2010	156	129
Diesel with 5%	methyl ester from rape with glycerine as chemical	152	125
biodiesel	ethyl ester from rape with glycerine as chemical	152	125
100% biodiesel	methyl ester from rape with glycerine as chemical	73	61
	ethyl ester from rape with glycerine as chemical	61	51
100% synthetic	Remote gas to liquids	171	141
diesel	Remote gas to liquids with carbon capture and storage	150	124
	from farmed wood (coppice)	15	12

The Concawe/Eucar/JRC report is available as an ADOBE pdf file on the JRC/IES website at: http://ies.jrc.cec.eu.int/WTW

May 2006