Neste Oil's renewable diesel content increased upto hundr...

Neste Oil's renewable diesel content increased upto hundred percent in the Helsinki metropolitan area bus traffic

Hundred-per-cent renewable NExBTL diesel has been taken into use in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The product made by Neste Oil will be used in Helsingin Bussiliikenne buses as part of cooperation started last autumn between the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV), Helsinki City Transport (HKL), Proventia, and Neste Oil. The aim of the cooperation is to promote the use of biofuels and improve the quality of city air. Previously buses have been filled up with a blend of NExBTL diesel and fossil diesel, but now for the first time in city traffic pure NExBTL diesel is being used.

The hundred-per-cent NExBTL diesel will be introduced in close cooperation with Scania. The aim of the project is to study the decrease in emissions and the long-term effects of pure NExBTL diesel on a bus engine. The cooperation between Scania and Neste Oil will help gain maximum benefit from all the positive properties of high-quality biofuel in efforts to improve the quality of city air.

The use of pure NExBTL diesel has a significant positive impact on the quality of city air. NExBTL diesel generates significantly less particulate and nitric oxide emissions than conventional diesel. In the previous test using pure NExBTL diesel reduced nitric oxide emissions by about 15% and particulate emissions by about 30% compared to fossil diesel. The greenhouse gas emissions for the entire life cycle of the fuel using sustainable raw materials are reduced by about 50% compared to fossil diesel. The buses involved in the project will be subject to exhaust gas measurements at the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT).