Finland: ST1 New Refuel Biofuel Launched
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 |
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St1 is the first distributor to start sales of the new domestic biofuel
product Refuel. The biofuel meets the technical requirements of the E85
fuel quality standard and it will contain 80–85% of bioethanol produced
by St1 from Finnish biowaste using the company’s Etanolix® concept.
Using the new Refuel requires flex-fuel cars which are
simultaneously introduced by several car makers in Finland.
Refuel marks a breakthrough in the development of environmentally
friendly fuels – the bioethanol in the fuel blend is produced from
local industrial waste and sidestreams with highly energy efficient
concept and it can lead up to 80% less fossil CO2 emissions from
transport.
The launched new product in Finland is tailored to Finnish conditions
and, thanks to carefully selected special petrol components, improved
cold start properties. St1 has also launched an extensive testing
programme with the VTT Finnish Technical Research Centre of Finland,
aimed at optimising the consistency of the new high blend ethanol to
ensure best possible usability in Finnish conditions.
The distribution stage of the two-year development project will began
on 1 April 2009 when Refuel will hit the fuel pumps at three of St1’s
petrol stations in greater Helsinki. The code used to denote the new
product on the price boards and fuel pumps will be RE85. The price of
RE85 in Finland will be at least 30 euro cents lower than that of 95E
petrol. This saves motorists from spending extra on the lower energy
content of the new high blend ethanol fuel.
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