A completed research project by OWI Science for Fuels gGmbH confirms that diesel-HVO blends are considerably more stable in storage than pure diesel fuel. This is relevant for hybrid vehicles with a diesel drive, for example, if they are predominantly powered by electricity, as the diesel is then stored in the vehicle tank for longer.
Climate protection with new low greenhouse gas diesel fuels is technically possible. Currently, paraffinic fuels such as hydrogenated vegetable and bio-oils as well as products from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis are the most suitable diesel substitutes. Since fuels in Germany must consist of at least 70% mineral oil according to the current version of the Federal Immission Control Act, the use of pure kerosenes paraffines as low-GHG diesel fuels is not yet possible.
