{"id":4214,"date":"2017-01-06T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hw54cbngfn.preview.infomaniak.website\/project\/used-cooking-oils-biofuel-production-project-biohec-life\/"},"modified":"2017-01-06T11:03:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:03:43","slug":"used-cooking-oils-biofuel-production-project-biohec-life","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/pourlasolidarite.eu\/en\/project\/used-cooking-oils-biofuel-production-project-biohec-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Used cooking oils for biofuel production – Project BIOHEC-LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petroleum products still constitute about 95% of the total amount of fuel used for road transport in Europe<\/strong> and represent 21% of European greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions<\/strong>.
Price fluctuations on the petroleum market pose an increasing threat to this sector. All this justifies all the more the use of renewable energies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In order to meet its climate and energy targets, the European Union aims at a 10% share of renewables in the transport sector for 2020. This decision triggered a boom in the biofuel industry. <\/p>\n

Used cooking oils – waste originating from the food-processing and catering industries – play an important role in the emergence of biofuels. Their valorisation is encouraged by regulation, but less than 40% of UCO are currently collected and advanced biofuels (made from vegetable waste) still generate negative impacts on the environment and climate.<\/p>\n

The current industries of biofuels rely heavily on importations and on long-distance transports towards processing units of high capacity: freight represents up to 20% of the total greenhouse gas emissions produced in the entire product life cycle.
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BIOHEC-LIFE pursues five strategic objectives<\/h2>\n