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 GREEN ENERGY
PALM OIL
BIODIESEL
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Palm Oil - Uses - Energy
Palm oil is an important feedstock used to produce biodiesel.
Palm oil advantages include a high yield per acre – more than double that of coconut, 5 times the yield of rapeseed and almost 12 times more than soybean – which renders it particularly attractive.
Additionally, palm oil has the lowest per-unit production costs of all vegetable oils. Production costs of soy oil, for example, are 20% higher. Furthermore, the palm oil extraction process is a relatively simple one.
Biodiesel advantages are numerous: it outperforms gasoline, ethanol, and conventional diesel in overall fuel-efficiency; and it can be used to replace petroleum diesel, without requiring modifications to vehicle engines. The use of biodiesel drastically reduces emissions of carbon dioxide (78%); sulfur (100%); carbon monoxide (48%); particulate matter (47%); and hydrocarbon emissions, which form harmful ozone (85%) – resulting in a reduction of 94% in cancer causing potential.
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