First-ever transport of renewable diesel by pipeline in Europe
Neste, Altens and TRAPIL will use pipeline transport to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 92% compared to conventional logistics by tanker trucks.
Neste, Altens and TRAPIL have collaborated to enable the first-ever transport of renewable diesel by a pipeline in Europe. With a pipeline transport, the greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 92% compared to conventional logistics by tanker trucks.
The fuel transport of Neste-produced renewable diesel, known as HVO100, took place on 28 March 2022 between the harbor in Le Havre, located in northwestern France, and Gennevilliers, close to Paris. This made large volumes of renewable diesel available widely in the region, also in big cities such as Paris.
Altogether 3.5 million liters of Neste-produced renewable diesel was transported by TRAPIL via the pipeline to the depot in Gennevilliers, where Altens stores its products for the region. The distance between Le Havre and Gennevilliers is 192 km via the pipeline. The delivery took less than 48 hours to complete and replaced 110 truck deliveries. The pipeline transport of renewable diesel provides a lower-emission alternative to fuel logistics.
"We are very happy about this partnership enabling renewable diesel to be transported via pipeline for the first time in Europe. We share the common ambitions with Altens and TRAPIL, with which we were now able to take another step forward in our efforts to reduce the road transport emissions in France," says Peter Zonneveld, Vice President Sales Renewable Road Transportation Europe and APAC at Neste.
Neste has committed to reaching carbon-neutral production by 2035, and to reduce the carbon emission intensity of sold products by 50% by 2040.
