B. Estimated typical and default values for future biofuels that were not on the market or were on the market only in negligible quantities in January 2008, if produced with no net carbon emissions from land-use change

Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Biofuel production pathway Typical greenhouse gas emission saving Default greenhouse gas emission saving wheat straw ethanol 87 % 85 % waste wood ethanol 80 % 74 % farmed wood ethanol 76 % 70 % waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 95 % 95 % farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 93 % 93 % waste wood dimethylether (DME) 95 % 95 % farmed wood DME 92 % 92 % waste wood methanol 94 % 94 % farmed wood methanol 91 % 91 % the part from renewable sources of methyl-tertio-butyl-ether (MTBE) Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

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