Assessing the real-world energy performance and emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is complex: it depends on their usage (trip distance, recharging behaviour), which results in different combined uses of their thermal and electric propulsion. This...
Restoring and preserving biodiversity is widely acknowledged as crucial in the mobilisation of biofeedstocks for biofuels. Following Concawe’s joint study with Imperial College Consultants on the potential availability of advanced biofeedstocks (as included in RED II,...
As the September 2023 edition of the Concawe Review was being finalised, a number of reports discussed the decrease in the biodiversity of the planet. Because the biodiversity contained in different ecosystems can function as a natural carbon sink, its loss could...
Report no. 8/23: The 2022 annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance presents work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employees and contractors and process safety performance indicators. Information was received from forty...
Report no. 7/23: An experimental programme was carried out to determine the long-term impact of the level of sulphur present in LPG on the performance of three-way catalytic converters (TWCs) in terms of their elimination (conversion) of gaseous pollutants. Two TWCs...
