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The technology is of 2nd generation FUELS Euro 5 standards in Iran will depend on
bio-refining, where FAME Biodiesel can decisions in the Oil Ministry which controls a
be produced based on Waste and Residues, Iran to introduce Euro 5 majority of state refiners in the country.
rather than Vegetable oils only. PRESS TV
Biodiesel produced by BioD is based on emission standard
the “waste to energy” concept, where the
feedstock (raw materials) used are 100% The Iranian government is to announce a new PETROCHEMICALS
non-human consumption residues, such as set of emission standards for gasoline usage in
UCO (Used Cooking Oil), Animal Tallow vehicles as it seeks to reduce pollution in large Petchem catalysts worth
(slaughterhouse waste products), POME cities.
(Palm Oil Mill Effluent Waste) and Acid Oils, Head of the Institute of Standards & $123m domestically
such as Grease Tap collection. To reduce the Industrial Research of Iran said on Wednesday
carbon footprint in logistics, the aim is to that the government body will introduce produced
source the raw materials as close to the plant Euro 5 standard to control emissions of light
as possible. passenger and commercial vehicles. Out of 85 types of catalysts used in the
The operation meets stringent quality Gholamreza Shariati said the new country’s petrochemical industry, 22
standards to ensure that the final product, standards had been compiled and the types with a value of $123 million are now
biodiesel, meets the global carbon reduction government will soon announce them as domestically produced, according to a
requirements. BioD Technologies is ISCC part of a new directive issued to various director in Iran’s National Petrochemical
(International Sustainability and Carbon departments. Company (NPC).
Certification) Certified, audited by SGS, to Under on the new standards, refineries While elaborating on the current status
meet RED (Renewable Energy Directive) of in Iran will have to supply higher-quality of Iran’s petrochemical industry, Shahram
the European Union. gasoline to motorists in large cities while Rezaei, the NPC investment director, said that
Mr. Vig explains the industrial logic behind vehicle manufacturers are supposed to 35 million tons of final products are annually
these investments: “BioD is at the helm of redesign the fuel system in their products to produced for the downstream sector and
the energy mix revolution in transportation. comply with the new rules. export.
Hydrocarbon-based conventional Diesel Iran has already implemented the Euro 4 Back in early July, the NPC head had said
consumption is prone to be dramatically standard for exhaust emissions of all vehicles that Iranian engineers are going to indigenize
reduced in the coming decades, driven by the traveling in the country. the knowledge for the production of 72
ambitious carbon emission and sustainability Increasing gasoline quality standards percent of the catalysts needed in the country’s
targets globally.” has enabled Iranian refiners to market their petrochemical industry by the end of the
Electrification, gas and hydrogen for the products in various countries in Asia and current Iranian calendar year (March 2022).
transportation sector are still further down elsewhere. According to Behzad Mohammadi,
the road to have a major impact, but the It has also led to a significant reduction in the country needs $275 million worth of
natural, and already implemented strategy, is pollution in large cities like the capital Tehran. catalysts annually, $200 million of which is
to replace conventional fuels with biofuels. Shariati said that the Euro 4 emission domestically supplied.
In Europe alone, renewable diesel demand standards have been fully complied with in NPC, in collaboration with domestic
is expected to exceed 14 million tons by 2030, large cities over the past years although he research institutes and knowledge-based
from today’s figure of 6 million tons. admitted that there have been issues with the companies, is currently working seriously
Similar development takes place in North quality of gasoline supplied to gas stations in on indigenizing the knowledge for the
America and the developing world. BioD some smaller cities. production of the rest of the catalysts needed
Technologies is riding at the crest of this He said Iran’s Oil Ministry has been in the country’s petrochemical industry.
global demand wave, and will invest into working to improve the quality of diesel Back in March 2020, the Managing
larger capacity, as the current refineries are in produced by domestic refineries to make Director of the country’s Petrochemical
full operation.” it more consistent with latest emissions Research and Technology Company (PRTC)
BIOD standards. Ali Pajouhan had said NPC was planning to
The official said the full enforcement of indigenize nine major catalysts used in the

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