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July 8, 2019
Low Carbon Pathways Until 2050 – Deep Dive on Heavy Duty Transportation (FEV report)
The European Commission calls for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, which is in-line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. One element of reaching a carbon-neutral economy is to reduce greenhouse gas...
July 8, 2019
Concawe Substance Identification Group – Analytical Program Report (Abridged Version)
Report no. 5/19: This report describes the work undertaken and results obtained from the Concawe 2015 Analytical Program, which involved the chemical characterisation of 189 petroleum substances from...
April 23, 2019
Life-cycle analysis—a look into the key parameters affecting life-cycle CO2 emissions of passenger cars (Concawe Review 27.1)
This article presents the basis of a Concawe analysis comparing the life-cycle CO2 missions of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and investigates the impa...
April 23, 2019
Impact Analysis of Mass EV Adoption and Low Carbon Intensity Fuels Scenarios – Summary Report
The impact of two scenarios of mass EV adoption versus significant low carbon fuel use show similar GHG emissions reductions and costs....
April 8, 2019
Effect of Diesel Fuel Properties on Fuel Economy and Emissions of Three Passenger Cars
Report no. 2/19: The objective of this project was to assess the effects of varying diesel fuel properties associated with increasing FAME content on pollutant emissions and fuel consumption of light-...
March 30, 2019
A look into the maximum potential availability and demand for low-carbon feedstocks/fuels in Europe (2020–2050) (literature review) (Concawe Review 27.2)
In light of the EU’s ambitious targets for achieving a low-carbon economy by 2030, Concawe has completed a study of the long-term availability of low-carbon feedstocks and fuels, and the associated...
March 22, 2019
Benzene Monitoring: Technical aspects of the OEL proposal of 0.05ppm
If the benzene OEL is lowered as recommended by RAC, the petroleum industry would need to consider:
1. Monitoring methods should target a lower OEL and therefore must be updated accordingly.
2....
March 11, 2019
Successfully limiting product theft from European oil pipelines
Oil pipelines typically run over long distances across farmland and open countryside. They are therefore vulnerable to both accidental and malicious interference by third parties. For many years, ille...
March 11, 2019
Impact analysis of mass EV adoption and low-carbon intensity fuels scenarios (Review Article)
A Concawe study examined several options for achieving a low-carbon transport system in the EU by 2050. Significantly, a mass EV adoption scenario and a low-carbon fuels scenario both achieve similar...
March 11, 2019
A look into the maximum potential availability and demand for low-carbon feedstocks/fuels in Europe (2020–2050) (literature review)
In light of the EU’s ambitious targets for achieving a low-carbon economy by 2030, Concawe has completed a study of the long-term availability of low-carbon feedstocks and fuels, and the associated...
March 11, 2019
Concawe Review 27.2
We are very pleased to introduce the three articles in this edition of the Concawe Review. The first two emanate from Concawe’s Low Carbon Pathways programme. The first article is a literature revie...
January 23, 2019
An overview of HCN emissions from FCCU’s and their potential impacts on human health
Report no. 1/19: This report provides an overview of the monitoring methods and abatement techniques available for hydrogen cyanide (HCN) emissions in fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU’s). Recomm...
December 19, 2018
Investigating predictive tools for refinery effluent hazard assessment using stream mesocosms
Hazard assessment of refinery effluents is challenging because of their compositional complexity. Therefore, a weight‐of‐evidence approach using a combination of tools is often required. Previou...
December 17, 2018
Air Pollution and Lung Cancer: A Review of Issues Affecting the Interpretation of the Epidemiological Literature
Report no. 15/18: The following report examines key issues that need to be considered when evaluating the attributes and implications of studies examining the association between ambient air pollution...
December 10, 2018
Survey of natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbon plumes in groundwater in Europe
Report no. 10/18: This report presents a study conducted in Europe to characterize the typical size and plume stability condition for groundwater sites impacted by the petroleum hydrocarbons benzene,...
December 5, 2018
Concawe’s input to the EU long-term Strategy – EII initiative
This document provides our sectoral input to the Energy Intensive Industries (EII) initiative supported by DG GROW submitted in September 2018 with the aim to contribute to the EU long term Strategy....
September 21, 2018
Impact Analysis of Mass EV Adoption and Low Carbon Intensity Fuels Scenarios
The impacts of three scenarios in the European light duty vehicle market to 2050 have been analysed, versus a European Commission Business As Usual (BAU) scenario, as follows :
– High EV scenario...
September 17, 2018
Review of options for refinery effluent assessment using effect-based tools in combination with passive samplers
Report no. 14/18: The European Commission (EC) is considering the use of “effect-based tools” (EBTs) for environmental monitoring as an alternative to, or in combination with, chemical analysis. I...
September 7, 2018
Impact Analysis of Mass EV Adoption and Low Carbon Intensity Fuels Scenarios – Full Report
The impacts of three scenarios in the European light duty vehicle market to 2050 have been analysed, versus a European Commission Business As Usual (BAU) scenario, as follows:– High EV scenario repr...
September 3, 2018
The importance of carbon capture and storage technology in European refineries (Concawe Review 27.1)
This article describes the importance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in meeting future emission targets.
It presents an evaluation of the costs of retrofitting CCS technology in a range of ex...
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