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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...
February 25, 2019
Mixture effects on biodegradation kinetics of hydrocarbons in surface water: Increasing concentrations inhibited degradation whereas multiple substrates did not
Most biodegradation tests are conducted using single chemicals at high concentrations, although these chemicals are present in the environment as mixtures at low concentrations. A partitioning-based p...
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...
September 3, 2018
Interview with Dr Mike Spence, Concawe’s Science Executive for Water, Soil and Waste and Oil Pipelines
Mike Spence joined Concawe in 2014. As his work with Concawe draws to a close, Mike shares with us some of the aspects of his work experience as Science Executive over the past four years....
September 3, 2018
Life-cycle analysis – a look into the key parameters affecting life-cycle CO2 emissions of passengers cars
This article presents the basis of a Concawe analysis comparing the life-cycle CO2 emissions of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and investigates the im...
September 3, 2018
Climate impacts of particulate pollutants emitted from international shipping
A Concawe study aims to provide a better understanding of the uncertainties relating to the climate impacts of international shipping emissions....
September 3, 2018
A comparison of the impacts of Euro 6 diesel passenger cars and ZEVs on urban air quality compliance
A Concawe study aims to determine how real-driving emissions from the latest Euro 6 diesel passenger cars will impact ambient air quality compliance under different scenarios, and compares the results...
August 31, 2018
Review of Tier 1 Workplace Exposure Estimates for Petroleum Substances in REACH dossiers
Report no. 13/18: For the exposure assessment in the 2010 REACH dossiers of petroleum substances, Concawe has used the Tier 1 exposure model ECETOC TRA v.2. In order to account for the heavier, less v...
August 31, 2018
2013 survey of effluent quality and water use at European refineries
Report no. 12/18: Since 1969, Concawe has been gathering and compiling data on aqueous effluents from European oil refinery installations. Surveys have been completed at 3-5 yearly intervals and the s...
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