Analysis of the CAFE cost benefit analysis

Aug 13, 2006

Report no. 4/06: This report discusses a few aspects of the Cost Benefits Analysis that was developed within the context of the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme of the European Commission. The aspects considered are the monetisation of impacts of air pollution on...

Techno-economic analysis of the impact of the reduction of sulphur content of residual marine fuels in Europe

Jun 21, 2006

Report no. 2/06: Annex VI of the IMO’s MARPOL convention is coming into force in 2006 for the Baltic Sea and 2007 for the North Sea, imposing a 1.5% m/m sulphur cap on residual marine fuel (RMF) burned in these areas. At the same time EU Directive2005/33/EC will...

Evaporative emissions and ethanol blends

May 1, 2006

The JRC/EUCAR/CONCAWE consortium was set up in 2000 to carry out technical work of joint interest in the area of advanced fuels and vehicles. The first major output from the collaboration was the Well-to-Wheels analysis of future automotive fuels and...

Reducing the sulphur content of residual marine fuels

May 1, 2006

The legislative context Residual fuel is a commodity used by sea-going vessels the world over. The quality specifications of residual marine or ‘bunker’ fuels (RMF) result essentially from self regulation of the industry and agreements between producers and consumers....

Human exposure information for EU substance risk assessment of gas oils

Mar 21, 2006

Report no. 1/06: Information is presented on inhalation and dermal exposures to gas oils for workers in European manufacturing and distribution operations and for consumers, for use in substance risk assessment according to EU regulations. Similar, but more...