Orlen to start producing E10 fuel in 2024, CEO says

Fuel giant Orlen announced that it will speed up its refinery investments by two years to produce E10 fuel from January 2024, in order to address the problems faced by Polish agriculture. E10 is gasoline with up to 10% bio-components blended with ethanol, an alcohol produced from biomass such as sugar beets, corn, wheat, or rapeseed. The CEO of Orlen, Daniel Obatek, said in a tweet that the move will increase the demand for bioethanol by almost 50%.

The government is expected to issue appropriate regulations. E10 is not new in Europe and is a normative fuel in 19 European countries, including 17 EU members. According to Adam Stępień, the CEO of the National Chamber of Biofuels, neighboring countries such as Lithuania, Germany, Slovakia, and Hungary already use E10.

Source: money.pl