Under the RTFO and EC-proposal, obligated parties can use conservative default values as well as real values for the GHG-performance. Defaults are set conservative to stimulate parties to report actual data on their GHG-performance. Defaults exist for a limited number of fuel chains and for Jatropha biodiesel no such default currently exists under the RTFO or EC-proposal. It is expected that in the next year a default value for Jatropha will be developed for the RTFO.
The findings of this project are aimed to serve as input for the development of a default value for Jatropha. In addition, this project gives an insight into what the important parameters are for the GHG-performance of Jatropha biodiesel. Even if a default value is defined for Jatropha it will be set conservatively and this project enables buyers of  Jatropha oil/biodiesel to report the better performance calculated in this project based on actual values.

By: B. Dehue, W. Hettinga (Ecofys)

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