Sweden hydrotreated vegetable oil sales hit record in Q3

In Sweden, third quarter sales of HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) diesel in Sweden increased by 24% on the year, the Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio) said Thursday. This was at the expense of other biofuels used for transport, with consumption for B100 FAME falling by 32% and E85 and ED95 ethanol blends falling by 16%. Biodiesel is sold in Sweden both as pure biodiesel fuel, HVO100 and B100, and also blended into diesel. HVO100 is Sweden’s second most consumed biofuel after blended HVO.

HVO100 demonstrated the biggest increase in sales in Q3, up by 111%, with September showing record monthly sales of 52,592 cubic meters, according to preliminary data from Statistics Sweden (SCB) analyzed by Svebio. This volume is greater than all ethanol, FAME and biomethane consumption combined. Renewable fuel represented 20.1% on an energy basis of the Swedish fuel mix in Q3, up from 18.5% the year before. The share of biodiesel in the diesel mix amounted to 26.4% in energy terms.