Niels Fl. Hansen (C) believes that the EU should be more self-sufficient with energy and not be so dependent on energy imports from outside.
Europeimports a lot of energy and is far from self-sufficient.
Therefore, there is an interest in the EU to increase energy production, and it was thus natural that MEP Niels Fl. Hansen (K) recently visited Emmelev A/S, which specifically produces energy based on Danish raw materials.
It was CEO Morten Simonsen who, together with employees, welcomed him. Morten Simonsen could explain that Emmelev A/S not only produces 180.000 tons of sustainable biodiesel annually, but that the company also ensures that seven percent of all diesel sold at gas stations in Jutland and Funen contains Danish biodiesel.
This helps create better energy security in Denmark, and this is important, as Niels Fl. Hansen noted.
Morten Simonsen also said that biodiesel is a good sustainable product during a transition phase, where fossil fuels are gradually being phased out. Biodiesel produced from rapeseed emits 74 percent less CO2 than fossil fuels.
And the positive thing is that the result of the production is also protein-richfeed cakes, which are used as feed for dairy cows and replace soy imported from South America and the USA, as well as glycerin, which would otherwise have to be imported from abroad.
Niels Fl. Hansen is a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg, and he is popularly called the ambassador of Danish business in the EU. He and his political colleagues are often faced with the question of whether the EU can reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector by 90 percent by 2050 without sustainable biodiesel being included in the plans. Not least in light of the fact that he works, among other things, on phasing out Russian gas.
"We need greater self-sufficiency, and this is where biodiesel can come into the picture. We probably have to acknowledge that electric cars are the future, but there will still be a demand for other sustainable energy for heavier traffic, including for the transport of goods and freight," says Niels Fl. Hansen.
For Morten Simonsen, there is no doubt that Danish-produced biodiesel made from rapeseed grown in Danish fields will be a part of the future. 24 hours after the rapeseed is delivered to Emmelev A/S in Otterup, the fuel is distributed for the supply of heavy traffic.
The large trucks can run on up to 100 percent biodiesel without any technical modifications, and there is no requirement to build an entirely new infrastructure.
Existing fueling facilities, etc., can be used, and trucks can immediately run on 100 percent biodiesel produced from rapeseed without major technical changes.
