Biofuel producers, trade associations, researchers, government officials and more came together in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 13 June 2024 to discuss the potential for higher biodiesel blends to contribute to significant levels of decarbonisation in heavy-duty diesel-engined vehicles expected to be on the road beyond 2040.

In her keynote, Petrouschka Werther, Director for Sustainable Transport at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, highlighted the potential of biodiesel to play a significant part in the transition to net-zero transport. According to her, scaling up the supply of sustainable energy in the Netherlands is a big challenge, and different sustainable fuels will be needed in the fuel mix to support these efforts.

The Dutch Waste-based Biodiesel Alliance (NBAA), organiser of the B+ Symposium, presented on the anticipated diesel usage in the Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs) sector over the coming 2 decades, and the industry’s vision for government support to unlock the de-fossilisation potential through biodiesel.

Other conference speakers included the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture for Iowa (USA) and representatives from transport & logistics companies, fuel suppliers and biofuel producers.

For more insights, read the post-event press release here