Biofuels and bioliquids

Agricultural raw materials for biofuel production

e.g. corn, wheat, sugar beet, rapeseed, sunflower

Land status verification, GHG emissions for the cultivation stage

Residues as raw materials for biofuel production

Always zero greenhouse gas emissions at the cultivation stage

Bio-components can be counted twice if the residue is listed in Annex IX of Directive 2018/2001. Land criteria do not apply to industrial residues.

For agricultural residues, verification of soil quality management is required.

Ethanol:

Ethanol is typically accounted for in volume units, but mass balance should be conducted in mass units. For mass balance accounting, quantities expressed in volume units must be converted to mass units – tons.

Biodiesel:

Produced through the transesterification of oils with methanol. Methanol can be sourced from fossil or renewable sources. Regardless, 100% of biodiesel is always counted as biofuel. However, if methanol comes from fossil sources, the appropriate GHG emission factor (from Regulation 2022/996) must be applied.

Greenhouse gas emissions arising from the cultivation of rapeseed in the Poland NUTS2 regions (grams CO2eq/kilograms rapeseed harvested on dry matter basis)

NUTS 2 region according to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003	Total
L51 DOLNOŚLĄSKI	560
PL61 KUJAWSKO-POMORSKI	616
PL81 LUBELSKI	606
PL43 LUBUSKI	561
PL71 ŁÓDZKI	591
PL21 MAŁOPOLSKI	563
PL92 MAZOWIECKI	541
PL52 OPOLSKI	603
PL82 PODKARPACKI	593
PL84 PODLASKI	604
PL63 POMORSKI	614
PL22 ŚLĄSKI	555
PL72 ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKI	499
PL62 WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKI	580
PL91 WARSZAWSKI-STOŁECZNY	579
PL41 WIELKOPOLSKI	625

Greenhouse gas emissions arising from the cultivation of maize in the Poland NUTS2 regions (grams CO2eq/kilograms maize harvested on dry matter basis

NUTS 2 region according to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003	Total
PL51 DOLNOŚLĄSKI	343
PL61 KUJAWSKO-POMORSKI	282
PL81 LUBELSKI	273
PL43 LUBUSKI	295
PL71 ŁÓDZKI	265
PL21 MAŁOPOLSKI	242
PL92 MAZOWIECKI	292
PL52 OPOLSKI	261
PL82 PODKARPACKI	262
PL84 PODLASKI	298
PL63 POMORSKI	247
PL22 ŚLĄSKI	254
PL72 ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKI	251
PL62 WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKI	231
PL91 WARSZAWSKI-STOŁECZNY	316
PL41 WIELKOPOLSKI	282
PL42 ZACHODNIOPOMORSKI	274