Renewable Blended Fuels for a better Future.

Freedom Fuels takes pride in its position as an innovative market leader in the renewable fuels industry. In 2005 Freedom Fuels first introduced our customers to renewable fuels.

Our commitment to the environment continues, from January 2009 all fuels sold at our Queensland and NSW based retail sites will be renewable blends of E10 (10% ethanol and 90% petroleum blend) and B20 (20% biodiesel and 80% premium diesel blend).

Plans are also in place to ensure our Victorian retail sites offer a full range of renewable blends in 2009.

Made right here in Australia, both ethanol and biodiesel lower our greenhouse emissions and reduce our reliance on foreign oil imports.

Freedom Fuels is committed to lowering its customers contributions to Greenhouse Emissions. For every litre of B20 Diesel or E10 Petrol we sell, less CO2 is emitted. Freedom Fuels customers emit in excess of 10,000 less tonnes of CO2 per month on average by simply purchasing Freedoms Lower Carbon Fuels. That’s enough to run 17,000 average Aussie homes electricity for a month.

Today’s Renewable Fuels Generation

Today’s most widespread renewable fuel is ethanol. In Australia, ethanol is commonly made from purpose grown crops, usually sugar cane and wheat.

The second most widespread type of renewable fuel is biodiesel. In Australia, biodiesel is made from used cooking oils, tallow and sometimes oil seeds.

Next Generation Renewable Fuels

Next generation renewable fuels generally refers to biomass-to-liquid technologies. Although these technologies are not yet commercially available, worldwide interest has developed and the focus is on resources such as waste, algae, and biomass.

Why are Renewable Fuels so Important?

The world's demand for Green Energy to reduce carbon emissions will grow significantly during the next 20 years. Depletion of fossil fuels and the ever-increasing reliance on imported oil and gas creates a fragile energy infrastructure. Biomass from agriculture and forestry will play an important role in the reduction of carbon emissions and in providing security of fuel supply for the future.

The Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

In December 2008 the Australian Government released the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper - Summary. The report highlights there is no one easy answer to global warming . They suggest that a mix of energy saving, energy reducing, and offsetting activities will reduce our greenhouse emissions. Biofuels are noted as having an important role in this mix.

The National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors have allocated ethanol and biodiesel a zero CO2 value in comparison to fossil fuels which have a varying values above zero.