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Scania launches biodiesel pilot in Côte d'Ivoire, reducing emissions and creating new jobs

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Friday, November 10, 2023
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SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden, Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scania West Africa, TotalEnergies Marketing Côte d'Ivoire, ANADER and LA SIR have inaugurated a biodiesel pilot in Abidjan, the capital city of Côte d'Ivoire.

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  • SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden, Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scania West Africa, TotalEnergies Marketing Côte d'Ivoire, ANADER and LA SIR have inaugurated a biodiesel pilot in Abidjan, the capital city of Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Sustainably produced biofuels from waste are currently the best option to rapidly reduce emissions from most of the public transport systems in African countries.
  • Biofuel used as biodiesel will lower carbon emissions by up to 80%, and by even more when used as biogas.
  • Over the past year, Scania has delivered 400 biodiesel compatible standard buses and 50 biogas compatible articulated buses to SOTRA, as part of its Sustainable Transport Project with the Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Transport.