Conversion to E10 biofuel: biofuel at petrol stations only from February

S instead of January 1st as originally planned the bioethanol mixture will be available at the pumps 'in February at the earliest', said Klaus Picard, managing director of the association, to the Bonn 'General-Anzeiger' on Tuesday (December 28th). The reason is the high level of effort involved in the conversion.

Some gas station tenants had already announced that they would first empty tanks with conventional super fuel before they were filled with E10.

Federal government and In autumn, the Federal Council cleared the way for the introduction of the new super fuel with a ten percent admixture of ethanol from January 1st. This means that an EU directive has been implemented. According to the Federal Environment Ministry, 90 percent of all vehicles can fill up with E10. The fuel should make a contribution to climate protection. For old cars whose engines cannot handle the higher proportion of biofuel, fuel with an ethanol content of five percent must continue to be offered until 2013.