If there is a spill of renewable diesel, there is less of a catastrophic impact compared to what happens when there is an accident that involves petroleum diesel, according to the canola association.
Pure biodiesel is described as being “neat” or known as B100. This form is usually blended with regular diesel to get combinations that are described as either B5, which is five per cent biodiesel and 95 per cent regular diesel, or B20, which is 20 per cent biodiesel and 80 per cent regular diesel.Article contentThe Parkland plant in Burnaby had already been combining crude oil diesel with five per cent biodiesel to produce lower-carbon fuel.