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Cape Town - The government hopes to have cleaner fuels made available to the public as soon as 2013, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday.
Briefing the media at parliament on the Clean Fuels Two (CF2) draft fuel specifications and standards, she said full introduction was expected by 2017.
CF2 is the equivalent of the current European Five fuel specifications (Euro V).
Peters said the modernisation of South Africa's liquid fuels was a continuation of the process that in 2006 resulted in a ban on lead in all grades of petrol, and the reduction of sulphur levels in diesel from 3 000 to 500 parts per million.
Among others, allowable levels of benzene - a known carcinogen - would be reduced from 5% to 1% and sulphur from 500 to 10 parts per million.
The new specifications are underpinned by three imperatives - the need to contribute to public health, environmental concerns, and the need to enable more advanced combustion engines on South African roads.
The low sulphur levels would allow for the introduction of more efficient engines with less carbon dioxide emissions.
"As responsible citizens of the world, we cannot continue using fuels that result in more greenhouse gas emissions than those partners with whom we trade," she said.
http://www.fin24.com/Economy/State-eyes-cleaner-fuels-by-2013-20110308
Briefing the media at parliament on the Clean Fuels Two (CF2) draft fuel specifications and standards, she said full introduction was expected by 2017.
CF2 is the equivalent of the current European Five fuel specifications (Euro V).
Peters said the modernisation of South Africa's liquid fuels was a continuation of the process that in 2006 resulted in a ban on lead in all grades of petrol, and the reduction of sulphur levels in diesel from 3 000 to 500 parts per million.
Among others, allowable levels of benzene - a known carcinogen - would be reduced from 5% to 1% and sulphur from 500 to 10 parts per million.
The new specifications are underpinned by three imperatives - the need to contribute to public health, environmental concerns, and the need to enable more advanced combustion engines on South African roads.
The low sulphur levels would allow for the introduction of more efficient engines with less carbon dioxide emissions.
"As responsible citizens of the world, we cannot continue using fuels that result in more greenhouse gas emissions than those partners with whom we trade," she said.
http://www.fin24.com/Economy/State-eyes-cleaner-fuels-by-2013-20110308
