A Renewable Option Designed for Diesel Engines
Designed for diesel engines, Shell Renewable Diesel has significantly higher cetane and is 99.9% renewable.
Why You’ll Love Renewable Diesel
If you drive a diesel vehicle and want to lower your environmental impact, Shell Renewable Diesel is currently available in California.1 Renewable Diesel is a substitute for conventional diesel, derived from plant oils like soybean oil, waste cooking oil and tallow. Unlike conventional petroleum diesel, Renewable Diesel relies far less on fossil fuels. This cleaner-burning fuel reduces your vehicle’s air pollutants and life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions. It also lacks unwanted components such as sulfur and metals.
Reduces Gas Emissions
Shell Renewable Diesel is our diesel alternative. If you want to lower the tailpipe emissions of your diesel vehicle, It reduces greenhouse-gas emissions by approximately 65% compared to conventional diesel (B0) using life cycle emissions data from CARB LCFS and CA-GREET 3.0. CA AB 1305 Disclosure
Significantly Higher Cetane
Due to the hydrotreating process, Shell Renewable Diesel has significantly higher cetane when compared to conventional diesel (USLD B0). For you, that means a more complete combustion process and less potential for white smoke or particulates coming out of your tailpipe. Whereas conventional CARB diesel has a cetane rating of 53, Shell Renewable Diesel has a cetane number rating of at least 70.
99.9% Renewable Fuel
Our Renewable diesel is 99.9% renewable diesel, which results in a near-total renewable fuel product.
Fuel up with Shell Renewable Diesel
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Renewable Diesel FAQs
1 Shell Renewable Diesel compared to Regular Diesel (B0) using life cycle emissions data from CARB LCFS and CA-GREET 3.0.