Frequently asked questions

Neste MY Renewable Diesel is a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) for diesel engines. Made from 100% renewable raw materials, it can reduce GHG emissions by up to 75% or up to 95%* when emissions over the fuel's life cycle are compared with using fossil diesel.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel is not biodiesel. Neste’s renewable diesel is a pure hydrocarbon fuel with a similar chemical composition to fossil diesel, and the fuel’s chemical composition corresponds to the highest quality fossil diesel fuels. This means you can fill any diesel engine with Neste MY Renewable Diesel without any modifications, neat (HVO100) or blended at any ratio – and start cutting GHG emissions immediately.

The Neste MY Renewable Diesel brand launched in early 2017.

Together with our network of distribution partners on three continents, Neste MY Renewable Diesel sits apart from other renewable diesels.

Every part of our business is geared to helping businesses reduce their climate impact. We make it easy for you to say, “It’s MY choice to accelerate MY carbon neutral journey.”

Yes. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is a HVO100 fuel – HVO diesel in its purest form.

When used in its pure (HVO100) form, Neste MY Renewable Diesel gives users the maximum possible benefit – reducing GHG emissions by up to 75% or up to 95% over the fuel’s life cycle, compared to using fossil diesel.

Equally, Neste MY Renewable Diesel has a similar chemical composition to fossil diesel. Unlike conventional biofuels, you can use it without any modifications to your fleet – neat (HVO100) or blended at any ratio with fossil diesel.

Yes. As a HVO100 fuel, Neste MY Renewable Diesel is a ‘drop-in’ fuel and can be used neat (HVO100) or blended at any ratio with fossil diesel. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is fully compatible with all diesel engines and the existing diesel distribution infrastructure.

Switching to Neste MY Renewable Diesel can reduce your GHG emissions by up to 75% or up to 95%* over the fuel’s life cycle compared to using fossil diesel.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel is a powerful tool for your journey to net-zero. It can reduce your GHG emissions by up to 75 or up to 95%* over the fuel’s life cycle, compared to using fossil diesel.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel also offers convenience: it is ready for use in any diesel engine pure or blended at any ratio with fossil diesel.

Plus, there is Neste MY Renewable Diesel’s powerful performance. Free of sulphur, oxygen, and aromatic compounds, it delivers smooth startups in cold weather. Suitable for cold weather conditions, down to -32°C/ -26°F.***

Learn more about the benefits of Neste MY Renewable Diesel.

This means it is a ‘drop-in’ fuel – ready to be used in any diesel engine without modifications. Neste MY Renewable Diesel can be used in its neat form (HVO100) or blended with fossil diesel at any ratio.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 75% or up to 95% when emissions over the fuel's life cycle are compared with fossil diesel.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel’s chemical composition corresponds to the highest quality fossil diesel fuels, but it is made of renewable raw materials. The product has excellent storage properties and it is well-suited for very cold weather conditions, down to -32°C / -26 F. In fact its cold performance is better than that of fossil diesel, as the high cetane number ensures efficient and clean combustion.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel meets both the ASTM D975 2-D standard in the U.S., and the European EN15940 standard**. The EN 15940 certification assesses fuels in line with strict emission limit values, particulate filter life, long-term engine durability, engine performance, and cold weather performance.

The use of Neste MY Renewable Diesel is approved by multiple engine manufacturers globally in heavy transport, construction machinery, and car manufacturing, such as Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar, Volvo Trucks, Paccar, Mack, John Deere, Mercedes Trucks, Scania, DAF, Komatsu Liebherr, BMW Group, Renault, Citroën and Peugeot.

See our OEM approvals page for a full list.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel’s premium quality makes it a more flexible, convenient, and higher performance fuel than traditional biodiesel products.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel can be used in any diesel engine, with any ratio of fossil diesel. Most biodiesel can only be used in a low blend – for example up to 7% under European standard EN 15490 and 5% under US standard ASTM D975**.

With proper handling, Neste MY Renewable Diesel can also be stored for a long period, compared to biofuels’ average six-month shelf life. 

It performs exceptionally in cold weather too – starting up more smoothly, and running perfectly down to -32°C/-26 F (biodiesel’s high cloud point means it struggles below 1°C)***. 

Thanks to its similar chemical composition with fossil diesel, Neste MY Renewable Diesel can be refueled directly into any diesel vehicle, without any modification to the vehicle or its engine. It can be used in its neat form (HVO100) or blended with fossil diesel at any ratio.  

We have stringent and transparent quality control processes that guarantee the integrity of our entire supply chain. 

Neste MY Renewable Diesel will always be high-quality: a fuel our specialists have monitored from raw material, during production, and across our network of distribution partners. 

In turn, leading engine manufacturers have tested and approved Neste MY Renewable Diesel’s formula to deliver premium quality. 

Wherever and whenever you refuel with Neste MY Renewable Diesel, your journey will be powered by a fuel with consistent quality and performance. 

Neste MY Renewable Diesel is produced at Neste refineries in Finland (Porvoo), the Netherlands (Rotterdam) and Singapore as well as through our joint operation with Marathon Petroleum in Martinez, California.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel is produced from 100% renewable raw materials, such as used cooking oil and animal fat waste.

Neste uses a wide variety of raw materials to produce renewable products. Waste and residues account for approximately 90% of our annual renewable raw material inputs globally. We continue to work towards increasing the availability of raw materials, while also developing technologies to diversify our current portfolio with new scalable raw materials, including novel vegetable oils produced with regenerative agricultural practices.

Neste sources renewable raw materials globally from over 60 countries on 5 continents. We are committed to ensuring that all the renewable raw materials we use and the renewable products we produce always meet the relevant legal requirements in all our markets. We select our renewable raw material suppliers carefully and monitor their performance, and source renewable raw materials only from traceable sources.

We produce high-quality renewable products at our refineries in Finland, the Netherlands and Singapore as well as through our joint operation with Marathon Petroleum in Martinez, California, entirely from renewable raw materials with an annual nameplate capacity of approximately 5.5 million tons.

When completed, Neste’s Rotterdam refinery capacity expansion project will further increase the company’s total production capacity of renewable products to 6.8 million tons annually in 2027.

You can buy Neste MY Renewable Diesel from our authorized distributors. Find out where you can fill up with Neste MY Renewable Diesel now.

Neste MY Renewable Diesel is only sold through authorized distributors.

Find your closest Neste MY Renewable Diesel filling station and a list of our distributors now.