§ Sector · 05

Power Generation

−8%Fuel burn

Gensets · Datacentres · Telco

Standby and prime-power diesel units idle badly and burn rich. NTROPYX cleans the cycle and extends maintenance intervals.

§ On the genset Where every running hour is billable

From bench to the genset.

Standby and prime-power diesel units run rich at partial load and foul fast. A cleaner combustion cycle keeps oil-change intervals long and stack opacity low — where every running hour is billable.

Diesel genset under load with NTROPYX® dispenser bottle in the foreground

§ 02 · Economic impact

EU27 — 2.72 billion litres of oil-fired generation. 8% recoverable.

European public electricity & heat plants burned 97 752 TJ of gas oil & diesel in 2023 (Eurostat) — ~2.72 Bn L diesel-equivalent — in oil-fired turbines, peakers, island grids and standby gensets. Cleaner combustion stretches oil-change intervals where every running hour is billable.

EU27 · Power generation oil 2023

2.72Bn L

Gas oil & diesel burned per year

Derivation: Eurostat [nrg_bal_c] series TI_EHG_MAPE_E / siec O4671XR5220B = 97 752 TJ EU27. Converted at diesel LHV 36 MJ/L → 2.72 Bn L.

Power generation mix · EU27 2023

14.1 EJ total

Nuclear46.9%

Renewable28.4%

Coal12.4%

Gas9.6%

Oil2.7%

Catalyst factor

−8%

Avg. fuel reduction on standby & prime-power gensets (homepage data)

Volume recoverable · EU27

0.22Bn L

Diesel savable per year at sector scale

Economic value

~0.33Bn €

Estimated at EU average diesel price ≈ 1.50 €/L

Oil-fired generation diesel — country by country

EU27 · 2023 · Million litres / year

Spain1 236

France620

Cyprus345

Greece248

Germany129

Italy79

Portugal17

Ireland10

Malta6

Poland6

Hungary5

Sweden4

Denmark3

Finland2

Belgium2

Croatia2

Austria1

Slovenia1

Sources · Eurostat Complete Energy Balances [nrg_bal_c] — query TI_EHG_MAPE_E × O4671XR5220B (Transformation input, main activity electricity & heat producer / gas oil & diesel) × TJ × 2023. Diesel-equivalent conversion: LHV 36 MJ/L. Power-mix shares from same dataset, full siec breakdown. Switzerland not included: Swiss public electricity is hydro/nuclear/solar dominated, oil-fired generation negligible (BFE 2023). — 2024 & 2025 not yet published in harmonised form by Eurostat; latest complete sectoral breakdown is 2023.

CNASL23122

CMA171704090335

ILAC · MRAISO/IEC 17025

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