Neste's Renewable Diesel Fueled The Super Bowl 50 Fan Village And Got The Fans To The Game

Environmental Benefits Will Continue After The Game

SAN FRANCISCO - January 7, 2016: Neste delivered 40,000 gallons of renewable diesel to San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee for the electricity production at the Super Bowl City fan village, saving 238 tons of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. The Host Committee's Fan Express is transporting fans to and from Game Day, also fueled by Neste’s renewable diesel. After the game those 100 buses, which transport employees to Google, will continue to run on Neste’s low carbon fuel. In addition, the Bay Area cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Walnut Creek have switched to renewable diesel for all of their diesel vehicles so the impact of this fuel will continue to benefit this area.

As part of one of the world’s biggest sporting spectacles, the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee planned its fan city with a focus on creating a “Net Positive” event. This Net Positive commitment recognizes that, as well as reducing negative environmental impacts, the whole event should also pay more attention to enhancing the environmental, social and economic positive effects of both individual and collective activity.

The Jan 30th – Feb 7th event, Super Bowl City, free-to-the-public event reduced its impact on climate change by delivering a low emissions event with a focus on transportation and temporary power.

"It's great that Neste can help the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee to create a sustainable event of spectacular size. We hope that the cleaner air and transport will make the event even more enjoyable for fans," says Kaisa Hietala, Neste's Executive Vice President of Renewable Products.

Neste is an official sustainability partner of the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee. As the event’s supplier of renewable diesel, Neste delivered 40,000 gallons of renewable diesel to power the Super Bowl City fan village. In addition, a Fan Express charter bus system runs on Neste's renewable diesel.

Greener electricity and cleaner air
Outdoor events often require building a temporary power grid and bringing in heavy diesel generators. As an alternative for producing greener electricity, Neste’s renewable diesel is the perfect solution. All generators used in Super Bowl City ran on Neste’s 100% renewable and sustainable diesel, reducing emissions and improving air quality. EPA Tier 4 generators were used to reduce emissions and noise.

Produced from wastes and residues, Neste’s renewable diesel helped to reduce the fuel carbon footprint of Super Bowl City by approximately 50% compared to petroleum diesel and prevented the emission of 238 tons of CO2. Renewable diesel is a more pleasing alternative to people attending the event since it does not produce any of the unpleasant exhaust fumes generated by ordinary diesel.

Fan Express reduces traffic emissions
The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee set up a “Fan Express” charter bus system to transport fans from the Bay Area to Levi’s stadium in Santa Clara on Game Day, Sunday February 7. The 100 buses in service are Google's gBuses and will run on Neste’s renewable diesel as they do in their regular service. Operating between pick-up points spread throughout the Bay Area, the Fan Express has the potential to remove the equivalent of some 2,000 cars from the road.