Eni and BMW Group sign HVO biofuel fleet agreement

Eni and BMW Group agree to power BMW fleets with HVO biofuel

Eni's Enilive will supply pure HVO diesel biofuel to BMW corporate fleets in Italy, Germany and Austria, citing a 79.5% cut in supply-chain CO2eq emissions.

By Global Energy Report staff·14 Jul 2026, 08:00·2 min read

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Eni and BMW Group have agreed to power BMW's corporate diesel fleets in Italy with HVOlution, a diesel biofuel Enilive makes from 100% renewable feedstocks. BMW Group frames pure HVO as a step toward an 'Eligible Fuels only-fleet' for its customers, calling it a fuel that can cut road transport emissions immediately. The fleets already run on the fuel across Italy, Germany and Austria, where about 1,700 Enilive stations sell HVOlution.

Fuel comes from waste and residues

Enilive's biorefineries in Venice and Gela produce the HVO mainly from waste and residues, including used cooking oil and animal fats, that can run in any validated diesel engine. Enilive says the HVO it produced in 2025 cut average CO2eq emissions by 79.5% across the entire supply chain, measured against the EU Renewable Energy Directive's reference fossil mix of 94 grams of CO2eq per megajoule. The figure is weighted by the actual feedstock batches the biorefineries processed that year. As a drop-in fuel, pure HVO needs no changes to engines or fueling infrastructure.

Traceability built into the pilot fleets

BMW Group has approved HVO diesel fuel, under the European standard EN 15940, for its Diesel models registered from late 2014 onward that carry a Generation B diesel engine. In the demo and development fleets that recently started running on pure HVO, BMW Group is testing a system that compares refueling data from the vehicles against payment data from the fleet operators' payment systems, tracing the fuel each vehicle used.

Part of a wider alliance

The agreement builds on an earlier alliance between Eni and BMW Italia on sustainable mobility, in which BMW Group's backing for Enilive's HVO diesel biofuel is one pillar. BMW Italia is also giving an Enilive HVOlution voucher to customers who buy a new BMW diesel vehicle in Italy. Eni and BMW point to Europe's more than 250 million existing vehicles, saying the fleet's CO2eq footprint could improve if the share of renewable fuel in it grows.

BMW Group SVP Powertrain Development Martin Kaufmann said the partnership cuts both ways: Eni runs BMW vehicles in its own corporate fleet, while Enilive is 'a major force in pushing renewable fuels in Europe.' Enilive CEO Stefano Ballista called the expanded cooperation 'a tangible example of integrated partnership between the automotive and energy industries.'

By the numbers

▪79.5% average CO2eq emissions cut from Enilive's 2025 HVO, vs. the EU reference fossil mix of 94g CO2eq/MJ
▪About 1,700 Enilive stations selling HVOlution across Italy, Germany and Austria
▪HVO diesel approved for BMW Diesel models registered from late 2014 with a Generation B engine, under EN 15940
▪More than 250 million vehicles in Europe's existing fleet, per Eni and BMW

Why it matters

This is a low-cost way for BMW to cut fleet emissions without touching engines or fuel infrastructure, since HVO is a drop-in replacement for regular diesel. Eni gets a buyer for HVOlution locked into its own station network across three countries, and Enilive's Venice and Gela biorefineries supply the feedstock rather than a third party.

What's next. Watch whether the refueling-versus-payment tracing system BMW is testing on its demo fleets expands beyond the pilot, and whether the HVOlution voucher moves more Italian buyers of new BMW diesel vehicles onto the fuel.

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