{"id":53844,"date":"2018-06-22T06:55:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T04:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biofuelsdigest.com%2Fbdigest%2F2018%2F06%2F14%2Feuropean-union-agrees-on-renewable-transport-targets-and-palm-oil-ban%2F"},"modified":"2018-06-19T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T14:07:33","slug":"eu-recognises-importance-of-crop-based-ethanol-to-achieving-climate-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/eu-recognises-importance-of-crop-based-ethanol-to-achieving-climate-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"EU recognises importance of crop-based ethanol to achieving climate goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Negotiators from the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed early Thursday morning on a new target for renewables in transport \u2013 a deal that clearly recognises the importance of separating bad biofuels like palm oil from good ones like European ethanol.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The agreement sets a target of 14% renewables in transport by 2030. It would freeze the use of high-ILUC-risk biofuels such as palm oil at current levels and phase it out by 2030, while capping crop-based biofuels at Member States\u2019 2020 levels, with a maximum of 7%. The agreement also sets an ambitious and much-needed target for advanced biofuels.<\/p>\n

\u201cEurope needs all sustainable renewables in the energy transition to achieve Europe\u2019s climate goals and ethanol is critical to transport decarbonisation,\u201d said Emmanuel Desplechin, Secretary General of ePURE, the European renewable ethanol association. \u201cOf course, this is not a perfect solution. Allowing Member States to undermine the transport target by lowering the crop cap or relying on artificial multipliers gives the illusion of progress and puts Europe\u2019s commitment to decarbonising transport into question. Capping crop-based biofuels at 2020 levels also unfairly penalizes sustainable biofuels like European renewable ethanol, which if given the chance could drive EU decarbonisation even further \u2013 but it is a major improvement over the initial proposal from the Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMember States should now get on with the work of implementing the 2020 objectives and show that Europe is a place that can provide the policy stability investors need. A solid crop-based ethanol industry is needed to spur investment in advanced ethanol,\u201d Desplechin said.<\/p>\n

European renewable ethanol delivers significant greenhouse gas reductions compared to fossil petrol and works at scale in today\u2019s vehicle fleet. Its production \u2013 from crops grown by European farmers, as well as from agricultural residues and waste \u2013 does not cause adverse indirect impacts. It is also an important domestic source of animal protein<\/a> at a time when European livestock farmers rely heavily on imports.<\/p>\n

A new study<\/a> from Ricardo Energy & Environment confirms that, with a large number of vehicles with internal combustion engines still on the road in coming decades, low-carbon fuels such as renewable ethanol will be crucial to decarbonising transport.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Negotiators from the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed early Thursday morning on a new target for renewables in transport \u2013 a deal that clearly recognises the importance of separating bad biofuels like palm oil from good ones like European ethanol. The agreement sets a target of 14% renewables in transport by 2030. It would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5818,12384,12887,14441],"supplier":[3783,5585],"class_list":["post-53844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biofuel","tag-ethanol","tag-palmoil","tag-policy","supplier-european-renewable-ethanol-association-epure","supplier-european-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53844"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=53844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}