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Call to increase target for renewable energy in the Renewable Energy Directive
Renewables are a key part in the transition towards a net zero emissions economy. Combined with energy savings, the various renewable energy sources provide a cost-effective and readily available solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a relatively short timescale. If we want to limit dangerous climate change, then increased climate and energy targets are required. The publication of the ...
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New Biofuels white paper from SGS
SGS published a white paper on Biofuel Sustanability last March 2013. The white paper titled "Understanding Sustainable Biofuel Production, the EU Renewable Energy Directive and International Initiatives to Verify Sustainability", aims to provide an insight into the issues associated with the sustainable sourcing and production of biofuels. It discusses the contents of the 2009 European ...
By SGS
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Neste responds to EC proposal on revised renewable energy directive
On November 30, 2016, Neste, a member of the Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG), released a statement in response to the publication of the European Commission’s (EC) proposal on the revised Renewable Energy Directive (Directive) for 2021 to 2030. The aim of the Directive is to raise renewable energy usage in Europe to 27 percent by 2030. In the revised Directive, the ...
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The need for an EU-wide renewable risk mitigation scheme in the Renewable Energy Directive
Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Simson, We call on you to establish an EU-wide renewable risk mitigation schemes to de-risk private sector investment in capital-intensive renewable energy solutions in the Renewable Energy Directive. Member States are obliged to reduce the capital cost of renewable energy technologies under Article 3.5(1) of the Renewable Energy ...
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Sweden`s energy supply is now 50% renewable
Sweden has reached the renewable energy target set in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) eight years ahead of time. The EU target for Sweden is 49 percent in 2020 and the Swedish parliament has adopted a target of 50 percent in 2020. Last year 51 percent of Sweden’s energy supply was from renewable energy sources. Sweden has reached the renewable energy target set in the Renewable Energy ...
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Green NGOs urge renewable energy standards to be included in the ETS
Sustainability standards for bioenergy should be included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as they are in the Fuel Quality and Renewable Energy directives, according to a group of ten environmental NGOs including Transport & Environment. In a letter to Commissioners Hedegaard (Climate Change) and Oettinger (Energy), the coalition points out how paradoxical it is that, for instance, ...
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EU 2030 biodiversity framework: Bioenergy sector
Brussels,13 May 2020 - Today Bioenergy Europe, the European Biogas Association, and ePure addressed a joint statement to the European Commission urging decision-makers to take in consideration important aspects related to the bioenergy sector when setting further energy-related policy objectives within the EU biodiversity framework by 2030: Sustainable bioenergy is a win-win solution for ...
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Renewable energy progress report - Press Release
The European Commission has published the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets, showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20% renewable energy targets. With a projected share of 15.3% of renewable energy in 2014 in the gross final energy consumption, the EU and the vast majority of Member States are advancing well: 25 Member States are expected to meet their 2013/2014 national ...
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Renewable energy progress report - Press Release
The European Commission has published the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets, showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20% renewable energy targets. With a projected share of 15.3% of renewable energy in 2014 in the gross final energy consumption, the EU and the vast majority of Member States are advancing well: 25 Member States are expected to meet their 2013/2014 national ...
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European Commission Gives Portugal Two Months To Address Issues With Biofuel Law Compliance
On April 28, 2016, the European Commission (EC) encouraged Portugal to become fully compliant with the Renewable Energy Directive (Directive) through the release of an April infringements fact sheet. The Directive has set the goal of 20 percent of the European Union's (EU) 2020 energy consumption coming from renewable energy, with each Member State consuming at least ten percent renewable ...
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Enviro's Oil Gains Value
The ISCC certification obtained in September for Enviro’s recovered pyrolysis oil has made it significantly more attractive to various fuel producers as a raw material. The reason is that this certification, combined with the EU mass balance approach, which forms part of the EU Renewable Energy Directive, means that the oil can be commercialised by fuel producers as 100 percent renewable. ...
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UK waste can supply half renewable energy target by 2020
Small-scale energy from waste facilities at community level and the use of biomethane as road transport fuel could have huge potential benefits for the UK, according to a research study. The study, Renewable Energy, Landfill Gas and EfW: Now, Next and Future written by Cranfield graduate Kofi Apea Adu-Gyamfi, considers the potential contribution made by EfW to meeting the UK’s renewable targets. ...
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Renewable Energy Directive creates positive climate for the long-term development of solar heating and cooling in Europe
An Agreement was reached this morning between the European Parliament and the 27 EU Member States on a new directive to boost EU renewable energy use to 20% by 2020. For the first time, heating and cooling – responsible for 50% of Europe’s energy demand – will be covered by a European Directive promoting renewable energies. Thus the Directive creates a positive climate for the long-term ...
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Investors Won’t Eyeball Sustainable Tech Without a Coherent Framework. Can Brussels Help?
Brussels, 22 October 2019 - We support the final objective of the sustainable finance regulation: to enable financial flows to support sustainable growth and transition to a carbon neutral economy. Private investors need a sound regulation to increasingly support mitigation actions such as accelerating investments in renewable energy technologies. Such objective is however undermined by a ...
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Call for attention on land use impacts EU biofuels
Several environmental NGOs including Wetlands International have written to the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, demanding action on five scientific studies that question the clean energy benefits of biofuels. The European Union promotes the use of biofuels via the Renewable Energy Directive. The European Commission is in delay of coming up with a policy to address ...
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Goals for Biofuel Production Could Collide with Market Realities
Hart Energy's newly released study, Global BiofuelsOutlook to 2025, finds a disconnect between mandates (Renewable Fuels Standard in the U.S. and Renewable Energy Directive in the European Union) and actual market demand. This has been known for some time but not acknowledged and addressed. The study analyzes local and global drivers, public and fiscal policy developments, production capacity, ...
By Hart Energy
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New reports cast doubt over biofuel policy
Two separate reports reviewing the indirect land use change (ILUC) impacts of biofuel crops have stressed the importance of factoring ILUC impacts into biofuel policies to ensure use of biofuels do not result in higher greenhouse gas emissions (GhG) than their fossil fuel alternatives. The Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned E4Tech to study the impacts of five biofuel streams which are ...
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Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel receives certification in Germany
Neste Oil Corporation Press release25 November 2010 at 3 pm (EET)Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel receives certification in GermanyNeste Oil has received an ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) certificate for the NExBTL renewable diesel produced at the company's Porvoo refinery in Finland. The certificate confirms that NExBTL diesel produced from certified raw ...
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Fabrizio Barbaso, European commission, deputy Director General for energy and transport
Will give an opening speech about 'Promoting Biomass in the EU and the Role of Biomass in the Renewable Energy Directive'. After a short introduction of the RES-E Directive of 2001 and Biofuels Directive of 2003 and EU Biomass Action Plan of 2005, Barbaso is going to present the RES targets and sectors (including heating and cooling) and the national renewable energy action plans, including ...
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Next government will be “crucial” for delivering on renewables targets
The next Government will be “crucial” for determining whether or not the UK achieves its 15% renewable energy target by 2020, according to the Renewable Energy Association (REA). Currently the UK produces only 2.3% of its total energy from renewable sources such as biomass and anaerobic digestion, and has been one of the poorest performers on delivering renewable to date. But the Renewable ...
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