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Mobilising Cereal Straw in the EU to Feed Advanced Biofuel Production
This IEEP report, commissioned by Novozymes, considers the existing barriers, environmental risks and opportunities and the potential agricultural policy stimuli needed in order to mobilise cereal straw for advanced biofuel production in the EU.
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Responsible Bioelectricity – Renewables Obligation Consultation Response
The Renewables Obligation (RO) is the UK’s keynote policy for the support of renewable electricity; but currently it fails to reflect the diversity of bioenergy feedstocks. IEEP is calling on the UK government to amend the RO’s bands to allow elevated support – an ‘environmental bonus’ – for the most environmentally responsible bioenergy solutions.
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Securing Biomass for Energy
A new IEEP report outlining how to develop a UK bioenergy sector that mitigates environmental risks and promotes win-win situations for renewables deployment and biodiversity.
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The Interactions between European Policy Drivers for Increasing the Use of Biofuels in Transport
Ian Skinner and Bettina Kretschmer explain the complex interaction mechanisms between the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive.
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The Land-Use Implications of EU Bioenergy Policy: Going Beyond ILUC
A new IEEP briefing discusses some of the modelling work that is undertaken in support of quantifying the land use change impact of biofuel use.
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Bioenergy in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans: Issues and Uncertainties
Bogdan Atanasiu’s analysis of National Renewable Energy Action Plans reveals that more than half of the renewable energy which EU Member States expect to consume annually by 2020 will consist of bioenergy.
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The Indirect Land Use Change Impact of the Use of Biofuels in the EU
A new IEEP report analyses the indirect land use change (ILUC) impact of the substantial additional biofuel usage that will be generated up to 2020 by the targets under the EU renewable energy Directive. The report has recently been updated to include all 27 NREAPs.
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IEEP Analyses the Impact of EU Biofuel Policy on Land Use Change
A new IEEP report analyses the indirect land use change (ILUC) impact of the substantial additional biofuel usage that will be generated up to 2020 by the targets under the EU renewable energy Directive...
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Implementing the Renewable Energy Directive – Sustainability Requirements for Biofuels, the Question of Highly Biodiverse Grasslands
The renewable energy Directive (2009/28/EC) contains targets promoting both renewable energy and renewable transport fuels.Delivering compliance with these targets will increase demand for both biofuels ...
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Implementing the Renewable Energy Directive: Consultation Response
IEEP organised a dialogue around the delivery of the sustainability criteria set out in the Renewable Energy Directive ...
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Mandatory Standards for Solid Biomass for Energy Increasingly Unlikely
IEEP Analysis Briefing: Energy
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IEEP response to Commission Biomass consultation
IEEP has submitted a response to the European Commission's recent consultation on requirements for a potential EU sustainability scheme for biomass used for energy purposes (separate from transport biofuels ...
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