Aug 18, 2023 · Biofuels are liquid or gaseous transport fuels, such as biodiesel and bioethanol, made from biomass. They serve as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels in the EU's transport sector, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the EU's security of supply. Biofuels and biogas in co-processed fuels

Jan 15, 2024 · The database was foreseen under Article 31a of the 2018 Renewable Energy Directive to improve traceability of biofuels, avoid double counting, and address concerns about fraud. The European Commission has worked closely with the relevant stakeholders and market players to prepare the database, also with a view to opening the application for ...

Biomass and biofuels help to lower the EU's external energy dependence and contribute to reducing greenhouse emissions.

Oct 27, 2023 · Bioethanol was the second most consumed fuel type (18%), and biomethane and other liquid biofuels aggregate to less than 1%. As regards heating and cooling, biomass fuels and bioliquids were used for the production of 17.3 mtoe of gross heat in the EU in 2021, notably using solid biomass (76.0%), followed by renewable municipal waste (18.1% ...

Jun 5, 2023 · The methods described in this legal act can also be used by EU countries to verify the share of biofuels when blended with fossil fuels, in line with the requirements of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996 on rules to verify sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria and low indirect land-use change-risk criteria .

Oct 14, 2024 · The Commission has published a draft delegated regulation to update the rules for the Union Database on Biofuels (UDB) to improve the traceability of data along the entire supply chain and opened a 4-week call for feedback on the draft text from interested parties.

Aug 27, 2015 · As Indirect Land Use change (ILUC) can only be modelled not measured, the aim of this study was to model land use change and its greenhouse gas emissions related to biofuels consumed in the EU. Files 24 SEPTEMBER 2021

Biofuels are promoted as an option to reduce climate emissions from the transport sector. As most biofuels are currently produced from land based crops, there is a concern that the increased consumption of biofuels requires agricultural expansion at a global scale, leading to additional carbon emissions.

Sep 26, 2022 · Voluntary schemes and national certification schemes of EU countries help to ensure that biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels as well as renewable hydrogen and its derivatives (renewable fuels of non-biological origin or RFNBOs), and recycled carbon fuels (RCF) are sustainably produced by verifying that they comply with the EU sustainability criteria, as …

Apr 4, 2025 · This Commission department is responsible for the EU's energy policy: secure, sustainable, and competitively priced energy for Europe.