How the Fuels Sector Supports Aviation’s Green Goals
Europe’s refiners are already delivering the sustainable aviation fuels needed to meet EU climate goals, and we are ready to do more. What we need now is collaboration over confrontation.
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Sustainable aviation fuel boss wants more EU regulations
Finland’s Neste blames the airlines for not keeping their promise to guarantee voluntary demand for sustainable aviation fuel.
Fueling the Future: The Use of RFNBOs and RCFs For Decarbonising Challenging Sectors [Promoted content]
As the world intensifies its efforts to combat climate change, sectors such as aviation, shipping, and heavy manufacturing remain difficult to decarbonise as they rely heavily on fossil fuels. Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBOs) and Recyc…
To ban or not to ban? This is not the question
Recognising sustainable fuels alongside electrification accelerates carbon reductions, supports industry compliance and ensures affordable clean mobility for all
Seizing Europe’s industrial and decarbonized future
Implementing the Draghi report’s recommendations can secure Europe’s competitiveness, economic security and decarbonized future
Charting the Path to Climate Neutrality and Energy Resilience
While EU’s next institutional cycle opens new perspectives, some objectives remain unchanged: Climate neutrality by 2050, security of supply and energy resilience. Renewable fuels are critical in meeting those objectives, but an EU strategy for liquid …
EU rules on e-fuels threaten to create ‘CO2 tourism’
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP/Renew) warned against “CO2 tourism”, as EU rules for renewable fuels could lead to liquified CO2 from Europe being shipped to other parts of the world to produce e-fuels for the EU market.
Biomethane trade – Urgent need to make the Union Database right [Promoted content]
Following the adoption of the latest revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), the European Commission is ramping up its work on a critical tool for the renewable fuels industries: The Union Database (UDB).
New data shows Commission maladministration is an open door to palm oil fraud [Promoted content]
On December 5 DG Energy finally published its data on the origins of renewable fuels certified for transport under the Renewable Energy Directive. The findings are worse than feared. James Cogan is a policy advisor to Ethanol Europe. The data…
Current policy routes put security supply at high risk
The Russian war on Ukraine has exposed Europe’s vulnerability and we need a new energy security paradigm to maintain reliability and affordability while reducing emissions.
EU Parliament support for renewable fuel-powered trucks prompts controversy
Green campaigners have condemned the European Parliament’s proposed provisions for trucks running solely on renewable fuels, though the fuels industry insists the move is in line with Europe’s climate goals.
Decarbonizing heavy-duty can’t be only based on an early-stage technology
Growing evidence about potential raw materials shortages, insufficient EU battery production capacity, increased BEV repair costs, and large infrastructure and grid needs reinforce calls to vote for a technology-inclusive approach.
Global companies push EU Parliament to favour zero-emission trucks
Four major companies have called on EU lawmakers to adopt ambitious CO2 standards that will boost the production of zero tailpipe emission trucks, urging them to reject renewable fuels to decarbonise heavy-duty vehicles.
New EU proposal will not save the combustion car, says e-fuels lobby
The European Commission’s draft proposal for a new category of cars running exclusively on e-fuels will de facto stop combustion engine cars from being sold after 2035 as the technical requirements cannot realistically be met, the head of the eFuel All…
EU considers watering down ‘CO2 neutrality’ standard for eFuels
The European Commission is considering watering down a carbon neutrality requirement for e-fuels to allow combustion engine cars to be sold after 2035, internal documents show, suggesting a split in the EU executive on handling the matter.