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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.
bioenergy
biofuels
CAP
land use
renewable energy
soil21 May 2012 -
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.
biodiversity
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy
resource use
sustainability criteria
waste22 Nov 2011 -
Analysing Bioenergy Implementation in EU Member States: Results from the Biomass Futures Expert Survey
As part of the Biomass Futures project, IEEP has conducted a survey among European policy makers on implementing bioenergy policy, identifying challenges and opportunities.
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy27 Jul 2011 -
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.
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy
transport31 Jan 2011 -
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.
bioenergy
biofuels
land use
renewable energy31 Jan 2011 -
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.
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy31 Jan 2011 -
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.
biofuels
land use
renewable energy11 Nov 2010 -
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...
biofuels11 Nov 2010 -
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 ...
biofuels
grassland
renewable energy08 Feb 2010 -
Summary and Conclusions from the T-PAGE Climate Change Conference, 24 to 25 April 2008
This document summarises discussions and the main conclusions of the T-PAGE civil society conference on climate change which was held on 24 and 25 April 2008 in Washington DC.
biofuels
climate change31 May 2008 -
Biofuels for Transport – European and US Approaches
This paper summarises the nature of the EU and US market for biofuels and current policy approaches on both sides of the Atlantic to promoting the development of biofuels. The paper also examines some ...
biofuels
transport20 Apr 2008 -
Biofuels Provisions in the Renewable Energy Directive - A Summary
EU Policy Briefing note - 8 February 2008
biofuels
renewable energy08 Feb 2008 -
EU and US Approaches to Key Climate and Energy Challenges
IEEP and our partner the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have produced a series of papers on EU and US approaches to cap and trade systems; biofuels; and carbon capture and storage. These papers ...
biofuels
CAP
carbon capture and storage
trade11 Nov 2007 -
IEEP Consultation Response on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting on Biofuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
This document includes IEEP's formal comments on the Department for Transport Consultation issues in June 2007 on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting under the RTFO. While we consider the proposals to ...
biofuels
renewable energy
transport12 Sep 2007 -
UK biofuels proposals sound and pragmatic, but concerns remain
IEEP has responded to the UK Government's Consultation on the sustainability and carbon reporting system under the Road Transport Fuel Obligation, outlining some key concerns.For biofuels to be a successful ...
biofuels12 Sep 2007 -
Commission Issues Consultation on the Future Use of Biofuels
EU Policy Briefing
biofuels26 Apr 2007 -
The Potential Environmental and Rural Impacts of Biofuel Production in the UK
This report summarises the outcome of the stakeholder process initiated by the Department for Transport (DfT) who invited the National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection (NSCA) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy to look at the potential impacts of biofuel production in the UK...
biofuels
renewable energy03 Mar 2004 -
air
air quality
biofuels
carbon
clean technologies
climate and energy package
climate change
energy
renewable energy
sustainable development
transport13 Dec 2002