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.
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.
As part of the Biomass Futures project, IEEP has conducted a survey among European policy makers on implementing bioenergy policy, identifying challenges and opportunities.
Ian Skinner and Bettina Kretschmer explain the complex interaction mechanisms between the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
EU Policy Briefing note - 8 February 2008
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
EU Policy Briefing
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...