Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels calls upon EU institutions to set an advanced biofuels mandate in 2021
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Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels (LSB) is a
coalition of 12 leading sustainable advanced biofuels producers and technology developers
(members: Biochemtex, BTG, Clariant, Orsted, UPM, St1, Energochemica, Enerkem, Kaidi,
Neot, Global Bioenergies, Sekab) committed to making a significant
contribution to meeting EU ambitions of decarbonizing the transport sector. They
believe that 2nd Generation and Advanced Biofuels (2GAB) made from non-food
competing feedstocks represent one of the major industrial opportunities today
for our planet in the sustainable energy technology field.
Figure 1. The 12 sustainable advanced biofuels
producers and technology developers involved in LSB
In a recent press
release, they are calling upon the EU institutions to set an advanced
biofuels mandate, based on Annex IX part A of the Directive
2015/1513, to begin in 2021. A binding target would set a strong framework
for investments in sustainable, novel and innovative technologies and
production facilities. The Commission and the Parliament are aligned with the
policy request but Council is proposing that the mandate only kicks off in
2025. According to LSB, this delay would create significant political
insecurity. They consider that this kind of uncertainty has been the main reason
for the lack of investments in the last few years.
Also, the press release exposes other key policy
requests from the advance biofuels industry and offers the knowledge,
experience and ideas of LSB to ensure a future policy that will promote
sustainability, provide incentives for investments and enable the growth of
European industry.