News from Europe
From BioenergyWiki
Bioenergy > News > News from Europe
| This page needs work! | ||
| You can help us by editing this page: add information, links, images or make other changes! This is your wiki, too! | ||
This page has news from European countries, news may also appear on the individual Countries pages.
| News by region | edit | |
| Africa | Asia | Europe | Latin America and the Caribbean | Middle East | North America | Oceania & Pacific | ||
Contents |
[edit]
European Union
- MEPs, MPs urge caution in use of biofuels; call for ban on use of palm oil October 18, 2006 from Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.
- European MPs call for ban on use of palm oil for biofuels October 23, 2006 from Biopact. Members of the EU Parliament called for a ban on biodiesel made from palm oil, because the crop is responsible for enormous environmental damage in South-East Asia and elsewhere.
[edit]
France
- Car Manufacturers, oil industry, agricultural federations sign France's ambitious biofuel's charter 15 November 2006 from biopact. French auto manufacturers Renault and Peugeot-Citroën as well as Volvo, Saab and Ford, as well as oil and agricultural groups, have signed France's ambitious "Super-ethanol Charter", which contains the conclusions of a governmental study group on the future of transport biofuels and their implementation. This commits car manufacturers to building vehicles capable of running on E85 fuel and on biodiesel. If the actions called for in the charter are carried out in time, France will be Europe's leading biofuel nation by the end of the decade.
[edit]
Germany
[edit]
Hungary
- Foreign investors drive Hungary’s biofuel sector 27 November 2006 from Czech Business Weekly. European Union demand for biofuels, as well as the promise of EU subsidies, excise tax refunds, and a climate well-suited for growing corn and rapeseed, has brought in biofuels investors from Sweden and Italy among others.
[edit]
The Netherlands
- Netherlands Moves to Make Biofuels use Mandatory, 9 November 2006, Reuters, reported that the Dutch government, joining Germany, adopted a new law mandating "compulsory blending of biofuels with diesel and petrol" starting 1 January 2007. Biofuels thereafter must account for two percent of the content of these transportation fuels.
- The article noted that "The blending requirement will be raised to 5.75 percent in 2010 to meet European Union targets to increase the share of renewable energy in a bid to cut pollution from fossil fuels and reduce dependence on crude oil imports."[1]
- It also noted that excise duties on the blended fuels would be lowered, "so that prices at the pump are no higher than those of conventional fuels."[2]
[edit]
United Kingdom
- UK's first vegetable oil powered trawler is undergoing trials 14 November 2006 from BBC News. The Jubilee Quest trawler has had its diesel engine converted to run on the more environmentally friendly vegetable oil. The environmental benefits of using biofuel on vessels would be vast, as a typical diesel-powered trawler on a 10-day trip emits 37 tons of the greenhouse gas, while running a family car for a year would result in only two tons of CO 2.
| Europe | edit | |
| European Union policy - European Biofuels Directive | EU member states biofuel targets EU Countries: Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Ireland • Italy • Latvia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • United Kingdom Non-EU Countries: Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Georgia • Iceland • Kazakhstan • Liechtenstein • Republic of Macedonia • Moldova • Monaco • Montenegro • Norway • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine • Vatican City | ||
| News | edit | |
| By date | By region | By topic News from other sites (RSS feeds of news on bioenergy) | ||
Categories: Europe | News
