Brussels, 09 March 2022 – Bioenergy Europe welcomes the vision of the European Commission to accelerate the deployment of renewables, while ensuring the affordability and security of EU energy supply by decreasing fossil gas imports from Russia.
EU's 'Fit for 55' package threatens biomass progress, says Bioenergy Europe bioenergy-news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bioenergy-news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The European Commission was sent back to the drawing board on the EU’s renewable energy directive overhaul after an internal assessment of its draft proposal concluded that it failed to analyse the potential environmental risks of increased bioenergy use.
The European Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board, an in-house independent body overseeing the quality of EU legislation, sent a negative opinion on the EU executive’s draft renewable energy directive.
In the opinion, dated 19 April, the board said the Commission’s cost-benefit analysis of the directive contained “significant shortcomings”.
“The presentation of the analysis and comparison of the options is often confusing or incomplete,” the board said, adding this was the case “in particular” when it comes to “the options related to bioenergy” and their likely impact on EU member states.
Bioenergy Europe welcomes report on sustainability of woody biomass for energy bioenergy-news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bioenergy-news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Monday, 25 January 2021 Bioenergy Europe welcomes the report by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on the use of woody biomass for energy production in the EU. With the sustainability of biomass firmly at the center of media attention, the report calls for an honest and explicit discussion to “de-toxify the debate surrounding the sustainability of wood-based bioenergy.” The bioenergy industry reiterates its commitment to contribute towards this debate in a constructive manner, putting its data and know-how at the service of decision-makers and scientific community.
The study underlines that a swift and robust implementation of REDII sustainability criteria will effectively minimize negative impacts associated with the use of woody biomass for energy. For the implementation to be optimal, forest legislation and guidelines must be fit-for-purpose, properly enforced and monitored.