T&E's report analyses Oil World data for 2020 to assess current biofuels consumption and to evaluate the impact of the Renewable Energy Directive 10 years since it was introduced. It paints a sobering story of a policy that has driven up demand for cheap crop-based biodiesel leading to deforestation, habitat loss and greater CO2 emissions than the fossil diesel it replaces.
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Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/10-years-eu-fuels-policy-increased-eu%E2%80%99s-reliance-unsustainable-biofuels
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/ten years of eu fuels policy.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/transport-environment
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuels
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiesel
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
