The European Union been using the first one for a while ecological fuel of history, but now they want to remove him from the scene. If you were surprised by the fuel that can be planted, what happens to it will leave you speechless. In total there are thirty non-governmental organizations that plead Brussels to end this initiative.
Among the “plaintiffs” are: Transport & Environmentt (T&E), WWF, Oxfam j Bird lifewho submit the application European Commission which gradually removes support for a fuel that causes deforestation.
The situation is critical and they want it to change as quickly as possible. They ask about it Brussels to act as quickly as possible. The CE He has one last chance to do so before the June elections.
The fuel they are asking for is soy biofuels.
“Soy-based biodiesel has been shown to emit twice as much CO2 as the fossil diesel it replaces, when indirect deforestation is taken into account. Both soybeans and palm oil have already been identified as major causes of deforestation and are covered by the recently adopted directive EU regulations about deforestation,” they warn.
The European Union receives an unusual request: they ask that this ecological fuel be removed from circulation
The European Commission It is time to include soybeans and palm oil in the indirect land use of raw materials (ILUC) section of the Renewable Energy Directive (DER). The associations that have united for this purpose warn about this in a statement in which they reject the continued use of this product as a biofuel.
They remember that the European parliament called for the immediate phase-out of soy and palm oil during the 2023 DER negotiations.
“The European Commission is currently facing strong commercial pressure from soy producing countries. But scientific data must guide the decision-making process. The phase-out of high-risk ILUC raw materials is compatible with WTO rules based on environmental protection,” they contribute.
Should the European Union make a decision?
According to the above-mentioned organizations, trade conflicts should not hinder the EU’s efforts UE to ensure climate integrity. “The UE made the right decision when it classified palm oil as a high-risk ILUC commodity in 2019, despite enormous trade pressure from palm-producing countries. Now you can do the same with soy biofuels,” they claim.
For this reason they have sent a letter to the Commission with the request to “ensure policy coherence and prevent the RED from acting as a loophole UE of products resulting from deforestation.”
He European parliament has called for an immediate phase-out of soy and palm oil in its negotiations, while other Member States of the European Union (as France, Denmark, Belgium j The Netherlands) have already started this removal of their own accord.
The UE palm oil classified as a high-risk commodity ILUC in 2019. “Now it has the power to do the same with soy biofuels,” they point out.
The European Union is in the news: they are demanding the withdrawal of this ecological fuel
Currently, biofuels from soybeans and palm trees are responsible for barely a third of the volume of biodiesel raw materials in the world. UEbut they are responsible for two-thirds of CO2 emissions from biodiesel in the European Union. Moreover, soy biodiesel is growing very quickly in the US UE. Between 2015 and 2022, soy biodiesel consumption increased fivefold.
In a few months we will know if the European Union has found a solution for this ecological fuel before the elections. In the meantime, projects continue to arrive that are in line with the energy transition, such as the ecological fuel for aircraft in the UE until 2050.