GAVE
Climate neutral gaseous and liquid energy carriers
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GAVE is a government programme that supports the development and introduction of climate-neutral fuels in the Dutch transport sector.
The programme's most important task is to support the implementation of the European Renewable Energy Directive into Dutch national legislation with respect to biofuels.
This EU Directive states that, by the year 2020, 10% of the energy used in the transport sector must be derived from renewable energy.
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State secretary Klöckner presents first European certification system for biomass
Date published: Feb 1, 2010 |
Within the European Union, liquid / transport biofuels may only be financially supported or be counted towards renewable energy targets if the biomass used is produced in a sustainable way. “Germany is now the first EU member state to have developed a certification scheme for sustainable biomass production. The preliminary approval of this certification system, the “ International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC)“, by the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE) means we are transposing European requirements into national law”, says Julia Klöckner, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection.
EU requirements aim to ensure that biomass (e.g. palm oil) is not produced at the expense of valuable natural habitats in the respective producer countries. Examples of such habitats are primary forest, biodiversity hotspots or wetlands. Moreover, the EU directive demands that the production of a biofuel reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35%, compared to fossil fuels.
Two acts put the EU directives into German law: one act defines the demands on a sustainable production of liquid biofuels for electricity (BioSt-NachV), the other the demands on a sustainable production of transport biofuels (Biokraft-NachV).
Proof of sustainability is a prerequisite for receiving the set feed-in tariffs for electricity from liquid biomass and for counting transport biofuels sold in Germany towards the national quota or (in case of pure biofuels) qualifying for tax deductions. The acts also regulate the procedures for proof of sustainability and for certification. “With the preliminary approval of ISCC we are the first country to be able to meet demands for a sustainable biomass production”, Klöckner says.
Source: ISCC |
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