Pressemeldungen

The draft Act transposing the Renewable Energy Directive (2018/2001/EC - RED II) that was presented by the Federal Ministry for the Environment in late 2020 was appraised and criticised at the press conference hosted by the organisers of the 18th International Conference on Renewable Mobility “Fuels of the Future 2021”. The press conference was held in the run-up to the conference in the light of the digital format in which the conference will run this year. The industry associations take the view that this draft Act is essentially an important step in the right direction, moving towards increased climate change mitigation measures in the transport sector. However, the present draft is not sufficient to genuinely ensure that current greenhouse gas reductions through sustainable biofuels can be maintained in future and to establish new fuel alternatives in the market. The biofuel associations consider that further substantive points must be amended in the forthcoming debate in the German Bundestag. The background to this legislation is the obligation for EU Member States to transpose the provisions on renewable energies adopted at the European level (RED II) into national law by June 2021. To this end, in December 2020 the German government submitted its draft “Act on Further Development of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quota” along with a draft “Ordinance Stipulating Further Provisions for Further Development of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quota”, as the biofuel associations note. The Federal Immission Control Act and the corresponding Federal Immission Control Ordinances are to be adapted accordingly.

Anlässlich der heutigen Sitzung des Klimakabinetts erwartet der Bundesverband der deutschen Bioethanolwirtschaft (BDBe) ein klares und baldiges Signal der Bundesregierung für mehr Klimaschutz im Verkehr. Ein wesentlicher Teil der künftigen Bemühungen zur Senkung der verkehrsbedingten Emissionen müssen nachhaltige Biokraftstoffe bleiben.

Two thirds of Germans have a positive attitude towards biofuels, as shown by a recent representative survey. Almost half consider biofuels will be increasingly important for future climate change mitigation. Industry associations call for policies that adequately reflect these findings.

Laut einer aktuellen repräsentativen Umfrage stehen zwei Drittel aller Deutschen Biokraftstoffen positiv gegenüber. Fast die Hälfte misst Biokraftstoffen für die Zukunft eine wachsende Bedeutung beim Klimaschutz zu. Verbände fordern angemessene politische Berücksichtigung.

In the view of three industry associations in the biofuel sector - the German Bioethanol Industry Association (Bundesverband der deutschen Bioethanolwirtschaft - BDBe), the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e. V. - UFOP) and the Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie (VDB) - a draft law presented by the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) for the use of renewable energy in transport does not solve the urgent problems of climate change mitigation in the transport sector.