European Commission president says “back to the drawing board” on indirect land use change
Category: Fuels
In Belgium, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso wants the energy and environment departments to go back to the drawing board on ILUC. Reason? The College of Commissioners rejected at their May 2 meeting not only the compromise that would have seen crop-specific ILUC factors added to the Fuel Quality Directive but not the Renewable Energy Directive, but also suggestions to add ILUC to both directives or to raise the GHG minimum threshold to compensate for ILUC.
Category: Fuels