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Responsible Bioelectricity – Renewables Obligation Consultation Response
The Renewables Obligation (RO) is the UK’s keynote policy for the support of renewable electricity; but currently it fails to reflect the diversity of bioenergy feedstocks. IEEP is calling on the UK government to amend the RO’s bands to allow elevated support – an ‘environmental bonus’ – for the most environmentally responsible bioenergy solutions.
bioenergy
renewable energy12 Jan 2012 -
Securing Biomass for Energy
A new IEEP report outlining how to develop a UK bioenergy sector that mitigates environmental risks and promotes win-win situations for renewables deployment and biodiversity.
biodiversity
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy
resource use
sustainability criteria
waste22 Nov 2011 -
Analysing Bioenergy Implementation in EU Member States: Results from the Biomass Futures Expert Survey
As part of the Biomass Futures project, IEEP has conducted a survey among European policy makers on implementing bioenergy policy, identifying challenges and opportunities.
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy27 Jul 2011 -
The Interactions between European Policy Drivers for Increasing the Use of Biofuels in Transport
Ian Skinner and Bettina Kretschmer explain the complex interaction mechanisms between the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive.
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy
transport31 Jan 2011 -
The Land-Use Implications of EU Bioenergy Policy: Going Beyond ILUC
A new IEEP briefing discusses some of the modelling work that is undertaken in support of quantifying the land use change impact of biofuel use.
bioenergy
biofuels
land use
renewable energy31 Jan 2011 -
Bioenergy in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans: Issues and Uncertainties
Bogdan Atanasiu’s analysis of National Renewable Energy Action Plans reveals that more than half of the renewable energy which EU Member States expect to consume annually by 2020 will consist of bioenergy.
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy31 Jan 2011 -
The Indirect Land Use Change Impact of the Use of Biofuels in the EU
A new IEEP report analyses the indirect land use change (ILUC) impact of the substantial additional biofuel usage that will be generated up to 2020 by the targets under the EU renewable energy Directive. The report has recently been updated to include all 27 NREAPs.
biofuels
land use
renewable energy11 Nov 2010 -
Implementing the Renewable Energy Directive – Sustainability Requirements for Biofuels, the Question of Highly Biodiverse Grasslands
The renewable energy Directive (2009/28/EC) contains targets promoting both renewable energy and renewable transport fuels.Delivering compliance with these targets will increase demand for both biofuels ...
biofuels
grassland
renewable energy08 Feb 2010 -
Implementing the Renewable Energy Directive: Consultation Response
IEEP organised a dialogue around the delivery of the sustainability criteria set out in the Renewable Energy Directive ...
bioenergy
grassland
renewable energy08 Feb 2010 -
Working Paper 2: Operationalising Criteria to Protect Highly Biodiverse Grasslands under the Renewable Energy Directive (Directive 2009/28/EC)
This document builds on the analysis conducted within WP1, and sets out an approach to the implementation of Article 17.3.c of European Community Directive 2009/28/EC aimed at fulfilling the requirements ...
grassland
renewable energy04 Feb 2010 -
Working Paper 1: Interpreting Grassland Requirements set out within the Directive on Renewable Energy (Directive 2009/28/EC)
Commissioned by WWF European Policy Office from the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), this document aims to provide a basis for discussion, clarification and interpretation of the criteria ...
grassland
renewable energy04 Jan 2010 -
Mandatory Standards for Solid Biomass for Energy Increasingly Unlikely
IEEP Analysis Briefing: Energy
bioenergy
energy
renewable energy20 Nov 2009 -
New Study on the Implementation of the EU Climate and Renewable Energy Targets Launched
A new study by IEEP offers a first appraisal of efforts by EU governments to implement the targets set within the crucial Climate Action and Renewable Energy (CARE) package of policy measures. The report ...
climate and energy package
renewable energy27 Jun 2009 -
Positive Planning For Onshore Wind: Expanding Onshore Wind Energy Capacity While Conserving Nature
This report jointly issued by IEEP and RSPB sets out how onshore wind planning in the UK can be improved. This concludes that the rapid roll out of new wind energy capacity, now urgent if the UK is to ...
birds
nature conservation
renewable energy
wind turbine24 Mar 2009 -
Promoting Proactive Planning for Onshore Wind – one step in delivering the UK’s renewable energy targets
IEEP and RSPB have launched a new report setting out how onshore wind planning in the UK can be improved. This concludes that the rapid roll out of new wind energy capacity, now urgent if the UK is to ...
renewable energy
wind turbine23 Mar 2009 -
Biofuels Provisions in the Renewable Energy Directive - A Summary
EU Policy Briefing note - 8 February 2008
biofuels
renewable energy08 Feb 2008 -
IEEP Consultation Response on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting on Biofuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
This document includes IEEP's formal comments on the Department for Transport Consultation issues in June 2007 on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting under the RTFO. While we consider the proposals to ...
biofuels
renewable energy
transport12 Sep 2007 -
The Potential Environmental and Rural Impacts of Biofuel Production in the UK
This report summarises the outcome of the stakeholder process initiated by the Department for Transport (DfT) who invited the National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection (NSCA) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy to look at the potential impacts of biofuel production in the UK...
biofuels
renewable energy03 Mar 2004 -
air
air quality
biofuels
carbon
clean technologies
climate and energy package
climate change
energy
renewable energy
sustainable development
transport13 Dec 2002