Bioenergy Europe regularly participates in Public Consultations published by the European Commission on the Have Your Say portal.
While European associations like Bioenergy Europe can share coordinated positions based on members’ indications, all members are also invited to share their opinion.
We gathered here the most relevant open consultations for the sector:
The initiative reviewed the EU taxonomy climate delegated act to update and simplify the technical screening criteria. Bioenergy Europe’s written contribution can be found here. For more information please contact Irene di Padua.
Heating is one of the areas where Europe can make faster and more affordable progress on climate action, but only if it is treated as a priority.
Bioenergy Europe created 3 video series to call on the European Commission to prioritise clean heat as a vital aspect of the energy transition. Discover:
A call for evidence and a survey for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII) and a call for evidence and a survey for the revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Both the calls for evidence are open until 16th April, while the questionnaires will remain open until 12th June.
Bioenergy Europe will prepare a draft reply to both consultations, please share your inputs by 31st March COB. For more information, please contact Irene di Padua.
In our new Heating and Cooling Lab video the message is clear: electrification is part of the solution, but if we try to push almost all heating demand onto the power grid, we risk creating a new problem.
Fossil fuels still represent 74% of heating demand. To replace fossil fuels all renewables must grow. That is why the Strategy must support a balanced mix of solutions that looks at local realities.
Watch the video and read Bioenergy Europe’s position on the EU Heating and Cooling Strategy here.
In our latest video, we asked Christophe Dauriac Chief Sustainability officer at Green Alliance, his view on the upcoming Heating and Cooling Strategy. He reminded us that Europe still runs on fossil fuels, locking in GHG emissions and energy dependence.
His message is simple: renewable heating like bioenergy must progressively replace fossil fuels. That means scaling up modern bioenergy systems and look for hybrid solutions.
Discover his message to the European Commission and read our position on the European Heating and Cooling Strategy.
Following the Parliament and Council’s endorsement in December, the revised EUDR has been published on the Official Journal of the EU, you can find it here. The revised regulation entered into force three days after the publication. For more information, please contact Manolis Karampinis.
To further discuss the implications of the revision for the bioenergy sector and the next steps, you can join Bioenergy Europe’s Task Force EUDR meeting on Monday 12 January from 14:00. You can register here.
The consultation aims to keep Europe on track to meet its climate goals, while strengthening and modernising the current rules and putting forward an enabling framework for the decade ahead, securing Europe’s competitiveness and sustainability. For more info, please contact Irene di Padua.
The consultation covers the revision of biofuel, bioliquid and biomass fuel production pathway values and modifying methodology (Annex V and VI of Renewable Energy Directive). It will stay open until 26 January. Bioenergy Europe will work on its draft reply, all members are invited to share input by 9 January at latest. For more info, please contact Irene di Padua.
