DI Bioenergy proposes amendment to ILUC directive

The proposed amendment from DI Bioenergy, which is part of the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI), states that DI Bioenergy agrees with the intention of the European Commission's proposal for a revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD). All real climate and environmental effects must be taken into account, and a solid basis for the marketing of a wide range of sustainable biofuels must be created.

The proposed amendment from DI Bioenergy establishes that the Commission compares sustainably produced first generation biofuels with un-sustainable first generation biofuels, which is unacceptable. 

It states; “The proposal undermines the commercial basis for sustainable production - regardless of feedstock.” 

Incorporation of co-product value

DI Bioenergy puts forward a number of amendments to the proposed directive, and writes that the CO2 mitigation potential of co-products should be incorporated. 

This means that the value of the EU produced feed protein, which replaces part of the imported soybean protein from South America, should be included when calculating the GHG reduction of biofuels. 

No fictive cap on first generation biofuels

DI Bioenergy proposes that the 5 % cap on first generation biofuels is removed, and that the biofuels with the highest CO2 mitigation potential are rewarded. 

The ambition should be that all biofuels – regardless of ”generation" - meet the agreed sustainability requirements - regardless of feedstock. In the long term, the misleading distinction between first and second generation should be repealed.