Friday, 07 October 2022
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The European Parliament proposed on 14 September 2022 amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive. The amendments challenge the Commission’s proposals on how to count fuels as renewable when using electricity as feedstock, also known as renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs). The Parliament suggests making it easier to qualify fuels as RFNBOs when taking electricity from the grid. We examine how the legislators position GOs for this renewable electricity (RES-E) to RFNBO (also known as ‘Renewable-Grid’)pathway, and we examine what it could mean for the GO market.
The amendments proposed for the Directive by the Parliament introduce more obtainable criteria on the Renewable-Grid pathway. It is likely that the Commission now will adopt a RFNBO Delegated Act that reflects the di...