Renewable fuels

Exploring systems of renewable fuels certificate and their trading mechanisms

By / / Biofuels, E-fuels, Energy policy, Low carbon fuels, Market Development, Projects, RED, Renewable fuels

For: European energy company [September 2022 – December 2022] A large European energy company, active in the sustainable mobility and energy transition field, sought insights into the Dutch Renewable Energy in Transport system (HBE system). They recognised it could be potentially interesting to have a similar system in their home […]

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Management of the Netherlands Platform Renewable Fuels

By / / Bio-based economy, Circular economy, Netherlands, Policy, Projects, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Transport sector

For: Platform Hernieuwbare Brandstoffen / Netherlands Platform Renewable Fuels [Oct 2016 – now] Managing the independent knowledge and innovation Platform Renewable Fuels (i) to support an accelerated mitigation the climate impact of the transport sector and (ii) to enable the builds up of a biobased economy in The Netherlands. studio

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Workshop over kosteneffectieve invulling RED3-doelen

By / / Analysis, Aviation sector, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Climate change, E-fuels, Electric mobility, Netherlands, Policy, Projects, RED, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Workshop

Voor: RVO / Platform Hernieuwbare Brandstoffen [november – december 2022] Het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat is in voorbereiding voor de imnplementatie van RED3. Bij de opzet van het systeem wordt overwogen om sectorspecifieke verplichtingen in te stellen voor wegverkeer, zeevaart en lichtvaart en daarboven op ook een ‘sector-vrije’ verplichting.

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Quick-scan analysis on the ‘Renewable energy in transport’ multiplier for biofuels in shipping

By / / Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Climate change, Greenhouse gas emissions, Netherlands, Projects, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Road transport sector, Shipping sector, Transport sector, Workshop

For: RVO – Netherlands Enterprise Agency [October 2022] RVO, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, asked studio Gear Up for a concise analysis on the height of the multiplier that currently is used for bunkering advanced biofuels to the maritime sector. The specific question concerned whether a change to the factor for

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Demand for hydrogen in aviation fuels in the Netherlands

By / / Aviation sector, Bio-based, Biofuels, E-fuels, Market Development, Netherlands, Projects, Renewable fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

For: Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Department of Aviation [September – December 2022] July 2021 the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation that would set mandatory targets for the deployment of renewable fuels in the European transport sector, known as ‘ReFuelEU Aviation’. Aimed to be implemented

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Accelerating Energy Independence and Emission Reduction: the role of advanced biofuels in transport

By / / Biofuels, Climate change, EU28, Publications, RED, Renewable fuels

a hybrid EurActiv event on 6 September 2022, Brussels/online Carlo Hamelinck of studio Gear Up will be one of the panelists at an Euroactive event that discusses the role of low-carbon liquid fuels and especially advanced biofuels in the energy transition in Europe. The panelists will reflect on the proposal

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Greenhouse gas abatement costs for passenger cars

By / / Analysis, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Climate change, EU, GHG abatement costs, Passenger cars, Projects, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Road transport sector, Transport sector

For: ePURE – the European renewable ethanol association [January – May 2022] The European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) would like to understand the position of bio-ethanol compared to various renewable fuel and drivetrain options for climate action in the passenger car segment. This based on their greenhouse gas emission abatement

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Renewable energy in transport in NL more than doubled in ten years time, yet share fossil still above 90%

By / / Analysis, Biofuels, Climate change, Electric mobility, Energy consumption, Low carbon fuels, Netherlands, Policy, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport

From 2011 to 2020 the share of renewable energy in the Dutch transport sector grew from 3,4% to 9,1%. This is a big achievement but yet the inconvenient reality is that still more than 90% of energy used in transport is still from fossil source (see Figure 1). In national

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The carbon footprint of methanol produced from various feedstocks

By / / Carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, Chemical sector, Greenhouse gas emissions, Projects, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Shipping sector, Transport sector

For: Methanol Institute [January – October 2021] Methanol is an important base chemical and, when produced from renewable sources, methanol is interesting as a low carbon alternative fuel for e.g. the shipping sector. To understand the carbon savings that can be achieved by renewable methanol, requires up-to-date information on the

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Low-carbon mobility with renewable fuels

By / / Analysis, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, E-fuels, Electric mobility, EU, Passenger cars, Policy, Projects, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport, TCO, Transport sector

For: FuelsEurope [April – October 2021] Downloads: The Full Report “Low-carbon mobility with renewable fuels“. The Annex Report: “Total Cost of Ownership analysis in 16 European Member States“. FuelsEurope has asked studio Gear Up to study the societal impacts and the consequences of light duty fleet electrification on access to

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