Biofuel development at stake in the European Union

Florence Jacquet, Laure Bamière, Jean-Christophe Bureau, Loïc Guindé, Guy Millet, David Tréguer and Hervé Guyomard

INRAE Sciences Sociales, 2007, vol. 2007, 6

Abstract: In March 2007, the European Council announced that a minimum proportion of 10% of biofuels should be incorporated into the fuels used for road transport by 2010. The European public authorities put forward three main factors to justify such an ambition : the reduction in Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the diversification of energy supplies and farm income support. While we wonder how the 5.75% incorporation could be reached by 2010, this new boost to Community policy on biofuels raises several questions.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156629

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