{"id":5131,"date":"2022-09-12T15:12:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eubioenergy.com\/2022\/09\/12\/our-recommendations-for-the-eu-parliaments-plenary-vote-on-the-renewable-energy-directive\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T17:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:07:58","slug":"our-recommendations-for-the-eu-parliaments-plenary-vote-on-the-renewable-energy-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eubioenergy.com\/fr\/2022\/09\/12\/our-recommendations-for-the-eu-parliaments-plenary-vote-on-the-renewable-energy-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"Our recommendations for the EU Parliament\u2019s plenary vote on the Renewable Energy Directive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our recommendations for the EU Parliament\u2019s plenary vote on the Renewable Energy Directive<\/h2>\n\n<p>On September 14, MEPs will vote in plenary the new Renewable Energy Directive.<\/p>\n\n<p>The MEPs decision will determine the future of our forests: voting for more subsidies for bioenergy will increase the pressure on EU forests, already damaged by over-logging. About half of the wood used in the EU is burned for energy. <strong>Every year, the EU burns 20 times more wood for bioenergy than what burned in this summer&rsquo;s forest fires.<\/strong> It simply makes no sense to subsidize it.<\/p>\n\n<p>We believe our forests must remain standing to support vital biodiversity and keep CO<sub>2<\/sub> sequestered to help EU climate goals. The annual \u20ac12 billion of subsidies for bioenergy should instead be invested in real renewables like solar, wind, and geothermal.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The EU needs to protect and restore forests, for people, for biodiversity and for the climate &#8211; not log them for energy<\/strong>. <strong>MEPs, please vote to protect our future<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our voting recommendations<\/strong> <strong>for forest biomass:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9f9979abbe911e4dac3d6867bcef7b72 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(91,221,137) 6%,rgb(107,228,125) 100%);color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\">SUPPORT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Definition of primary woody biomass (worst type of wood to burn) : weakened by exemptions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 42<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"background-color:#ea564c;\"><strong>REJECT \u2018natural disasters\u2019<\/strong> in split vote<\/span><br\/><em>Justification: this language could permit subsidies for logging a whole forest just because some trees are affected by a storm<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Subsidies &amp; targets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendments 44, 45, 47<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>(1) <strong>Stops subsidies for burning forest biomass<\/strong> (<em>keep this)<\/em><\/li><li>(2) Sets a <strong>CAP on volume of forest biomass counting towards renewable energy targets<\/strong> &#8211; baseline: average 2017-2022.<\/li><li><span style=\"background-color:#ea564c;\"><strong>REJECT \u00ab\u00a0-2022\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> in split vote<\/span><br\/><em>Justification: wood use in 2022 will be abnormally high; and 2017 is the latest year with available data.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Phase down of counting volume of forest biomass to renewable targets<\/strong>. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 48<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>No immediate action until 2026 after Impact Assessment and review. <\/li><li><span style=\"background-color:#ea564c;\"><strong>REJECT &lsquo;review&rsquo;<\/strong> in split vote<\/span><br\/><em>Justification: the Commission has already assessed problems with forest biomass \u2013 no new review is needed<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. No support for burning forest biomass in <strong>electricity only plants<\/strong> <strong>above 20 MW<\/strong>. <em>Reinstates ENVI position<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reinstates ENVI position<\/strong><br\/><em>Justification: electricity only plants are extremely inefficient and do not justify subsidies. At the minimum the large ones should not receive support.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Primary woody biomass should not count towards renewable targets or be subsidised.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 75<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><em>Justification: this position reflects the science. It should be supported.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><em>large ones should not receive support.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Cascading principle of use of wood<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Split vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vote to SUPPORT<\/strong> cascading principle included in RED. It is vital to keep this principle in EU law.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b6d56cf783971b19c841417c38f4e605 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(236,87,70) 0%,rgb(230,83,83) 100%);color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\">REJECT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>1.  <\/strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><em>Justification: Unacceptably further weakens definition of \u2018primary woody biomass\u2019 (PWB), thereby keeping biomass incentives intact for nearly all types of wood.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>2. <\/strong><\/strong>Stops existing plants having to <strong>meet GHG saving criteria<\/strong> \u2013 only some new ones from Jan 2021 will be affected<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 46<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><em>Justification: many installations run for decades, it is vital to minimise their GHG emissions.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our voting recommendations<\/strong> <strong>for biofuels:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5a8e9bfec087bdb54b7d63ec2a916412 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(91,221,137) 6%,rgb(107,228,125) 100%);color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\">SUPPORT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>This amendment includes the whole ITRE report that was adopted in July; we are supportive of the agreement overall and in particular the palm and soy (via high-ILUC revision) phase out; however, we are concerned about the status quo regarding the food and feed cap &#8211; by increasing the overall RES-T target in parallel it will drive the use of crop biofuels (among others) amidst the food security crisis we are facing; please see below more progressive options on the food and feed cap.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>It suggests a temporary suspension of food and feed biofuels in times of food security crisis like the one we are facing now<em>.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 54<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>It retables the ENVI report on the food and feed cap and adds also the possibility of a temporary suspension of food and feed based biofuels in times of food crisis.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 55<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>It adds to the ITRE text on the phase out of palm and soy the phase-out of by-products as well. <\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b4b8820e6e92d50a30c275c8f871e92f is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(236,87,70) 0%,rgb(230,83,83) 100%);color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\">REJECT<strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendments 17-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>They delete the sustainability criteria on raw materials for biofuels production from agricultural and\/or forest biomass<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>It introduces double counting for 6 years for the share of biofuels and biogas from grape marcs and wine lees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendments 35 &amp; 36<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>We recommend to reject these two amendments on Annex V and Annex VI that change the emission values in these annexes to less ambitious ones.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 37<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>It includes in part B of Annex IX different biomass fuel feedstocks used in stationary installations outside of transport sector.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Amendment 43<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>It proposes weaker text on the cascading principle than the ENVI and ITRE reports.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 14, MEPs will vote in plenary the new Renewable Energy Directive.<\/p>\n<p>Here are our vote recommendations for forest biomass &amp; 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