AUTHORS: Catherine Bowyer

EU Policy Briefing – 27 April 2007

In January’s Energy Package the European Commission proposed a new target for the market penetration of biofuels – 10 per cent of the diesel and petrol market by 2020. At the March European Council meeting, Europe’s Heads of State and Government endorsed 10 per cent as a minimum, binding target subject to ‘production being sustainable’ and ‘second-generation biofuels becoming commercially available’.