Parliament lawmakers raise e-fuels targets in bid to boost market

 

Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s industry committee voted Wednesday (13 July) to more than double the 2030 target for fuels produced from green electricity in the transport sector, a move aimed at bolstering the fledgling electro-fuels market.

Industry committee MEPs want the 2.6% target tabled by the European Commission to be reached by 2028, with the minimum share increasing to 5.7% of transport energy by 2030.

Lawmakers also introduced a 1.2% synthetic fuel target for the maritime sector by 2030 – a measure absent from the Commission’s proposal.

The higher quotas for so-called “Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin” (RFNBOs) were introduced in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive, which is currently being revised to align with the bloc’s higher climate goals for 2030. (...)