The Subsidy Scheme for Sustainable Energy Production and Climate Transition (SDE++) was published in the Government Gazette on September 22, 2020. With this scheme, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate encourages the reduction of CO2 emissions.
The new Budget Memorandum for the coming year was published on Budget Day. The cabinet has big plans and wants to give all citizens a little extra, as cabinets often do in their last year of government. But what does the climate look like? We outline the plans.
Climate policy By 2030, CO2 emissions in Europe must be reduced by 55 percent, instead of the previously agreed 40 percent. The European Commission wants to show that the crisis does not stand in the way of climate ambitions.
COVID-19 is permanently changing the global energy outlook, but not enough to achieve the Paris climate goals.
Later this morning, the government will present the 'National Growth Fund', for which a total of 20 billion euros can be borrowed over the next five years. That money must be used for long-term investments, such as projects in knowledge development, infrastructure, research and innovation.
The European Commission is tightening measures to achieve the climate neutrality target in 2050. In ten years, by 2030, greenhouse gas emissions must have fallen by at least 55 percent.
Many negative reports about biomass have appeared in the media in recent years. Entire forests would disappear into the power plants.
Several European countries considered leaders in climate protection owe their apparently good emissions reductions to biomass.
AEB's new biomass power plant was already controversial before the first wood chips disappeared. Incomprehensible, say the employees who start up the hypermodern energy source. "If I didn't believe in it, I wouldn't work here."
At the end of June 2020, the Bioraw Materials Steering Group published the National Bioraw Materials Roadmap; Towards a larger supply and better utilization.
The elimination of biomass power stations jeopardizes making tens of thousands of homes natural gas-free. This is evident from a tour by BNR.
Sustainable bio-raw materials are a necessary and valuable source for a CO2-neutral and circular economy and necessary to achieve climate goals.
Biomass is indispensable for the transition to a CO2-neutral and circular economy in 2050, but it must be used sustainably and at the highest possible quality.
There are many misunderstandings surrounding the use of biomass and people seem to be falling into wishful thinking just to get rid of biofuel, Leo Meyer and six other experts note.
The area of European forest where wood is felled has increased by almost fifty percent in just a few years. Is it even faster here than in the Amazon?
The increasing demand for forest services and products, driven by the bioeconomy, poses challenges for sustainable forest management.
In the Radio 1 program This is the Day on June 15, Marjan Minnesma of Urgenda expressed strong doubts about the role of biomass in the energy transition.
Read PBE's full response in the attached PDF below.
Bioenergy is the largest source of renewable energy with a share of 61% (2017). The majority of this production is achieved with biomass from our own country.
Achieving the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global temperature rise will require rapid deployment of zero-emission energy and greatly increased carbon sequestration.
Energy from woody biomass can be very positive for the climate, especially when applying sustainable forest management practices, and when the biomass is used efficiently.
