Biodiesel initiatives in Germany

May 2005

Regarding the production and usage of biodiesel in Germany the ifeu – Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg was charged by VITO, Belgium, to create a survey, within the European project PREMIA 2005 is to assess the effectiveness and cost efficiency of policy measures to support the market introduction of alternative motor fuels.
This survey was to cover the following partial aspects:
a – the current state of the legal framework including its historic development under special consideration of the product norms and standards, authorisation and taxation of blends, systematic quality checks and certifications, incentives, and support programmes,
b – a description of concrete initiatives especially on biodiesel production plants and fleets using biodiesel,
c – an impact assessment of biodiesel with a focus on the amount of biodiesel on the market and amount of agricultural area dedicated to biodiesel, the biodiesel potentials, its public acceptance, the continued cost to the society, environmental impacts, and other effects under consideration of the share of the actions mentioned in b.

By: Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (ifeu), Germany

 
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