Biodiesel and other biofuels. Abridged version of the UFOP report 2005/2006. Tax regulations, market development and R&B for biodiesel

Oct 2006

This is the abridged version of the UFOP report 2005/2006 that analyses tax regulations, market development and R & B in the German case study.
The UFOP believes that the main factors for political motivation to promote the use of biofuels are the protection of the climate, securing the fuel supply, and the development of rural areas. Given the rapid rising of the crude oil price and increasing geopolitical uncertainties, the security of energy supply does not only govern politics in Germany but around the globe.
As an element of the national energy supply, the UFOP argues that the German biomass potential is gaining more increasing importance. This is reflected in the biomass action plan carried out by the German Government and the national overall strategy concerning any future energy policy. By doing so the German Bundestag put itself in line with the EU Biomass Action Plan suggested by the EU Commission at the end of 2005 and the EU strategy for biofuels of January 2006.
Firstly, the authors investigate a debate that has risen about biomass: should it be used predominately used for energy production?
Secondly, this brief report analyses biofuel tax regulations in German, that the Bundestag has resolved through partial taxation and legally binding regulations for biofuels since 2003.
Lastly, this study gives a quick view of the German petroleum consumption scenario, German energy tax and biofuel acts, German production capacity of biodiesel, EU action plans and strategies regarding biofuels and an overview of biofuel policy in EU members.

By: Union for promoting oil and protein plants (UFOP)

 
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