MEPs double EU hydrogen transport goal
European Parliament’s industry committee wants 5.7pc share of renewable fuels in the transport sector by 2030
The European Parliament’s industry committee has reached a position on its review of the Renewable Energy Directive (Red) that sets a 5.7pc target for renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs) in the transport sector by 2030. This compares with the European Commission’s original proposal of 2.6pc and the EU Council position at the same level. RFNBOs consist mostly of renewable hydrogen and hydrogen-based synthetic fuels. The industry committee also agreed a new subtarget of at least 1.2pc RFNBOs by 2030 in the maritime sector—a measure that was not in the Commission proposal. 5.7pc – Target set by industry committee for RFNBOs in the transport sector And the committee agreed
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