Ministry: Amendment will prioritise waste-based fuels and green hydrogen

The Ministry of the Environment has submitted a proposed amendment that will prioritise advanced biofuels made from waste and renewable fuels produced using green electricity. The amendment will also gradually phase out support for biofuels made from food crops.

As reported by CEEnergyNews, the new regulation sets out rules supporting fuels made, for example, from straw, wood residues, algae or waste from the food industry. The key characteristic of these energy feedstocks is that they can no longer be used to produce food or feed, and are therefore waste with no further use. This distinguishes them from typical energy feedstocks, which are deliberately grown for use in transport fuel production.

The amendment will also support so-called renewable fuels of non-biological origin. These fuels use renewable electricity from solar, wind or hydropower sources instead of plant or animal material, and produce green hydrogen, synthetic methanol, synthetic methane and other synthetic fuels.