Which plausible futures might materialise and which are the crucial uncertainties that influence to a ‘make or break’ level your activities? How will competitors, regulators, clients act in a specific scenario and are your well-prepared to act. The current transition from a fossil-based economy to a society that should operate […]
Scenario Planning and Analysis Read More
Understanding the upcoming policy developments toward a sustainable, climate neutral, fossil free, biobased and circular economy is essential to determine and strengthen your market position for the future. We can provide strategic support to understand these developments and to assess how regulations will impact. Equally, governmental bodies need to understand
Strategic Market and Policy Analysis Read More
A Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) producer asked us to assist them in identifying their obligations under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the Dutch national CO2 taxation scheme.
For this analysis, we assessed the (future) participation requirements of the SAF producer under EU ETS based on their production set-up.
Understanding the EU and NL carbon emission obligation schemes for SAF production Read More
For: Scania Netherlands B.V. [October 2024] For its reporting on the Science Based targets, Scania needs to understand the deployment of renewable fuels in transport in several counties, among which The Netherlands. We have been asked to provide information about the volumes of renewable fuels deployed in 2023 in The
Overview of renewable fuels in Dutch transport Read More
For: Several fuel suppliers in the Netherlands [August – October 2024] studio Gear Up has been helping several fuel suppliers to the Dutch transport markets with practical preparations for the ETS 2 system, under which they will become an obligated party. To be prepared for these upcoming regulations, we have
Workshops to prepare for ETS 2 Read More
There is the need for transparent information flows on the attributes of renewable fuels used in transport markets. Transport and logistics activities represent a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions related the products that consumers buy. Renewable fuels play a fundamental role in reducing these emissions. The Clean Fuel Contract
Clean Fuel Contracts: Guidance to provide information about renewable fuels for end-users Read More
PDF’s of presentation are available now Please see the links in the programme section below for downloads of the PDF’s. EU-India SAGB Webinar The Carbon Accounting Renewable Fuels webinar took place on 28 August 2024 and was organised by the EU-India Stakeholder Group on Advanced Biofuels (EU-India SGAB) in the
Webinar Carbon Accounting Renewables Fuels Read More
Prior to the 2024 European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (June 2024, Marseille) a tripartite meeting between EU, India and China delegations from research bodies, industrial companies and policy makers was organised to exchange how in the three regions the perspectives for biomethane and for sustainable aviation fuels could be enhanced.
Perspective on SAF and Biomethane in Europe Read More
For: ETFuels Ltd [December 2023 – February 2024] studio Gear Up conducted a carbon footprint calculation for ETFuels to provide insights into the greenhouse gas emission performance resulting from the e-methanol production process and related savings. ETFuels is currently developing e-methanol production plants in Europe and the USA. Their ambition
Carbon footprint calculation of e-methanol Read More
With Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 the European Commission defined several options to certify low ILUC-risk feedstock for EU biofuels. Now that the criteria have been worked out and tested, it becomes clear that the approaches are highly complex, while the additional yields will likely be small. If low ILUC-risk certification
Challenges and risks of low ILUC-risk certification for the biofuel sector Read More
