Research on the deployment of food and feed crop based biofuels in the Netherlands

By / 14/01/2022 / Analysis, Biofuels, Climate change, Energy policy, Netherlands, Projects, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Transport sector

For: Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Department Sustainable Mobility (Min IenW/DuMo) [July – August 2021] During the debates in Parliament of the required changes to the Wet Milieubeheer (Law Environmental Management) to implement the Renewable Energy Directive one member of Parliament submitted a motion in which the phase …

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sGU-Rapport ‘Inzet van biobrandstoffen uit voedsel- en voedergewassen’

By / 31/05/2022 / Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Climate, Climate change, Greenhouse gas emissions, Netherlands, Policy, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Transport sector

Een onderzoek van studio Gear Up in opdracht van het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat n.a.v. de aangehouden Motie (35626-21) van Kamerlid De Hoop over een afbouwpad van biobrandstoffen uit voedsel- en voedergewassen. Het rapport is hier te downloaden. In de Kamerbrief van Staatssecretaris Van Weyenberg van 8 oktober waarin …

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Road transport in the Emission Trading Scheme

By / 17/09/2021 / Analysis, Netherlands, Policy, Projects, Road transport

For: Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Min IenW) [November 2020 – April 2021] October 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands asked studio Gear Up to study the possible impacts and policy interactions of a proposal for an extension of the emission trading scheme …

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Achieving a climate negative Netherlands in 2030

By / 17/07/2021 / Bio-based economy, Carbon emissions, Circular economy, Climate, Climate change, E-fuels, Electric mobility, Energy consumption, Greenhouse gas emissions, Heating and cooling sector, Market Development, Netherlands, Passenger cars, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Scenario, Transport sector

Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant investigates how six extreme Missions for the Netherlands can be realized before 2030. This can be considered as a comment to the European Commission’s “Fit for 55” package to achieve 55% less climate impact in 2030 (published mid July). The ‘Missions’ the newspaper explore go …

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Greenhouse gas savings from biofuels in Germany

By / 04/02/2022 / Analysis, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Climate change, Germany, Greenhouse gas emissions, LCA, Low carbon fuels, Policy, Projects, Transport sector

For: VDB – Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie e.V. [March – April 2021] The most complex topic related to the sustainability of biofuels is Indirect Land Use Change, or ILUC. This is, simply said, the rippling effect that an increasing demand for biofuels feedstock can have in global agriculture, and which could lead to land …

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Analysis of the passenger car market in some EU MSs

By / 14/06/2021 / Analysis, Biofuels, Climate change, E-fuels, Electric mobility, EU28, Low carbon fuels, Policy, Publications, Renewable energy, Road transport sector, Social development, Transport sector

A presentation in FuelsEurope’s webinar on ‘Ensuring social inclusiveness” Loes Knotter presented during FuelsEurope’s “#ReFuels Week” webinar series first results of an analysis on available budgets for purchase new (or second hand) cars of various household income groups in some EU Member States. Her presentation is found here. The video …

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Analysis of car sales in 2020 in the Netherlands: sales of small and cheap cars are under pressure

By / 08/10/2021 / Analysis, Electric mobility, Market Development, Netherlands, Passenger cars, Publications, Renewable energy, Road transport, Road transport sector, Strategy analysis, Transport sector

In 2020, the sales of new battery-electric passenger vehicles hit another record with over 71 thousand cars registered (20% of total passenger car registrations). Total battery electric vehicle (BEV) registration was 14,5% higher than the 2019 BEV sales. Yet, this is not the only relevant trend. Due to the COVID-19 …

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Market analysis of biokerosine developments in the Netherlands

By / 22/05/2021 / Analysis, Aviation sector, Bio-based, Biofuels, Market Development, Netherlands, Projects

For: Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Directorate-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs (Min IenW/DGLM) [March – May 2021] The Directorate-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs of the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is closely monitoring the developments on the production of sustainable aviation fuels. For …

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Transport fuels from plastic waste

By / 25/05/2021 / Circular economy, Climate change, Low carbon fuels, Netherlands, Passenger cars, Publications, Recycled plastic, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Transport sector

Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant published an article (by Bard van de Weijer) about transport fuels made from non-recyclable plastic waste. A good idea or not? Read the article (in Dutch) via this link.  Eric van den Heuvel, partner at studio Gear Up, was one of the interviewees. He argued for a change in perspective …

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Mandates for sustainable aviation fuels in the EU

By / 24/06/2021 / Analysis, Aviation sector, Biofuels, Climate change, E-fuels, EU28, Policy, Publications, RED, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

How can mandates for sustainable aviation fuels help the broader bioenergy scale-up challenge? This was the central question in a presentation studio Gear Up gave at an Aviation Workshop at the 2021 European Biomass Conference and Exhibition on 29 April 2021. Eric van den Heuvel was one of the two …

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