EuropaBio Responds to EU Biofuel Proposal
August 24, 2007| |
The available biomass in Europe will need to be increased through cultivation in a sustainable and competitive way in order to achieve the "ambitious goals of biofuel use set by the European Union (EU)". This was the reaction of EuropaBio, the European association for bioindustries, to the "Integrated energy and climate change package" proposal endorsed by EU Heads of State and which is currently being discussed in the European Parliament.
EuropaBio added that the output per hectare needs to be increased as well as crop quality that offers more fermentable carbohydrates or higher oil content crops. They suggested doing this through modern plant breeding techniques and biotechnology in combination with state-of-the-art application of crop protection.
View EuropaBio's press release at http://www.europabio.org/articles/PR_Biofuels_17Aug07.doc.
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