Germany Seeks to End Crop Biofuels By 2030 in Food-Fuel Standoff
- Country currently consumes some 10m tons of crops for fuel use
- Biofuel group called the proposal ‘grotesquely anti-climate’
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Germany is weighing phasing out crop-based biofuels by the end of the decade, as high agriculture prices renew concerns over using food crops for fuel production.
The country is considering cutting the share of crop-based biofuels, a type of renewable energy source, in its greenhouse gas-reduction quota from the current 4.4% limit to 2.3% next year and zero by 2030, according to a draft bill seen by Bloomberg News. Germany consumes about 10 million tons annually of crops such as rapeseed, corn and soy for biofuels.