WG5 Marketing

WG5 addresses issues relating to European Biofuels Markets and policy. A Strategy Deployment Document was developed by WG5 and published (together with the Strategic Research Agenda) in January 2008. An Update to the SRA was published in summer 2010.

WG5 continues to address important topics relating to biofuels markets, by providing papers to the Commission outlining views on policy issues gathered from WG members of the EBTP, and approved by the Steering Committee.

In September 2011, a draft policy toolkit was sent to the EC to share views on what measures are needed, and which tools are not sufficient, to promote advanced biofuels.

An ILUC paper has also been produced. In the context of the discussion around indirect land use change for biofuels, the European Biofuels Technology Platform holds the view that there is an opportunity for the EU to signal its support to policies that further enhance the deployment of advanced biofuels.

Views on ILUC (74 Kb)

Other topics covered by WG5 include aviation biofuels.