Abstract
The Member States of the European Union are on the way to fulfill targets for renewable electricity use set in 2001. In this paper, the implementation of directives concerning renewable electricity is assessed on EU level and in three example countries: Finland, Germany and the Netherlands. Conclusions are drawn regarding policy measures and barriers hindering the exploitation of renewable energy, with a special focus on bioenergy and biomass. Furthermore, in the light of the above-mentioned analysis, the role of bioenergy in the national efforts of reaching the targets for renewable energy use in 2020, as set in the directive 2009/28/EC, is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 109-116 |
Journal | Biomass and Bioenergy |
Volume | 38 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2012 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
This paper was based on work conducted in the Bioenergy Network of Excellence: Overcoming Barriers to Bioenergy (2004–2009), a project funded by the European Commission’s DG Research under the Sixth Framework Program. The authors would like to acknowledge the community of researchers from the eight research institutes from across Europe participating in the Bioenergy NoE during the past years.
Keywords
- Barriers to bioenergy
- Electricity sector
- Energy policy instruments
- EU energy policy
- Renewable energy targets