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European renewable ethanol industry releases annual report

The European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePure) has released its annual 2015 State of the Industry Report.

The report offers a comprehensive look at the European ethanol industry, its market and policy environment, and is accompanied by a key facts sheet, which presents a concise overview of industry data, and a map of ethanol biorefineries in Europe.

The report also provides information on how European renewable ethanol helps reduce emissions in transport, contributes to Europe's energy security, uses land responsibly and in support of food production and is at the forefront of innovative sustainable technology and advanced biofuels.

The findings of the report demonstrate European renewable ethanol's clear record as a sustainable, low carbon energy source for transport.

'Last year was a difficult year for the European ethanol industry. We had a situation whereby domestic prices collapsed by 30%, a damaging trend that was primarily driven by the uncertainty surrounding Europe's biofuels policy. But the outlook is beginning to be more positive. This report shows that the European renewable ethanol has been a success story for Europe but it can contribute much more under the right policy conditions,' says Robert Wright, secretary general of ePURE.

'With the closure of the ILUC file, it is now up to Member States to implement Europe's 2020 targets. The introduction of E10 fuel can help them in this task. The EU-wide roll out of E10 would reduce transport emissions by 15 million tonnes, the equivalent to taking 9 million cars of the road for 1 year. It would also reduce oil use in Europe's transport sector by 50 million barrels,' Wright adds.

The report found that Europe produced 6.6 billion litres of renewable ethanol, an increase of 13% from 2013. This represented 7% of total global ethanol production. European renewable ethanol production capacity was 7.8 billion litres, meaning an overall production utilisation rate of 85%. The continent consumed 7.7 billion litres of ethanol (source: F.O. Lichts).





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