Using less grain and vegetable oil in biofuels is not the only option for Germany to cut CO2 emissions, its environment ministry said on Tuesday as the war in Ukraine has spurred Berlin to speed up plans to cap fuel production from food.
The European Union has agreed on a 7% cap for food-based biofuels. Germany, which is the European Union's biggest rapeseed producer, has set out to reduce that figure further - most recently to 4.4% - and now looks to go even lower, with the agriculture ministry saying it is working on new legislation to achieve this.
On Friday, German paper Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung had reported that Environment Minister Steffi Lemke was working with the Agriculture Ministry on such a limit as "agricultural land is needed for food, as the war in Ukraine dramatically shows us." The spokesperson said Lemke's plans to further limit use of food products in biofuels was a "logical next step" but declined to give more details on the scope and timeline of the proposed changes.
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