In a joint statement, the Advanced Biofuels Coalition (LSB) has issued an open letter calling for recognition of the decarbonization potential of "sustainable and renewable fuels" in the forthcoming European Commission proposal on the revision of the CO2 Regulation for Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs).
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Representing the entire value chain, including fuel and automotive suppliers, vehicle manufacturers, dealers, repairers, and transport operators along with over 90 academic and research scholars, the signatories “eagerly anticipate the European Commission proposal on the revision of the CO2 Regulation for Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs).”
The Advanced Biofuels Coalition (previously known as Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels – LSB) letter points out that HDV transport is “a vital sector for the functioning of the internal market and a suitable regulatory framework shall support the development of clean vehicles using different technologies and fuels.”
Decarbonization is an immediate challenge and all options that can have a rapid impact need to be enabled.
Sustainable and renewable fuels can speed up the process and contribute to the achievement of the “Fit for 55” and the full decarbonization targets in road transport.
The signatories welcome the revision of the carbon dioxide (CO2) standards for HDVs in line with the “Fit for 55” objectives and believe that recognition of “all CO2 emission reduction pathways along the entire value chain is critical.”
Transport operators and vehicle manufacturers must be encouraged to consider cleaner fuel alternatives to fossil fuels, immediately available today, including liquid and gaseous renewable and synthetic fuels.
Depending on use cases, technology diversity is needed where all technologies, including electrification/hybridization, and hydrogen, but also sustainable and renewable fuels can play a role.
As such, the signatories “recommend that sustainable and renewable fuels are considered for compliance with the CO2 Regulation for HDVs.”
Including such a provision in the Regulation, the signatories say, would support the EU’s Green Deal objectives and accelerate the decarbonization of the commercial transport sector.
