Biofuels meet EU CO2 target but gains vary: study

Reuters
Fri Oct 9, 2009 10:59am EDT
By Gus Trompiz and Valerie Parent

PARIS (Reuters) - The current generation of biofuels meets a European target for cutting carbon dioxide emissions but its performance varies widely depending on the crop and production process used, an official French study has shown.

Biofuels made with grains and oilseeds mostly showed a fall in emissions of 60-80 percent versus fossil fuels, above a 35 percent objective set by the European Union for 2010, according to the study published late on Thursday by French energy and environment agency Ademe.

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