Nov. 26, 2007
A new European Commission assessment concludes that the EU's target to raise the share of biofuels in the transport sector to 10 percent by 2020 can be met "without disrupting domestic food, feed and non-food markets." Study results were based on predictions of large projects involving second-generation biofuels that convert a majority of crop biomass into usable fuel, and also on the assumption that such developments will account for 30 percent of the market in 13 years' time.
The commission's agriculture department estimated that 15 percent of total arable land would be committed to biofuel production if the target is met, calling the impact "relatively modest."
