In Belgium, ePURE is among the signatories of an open letter calling on the European Commission to revise the Fuel Quality Directive to increase the current ethanol volume cap from 10% to 20% and raise the oxygen mass limit from 3.7% to 8.0%. The letter, signed by a range of sectors including biofuels, agriculture, automotive […]
In Belgium, production and use of renewable ethanol from ePURE members and other EU producers reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by an average of nearly 82% compared to fossil fuels in 2025, according to newly certified data. This record-high sustainability score for renewable ethanol represents a 16-year trend of European renewable ethanol approaching carbon-neutrality. It also confirms […]
In Belgium, ePure says the European Commission’s new recommendation that the EU could increase its use of biofuels as a way to boost energy security and reduce dependence on fossil oil is yet another reminder of the strategic importance of renewable ethanol in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical climate. European ethanol biorefineries producing food, feed, fuel […]
In Belgium, ePure says the newly announced trade agreement between the EU and Australia is the latest blow to Europe’s renewable ethanol industry and agriculture sector at large, who are already reeling from the EU-Mercosur deal. The EU-Australia deal gives duty-free EU access to 10,000 tons of Australian ethanol: a major concession on a highly […]
In Belgium, ePure says the European Commission’s decision to circumvent the democratic process by provisionally applying the EU-Mercosur trade agreement is yet another sign that the deal is a bad one for Europe – especially for the strategically important EU renewable ethanol industry and the European agricultural sector. In addition to ignoring the vote by […]
In Belgium, ePure says that if a trade deal takes 25 years to negotiate and still isn’t right, perhaps that’s a sign it should be scrapped. Even after all this time and effort to drag it across the finishing line, the EU-Mercosur agreement remains a bad deal for the EU renewable ethanol sector, for European […]
In Belgium, ePURE has submitted its reply to the EU public consultation on the CO2 emissions standards for cars and vans regulation. The reply to the public consultation is structured around six priorities: · The CO2 for cars and vans review should respect technology neutrality and recognize all alternatives based on GHG emission reduction · […]
In Belgium, European ethanol biorefineries produced more food and animal feed than fuel in 2024, according to audited data released today by ePURE, the European renewable ethanol association. ePURE members – representing 85% of EU installed ethanol production capacity – and other European producers of renewable ethanol produced 6.9 million metric tons of food and […]
In Belgium, ePure says that according to several media reports, EU officials have confirmed that ethanol is not included in the scope of the July 28 EU-US trade agreement. Likewise, ethanol is not mentioned in either the White House fact sheet or the European Commission fact sheet on the deal. As the details of the […]
In Belgium, production and use of renewable ethanol from ePURE members and other EU producers reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by an average of 79% compared to fossil fuels in 2024, according to newly certified data. As EU policymakers consider how best to decarbonize road transport, the new high level of GHG savings once again confirms the […]
