T&E: ‘Europe wastes area larger than Ireland on biofuel production’

Hilde Van Raemdonck

March 10, 2023

The production of crops for biofuels consumed in Europe requires 9,6 Mha of land – an area larger than the island of Ireland /transportenvironment.org

A new study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung, IFEU), commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E) reveals that the European Union wastes millions of hectares of fertile cropland for the production of biofuels. Crops for bi
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