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Scientists challenge biofuels claim
Friday 3 Aug 12 10:00am
German researchers have unveiled evidence suggesting European Commission claims that locally produced rapeseed biodiesel cut back at least 38 per cent of greenhouse gases compared with fossil fuels, are unfounded.
Two experts at Jena’s Schiller University in eastern Germany used the same calculation system as that applied by the EC, but found that in eight out of 12 scenarios rapeseed biodiesel failed to meet the 35 per cent GHG savings level or threshold stipulated by the 2009 renewable energy directive, and normally falls below 30 per cent.
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