Renewable Energy Directive - National transposition for industry

The Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection (BMWK) decided that the RFNBO industrial targets (from the Renewable Energy Directive revision) will not be passed on to individual companies and instead Germany will aim to achieve the binding targets through a combination of subsidy measures targeting the demand side. These could include CCfD, the H2Global and direct subsidies for steel producers (all of which were already in place by the time of this announcement). There is a range of estimates of 0.6-0.9 Mtpa of RFNBO supply needed to satisfy the industry target (see references). Germany said it will recognise the refinery route. It has not signalled plans for a separate multiplier or "correction factor" to lower the value compared with direct use of RFNBOs in mobility

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