Germany has published its Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, setting out the policy framework and key strategies to achieve climate neutrality by 2045. The roadmap places strong emphasis on renewable electricity, electrification and energy efficiency, while recognising that climate-neutral fuels will also be needed where direct electrification is not yet technically or economically viable. [Roadmap, pp. 3–8]

Eurofuel, the European Liquid Heating Fuels Association, welcomes the European Commission’s announcement of a Strategic Dialogue on European refineries. The announcement follows the G7 Leaders’ recent discussion on energy security. It comes at a time when developments in international energy markets are once again demonstrating the importance of reliable energy supplies.

For Eurofuel, these developments highlight that Europe’s energy transition must also be an energy security strategy.

Eurofuel has joined a broad coalition of organisations representing renewable fuel producers, suppliers and users in issuing a Joint Statement on the Role of Renewable Fuels in the Energy Transition of Heating.

The statement calls on the European Commission to recognise renewable molecules, including renewable fuels for heating, as an essential component of a climate-neutral, decarbonised and affordable heating sector.