- The Irish transport sector uses more than double the legal limit of waste-based biofuels such as used cooking oil, putting Ireland in breach of European law, EURACTIV has learned.
- An expert with knowledge of the energy landscape in Ireland confirmed to EURACTIV that little has changed in the country’s transport energy mix since 2020, meaning the country almost certainly remains in breach of the cap.
- In what appears to be a misinterpretation, the Irish government has enshrined in national law that the legal limit on waste biofuels applies from 2030, even though there is no reference to 2030 in the original EU text.
Revealed: How Ireland found itself breaching EU limits on biofuels
