Monitoring Report: Renewable Energies in Transport

The European Union and large parts of the world aim to be carbon neutral in 25 years' time. With an average of 20 % of annual greenhouse gas emissions, the transport sector has a key role to play. The monitoring report "Renewable Energies in Transport" describes the current status of the energy transition in the transport sector in Germany, Europe and worldwide. It focuses on renewable fuels from biomass and electricity origin, and renewable hydrogen and electricity. It begins with an outlook on the energy transition in transport with the perspective of climate-neutral transport, comparing the future demand for renewable energy with its supply. It then presents the current status of transport and its infrastructure, the regulatory framework and key policy objectives for renewable energy, and the main steps in the renewable energy supply and use chain, followed by an environmental and economic classification.

The report is a follow-up and expansion of previous DBFZ reports No. 11 (Monitoring the Biofuel Sector) and No. 44 (Monitoring Renewable Energies in Transport) with a new layout. The monitoring report is only available in digital form, but individual figures can also be downloaded from the download area.

The monitoring report ‘Renewable Energy in Transport’ was largely financed from the DBFZ's own funds and those of the co-authors' institutions. The report used selected results from the InnoFuels (FKZ 16RK34002F) and REF4FU (FKZ 16RK24001C) projects. Both projects were funded by the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport with a total of €12.66 million as part of the Funding Programm Renewable Fuels. The funding guidelines for the development of renewable fuels are coordinated by NOW GmbH and implemented by the project management agencies VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH and Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V..