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On 13 October 2022, during the 2022 EBB General Assembly, EBB members elected the new EBB Executive Board for the term 2022-2024. Mr. Dickon Posnett, from the company Argent Energy, was elected as EBB President, together with the 2 Vice-Presidents and 8 Board members. Mr. Dickon Posnett is the Director of Corporate Affairs for Argent…

Q&A: Kristell Guizouarn, president of the European Biodiesel Board and Group Regulatory Affairs Director at Groupe Avril, on Fit for 55 and the use of sustainable biodiesel across Europe Phasing out fossil fuels in the transport sector and other aspects of life is no longer just a climate change issue. The war in Ukraine has…

Russia’s war on Ukraine has dramatically highlighted the urgency of reducing the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and supporting its energy and food independence. This effort will require mobilising an array of domestic resources. Fortunately, as Simona Vackeová and Xavier Noyon write, the EU has a homegrown solution that is already displacing fossil fuel in…

28 October 2021: Sustainable biodiesel is an essential solution to help the EU achieve its Green Deal objectives and the Fit-for-55 decarbonisation targets. While some transport sectors can easily be electrified, others are harder to decarbonise, such as heavy-duty, aviation, or maritime transport. Biodiesel can, and should, be used to pave their way to decarbonisation.…

Decarbonizing the EU transport sector comes with huge challenges — European biodiesel producers have a key role to play With the European Green Deal in the spotlight, the electrification of road transport is taking center stage, promising a mobility makeover in the long run. While this is important, there’s  an urgent need to make use…

This article first appeared in the January-April edition of Biofuels International. Zero-sum game The launching of the European Green Deal (EGD) in December 2019, led by Frans Timmermans, the first vice- president of the European Commission (EC), kicked-off a renewed sense of urgency and ambition to put the EU on track to reach net- zero emissions…

On September 8 2020, the EBB General Assembly has renewed its confidence in Ms. Kristell Guizouarn, and elected her for a second term as EBB President, together with ten other fellow members of the Executive Board for the period 2020-2022. The EBB General Assembly also confirmed the appointment of Mr. Xavier Noyon as new EBB…