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Volume 8, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Bioremediat Biodegrad, an open access journal
ISSN: 2155-6199
Biofuels Congress 2017
September 05-06, 2017
September 05-06, 2017 | London, UK
Biofuels and Bioenergy
6
th
World Congress on
A hanging sword over bioenergy. Analysis on Brexit policy and regulatory impacts on advanced
biofuels industry.
Rafael M. Plaza
University of Geosciences (CUG), P.R. China
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tatement of the problem: EU´s Art. 50 was invoked and the UK has a two-year negotiating period. Like others, UK´s biofuel
industry wonder what lies ahead. Will Brexit usher an era of more independence in policymaking for EU countries? Despite
UK´s decision to leave, there is a good chance that EUpolicies will remain intact. Some have reminded theNorwegian precedent,
raising hope for the UK to obtain “associate” status granting access to the single market on condition of implementing relevant
EU Law. The study delves into UK´s paradox of parting… to keep on applying EU rules, seeking to answer whether UK´s
biofuels policy will have to abide by EU´s RED and biofuels policy anyway or will there be regulatory leeway for bioenergy
policymaking. Methodology & theoretical approach: A comparative-analytic study based on UK´s need of access to the single
market as theoretical framework examining the EU regulatory framework on bioenergy, focused on the interaction with the
UK´s and the analysis of Norway case as to domestic scope for policymaking. Findings: Supranational versus domestic energy
policies will be items for Brexit negotiation, but upon the theoretical framework conventional biofuels scenario should not vary
much, as opposed to advanced biofuels policy framework already impacted by cuts on EU R+D funds making –in the long run
– that EU countries´ freedom to decide their own preferred energy-mix becomes a “sword of Damocles” or impending peril
to UK´s bioenergy industry. Conclusions & significance: Along with entry to the market and free-trade, RED, sustainability
criteria, targets on green fuels share, ILU, CAP, tax issues are all at stake. Brexit brought uncertainty, but it is for the Law to
mitigate it and thus appropriate to look at what offers to secure bioenergy industry´s rights and sustainable delivery to citizens,
either in or out the EU.
rplaza_cl@yahoo.comJ Bioremediat Biodegrad 2017, 8:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6199-C1-009