Austria’s wood industry not ready for EU’s RED II directive.

Austrian representatives from the forestry, wood and energy industries warn of chaos due to the lack of implementation of the EU's RED II directive. In addition to photovoltaic, wind and hydroelectric power plants, energy production from biomass plays a crucial role in Austria on the path to a renewable and independent energy future. Austria is not prepared for RED II Since biomass is also imported into Europe and not all member states have as strict forestry laws as Austria, the European Union provided evidence for forest biomass in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of ...