Firewood is still considered renewable in EU

The EU's renewables directive has been successfully negotiated. The forest industries welcome the high level of ambition for renewable energy and that the uncertainty about the rules for bioenergy is over. In the trilogue negotiations between the EU Commission, Parliament and Council on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), it was decided that firewood should continue to be classified as a renewable energy source . The negotiations ended on March 30. Special areas are protected Burning wood still counts as renewable energy production. Member states can include wood burning in their renewable mix. “Industrial grade” logs that ...