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Hydrogen in transport
Since 2009, the EU has been actively promoting the use of renewable energy in transport through:
    •Renewable energy share target for transport: 10% until 2020 (Renewable Energy Directive)
    •6% life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction from the energy used in transport (Fuel Quality Directive)
Until 2020, food-crop based biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) were used as the main renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. This was due to lower production costs compared to non-food crop biofuels, renewable electricity or hydrogen deployment in transport. SGS INSPIRE expects that the crop-food based biofuels will dominate the alternative fuels market at the EU level at least until 2025.
In 2018, the EU revised the Renewable Energy Directive and set new targets for 2030. Th
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Hydrogen in transport