RBO Register of Biofuels Origination

The Register of Biofuels Origination (RBO) is an industry initiative aiming to facilitate compliance with the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED 2009/28) and the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD 200/30) with respect to Extra Incentivised Biofuels (EIBs) Substances.

 

Members of the Consortium intend to provide the EU industry as well as EU and Member States public authorities with a single pan European tool for harmonising the secure registration and certification of Extra Incentivised Biofuels. The innovation of the RBO is that it leaves the stakeholders – through membership to the Consortium - responsible for the accurate trade and production of Extra Incentivised Biofuels feedstock and substances.

 

Reasons for requiring improved certification:

 

• To ensure accurate reporting of type at production level; i.e. we make what we say we make.


• Impossible or difficult to confirm nature of bio-ethanol, biodiesel or bio-methane from technical testing after production.


• Need for assurance of type (double-counting or not) before biofuel is first traded.

 

Reasons for requiring strong traceability:

 

• To ensure no ‘double accounting’ of double-counting


• Current ease of magnifying the volume of double-counting biofuels through inappropriate trading.


• Inability of Member States to be sure of volumes of most sustainable biofuels traded into their Nation and therefore their claims of attaining both          RED targets.


• Inability of EU to be confident of MS claims of GHG reduction.

 

Why a Consortium?

 

• Cross-Industry led and designed solution


• Independent and technology neutral


• Wide stakeholder base


• Potential for improving traceability for all renewables, industry and certification experts

 

What are RBO main goals?

 

• To support to investments in advanced biofuels


• To minimize the risk of potential improper reporting of double counting biofuels, from production – through trading – to end use


• To design and implement a solid and business-friendly certification system


• To create a sigle EU-wide register for the trading of extra-incentivised biofuels


• To achieve acceptance and adoption of the scheme across the EU

The above text is from the RBO website