Finland satisfied with new biomass sustainability criteria

The European Commission's so-called winter package could have, at worst, seriously inhibited bio-economy development and the utilisation of forest resources in Finland, says Petri Sarvamaa (NCP), a Member of the European Parliament. The Finnish Government has expressed its satisfaction with the sustainability criteria for the use of forest biomass in energy production laid out in the European Commission's proposal for a new Renewable Energy Directive on Wednesday. The revised directive will create a so...