Environment minister: Energy crops have partly been 鈥渨rong track鈥� of Energiewende
Handelsblatt
The large-scale cultivation of energy crops has been a political 鈥渕istake鈥� and 鈥渋n part a wrong track of the Energiewende鈥�, Germany鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks said in Handelsblatt. She calls for a reduction of the production of plants used for biofuels, currently occupying more than 17 percent of German farmland, in order to ensure a better conservation of species, Handelsblatt writes. New biofuel installations would only receive support 鈥渋f they use residual materials鈥�, Hendricks added.
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