Monday, September 15, 2008

Breaking News-RTRS-Malaysia wants the European Union (EU) to review directives on biofuel, says Chin

BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysia wants the European Union (EU) to
review its decision on renewable energy and fuel quality, especially on the use
of palm oil for the production of biofuel, Plantation Industries and
Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said.
Describing it as discriminatory, he said: "I don't really understand the
decision. How to support it," he told Bernama.
Last Thursday, the European Parliament's influential Industry Committee
endorsed a 10 percent target on the usage of biofuels in transport by 2020.
It also covers the shift from traditional biofuels made from grains or other
crops towards other renewable energy sources.