A CARBON BOMB IN THE HEART OF EUROPE 1 A carbon bomb in the heart of Europe Photo: Schkopau power plant, Germany Will the EU biomass loophole give a lifeline to energy giant EPH’s coal power plants? SUMMARY In the summer of 2022, wildfires raged across European Our research shows that in 2022 alone, EPH and its forests “like a carbon bomb exploding”.1 But the carbon subsidiaries are likely to burn. [...] 2 - The “coal villain” of the European Union? Path dependence, profiteering and the role of the Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH) company in the energy transition, F. [...] Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia to the European Commission indicates.11 The General Approach on the RED revision adopted In July 2021, this joint statement criticising the (insufficient) by the Council of the EU on June 2022 clearly reflects the views legislative proposal by the European Commission shows that the of the majority of national governments: support the biomass biomass industry is suppor. [...] Future plans include the building of a sawmill, the development of hydrogen and Local environmental groups managed to have the plant biofuels production, and the construction of a heat network temporarily closed in 2017 due to concerns about pollution, supplying the neighbouring city. [...] Nováky power plant The power plant started co-firing biomass with coal in 2011, with the objective to increase the proportion up to 20 per cent and to source the wood in the region from “private and public forestry companies.
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