Table 2 Overview of the compliance options, stipulated in Sect. 37a, para. 5, BImSchG [23] for 2022–2030, as of October 19, 2022
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Used cooking oils and animal fats (upper limit, energetic) | 1.9% | ||||||||
Biofuels from food and feed crops (upper limit, energetic) | 4.4% | ||||||||
Palm oil (upper limit, energetic) | 0.9% | Forbidden | |||||||
Advanced biofuels (lower limit, energetic) | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 2.6% | ||
Multiple credit with factor 2 for quantities above the lower limit | |||||||||
Hydrogen and Power-to-X (PtX) fuels | Multiple credit with factor 2 | ||||||||
Biogenic hydrogen | Use in road vehicles creditable as of 2023 | ||||||||
Electricity | Multiple credit with factor 3 | ||||||||
Upstream Emission Reduction (UER) (upper limit) | 1.2% | Forbidden | |||||||
GHG mitigation from previous year | No specifications | ||||||||
Fossil fuels | Forbidden from 2022 | ||||||||