Study publication: Sustainability Criteria for Green Fuels and Basic Materials from Renewable Energy
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Simplify, Scale, Sustain – Lusatian Think and Do Tank presents sustainability criteria for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO) and discusses with experts how regulatory hurdles can be removed.
To mark the publication of the new study by PtX Lab Lausitz entitled ‘Sustainability Criteria for Green Fuels and Basic Materials. A Comprehensive Approach for a Rapid and Secure Market Ramp-Up’, experts are discussing how regulatory requirements can be simplified without diminishing their effectiveness.
A well-founded concept for dynamic sustainability criteria
With this study, the PtX Lab Lausitz is presenting a concept for dynamic sustainability criteria designed to ensure that the market ramp-up of electricity-based, green fuels and feedstocks (so-called RFNBOs) is fast, fair and ecologically responsible. The proposed criteria are based on three overarching guiding principles:
- Minimisation of risks (do-no-harm)
- Generation of added value (benefit sharing)
- Accelerating the market ramp-up
These guiding principles were used to develop the ten most important sustainability aspects for the development of dynamic sustainability criteria for RFNBO.
The PtX Lab Lausitz sees this publication as an impulse and invitation: for discussion, for further development – and for the joint development of a market that is not only climate-neutral, but also sustainable in the broadest sense.
Online event on 17 September 2025
We warmly invite you to our online event (via Zoom) on 17 September 2025 from 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm, where we will present the study and classify it together with external experts.
Experts at the event
- Amparo Arellano, Standards and Certification Director, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Association (RSB)
- Dr Matthias Deutsch, Programme Lead Hydrogen, Agora Industry
- Jochen Bard, Coordinator research field Energy Process Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IEE)
PtX Lab Lausitz
- Lukas Horndasch, Expert and Author of the Study
- Nils Fuchs, Expert and Author of the Study
- Anita Demuth, Deputy Head
- Dr Harry Lehmann, Head
- Moderation: Dr Lorenzo Cremonese, Expert and Author of the Study
Agenda*
03:00 pm | Welcome and brief introduction of PtX Lab Lausitz
Dr Harry Lehmann, Head of PtX Lab Lausitz
03:10 pm | Brief presentation of the PtX Lab study ‘Sustainability Criteria for Green Fuels and Basic Materials from Renewable Energy. A Comprehensive Approach for a Rapid and Secure Market Ramp-Up’
Nils Fuchs and Lukas Horndasch, PtX Lab Lausitz (Authors of the Study)
03:30 pm | Keynote speech ‘Simplify, don't soften – Smarter sustainability for RFNBO’
Amparo Arellano, RSB
03:45 pm | Keynote speech ‘Low-Carbon Fuels – Viable bridge or distraction?’
Dr Matthias Deutsch, Agora Industry
04:00 pm | Keynote speech ‘RED Revisited: How Sustainability Regulations shape the PtX Roll-Out – A Comparative Analysis of Criteria for International Projects’
Jochen Bard, Fraunhofer IEE
04:15 pm | Panel discussion ‘Navigating the path to a scalable and sustainable hydrogen derivate market?’
- Moderation: Dr Lorenzo Cremonese
- Anita Demuth
- Amparo Arellano
- Dr Matthias Deutsch
- Jochen Bard
04:50 pm | Conclusion and closing remarks
*subject to chance
Your participation in the online event
Experience our programme digitally via Zoom. After the event, the study will be available for download on our website. The event is aimed at interested parties and decision-makers from politics, industry and civil society to show ways to achieve climate targets.
- Date: 17 September 2025
- Time: 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm (CEST)
- Location: digital via Zoom
- Language: English
Secure your free participation in the live broadcast now.
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New study available for download shortly
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The PtX Lab study ‘Sustainability Criteria for Green Fuels and Basic Materials from Renewable Energy. A Comprehensive Approach for a Rapid and Secure Market Ramp-Up’ will be available for download as a PDF file on the PtX Lab Lausitz website from 17 September.
