Analysis of Biofuels Policy in the Nordic Countries

This study of biofuels policy in the Nordic countries analyses key policy documents, policy instruments for realising the strategies, government funding of related RD&D and considers how European and national policies outline their intensions to develop and use biofuels and describes the policy path taken so far.

After the introduction this report shows the Nordic developments in a comparative perspective. The next chapters cover the four Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. The country chapters cover (1) relevant policy documents, strategies and instruments in place over the last ten years, (2) the importance of government RD&D funding for biofuels in the Nordic countries, and (3) the main RD&D funding agencies and programmes in the field of biofuels.