Biogenic share in secondary fuels and emissions trading

Since 2005, the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been the EU's central climate protection instrument, in which cement, lime and power plants have been included from the beginning. In the following years, other sectors were successively included. The EU ETS aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the participating energy sector and energy-intensive industry. Climate neutrality is to be achieved in 2050. Due to their composition, secondary fuels have biogenic shares of up to 60 mass percent. No_{CO2 certificates} are required for the biogenic carbon. The biogenic share of secondary fuels required for the emission factor can be certified according to RAL Quality Mark 727; this is recognised by the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt), the national authority for emissions trading, for the EU ETS.