The CDR sector asks that the Green Claims Directive recognises the role of climate claims to incentivise investment in permanent and high-integrity carbon removals, as long as this neither impedes nor reduces a company’s absolute emissions reduction target....
Read More
Bioenergy playing a pivotal role in the sustainable utilisation of biological residues to meet EU energy, climate and societal needs....
Read More
Bioenergy Europe concluded yesterday its three-day flagship event, the European Bioenergy Future 2023. The conference, with almost 200 participants representing the bioenergy industry, policymakers, academia, and civil society, featured comprehensive coverage of policies and market trends in the EU bioenergy sector....
Read More
https://youtu.be/PgeECWaXE8IOn 3 July 2023, the average global temperature reached 17.01°C. This was the hottest day ever recorded globally according to data from the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction, and another wakeup call that we need to accelerate the green transition to fight climate change.In line with the 2015 Paris Agreement’s carbon budget, the European Union has committed to ambitious environmental targets, including sharply slashing greenhouse gas emissions and...
Read MoreIf the current review of REDIII is to be successful in ensuring that biomass is sourced and used sustainably, it will be important to have realistic and workable proposals so that operationalisation of requirements can be guaranteed.Following its commitment to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the EU is working tirelessly to respond to the climate crisis which the entire world is facing. In this context, the...
Read MoreA new proposal from the European Parliament would declare primary woody biomass to be unsustainable, which would heavily impact the supply of bioenergy and remove the sector’s ability to provide sustainable energy, especially renewable heat this winter.Europe is the continent of climate action: the EU increased its already ambitious goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and surpassed its bold renewable targets, securing 22% renewable energy by 2020,...
Read More
Bioenergy is a very versatile and flexible solution that can assist the main challenges of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 with job creation and economic growth. Each additional Mtoe of biomass for energy could lead to an impact of 359 million euros in terms of GDP and an employment creation of 7.376 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE), on average, while preventing 2,4 MtCO2eq emissions due to the replacement...
Read More
Represents the interests of the wood pellet sector to ensure its sustainable developement.
The world-leading, transparent and independent certification scheme for wood pellets.
enSURE Compliance with RED II Sustainability Requirements for the Production of Electricity, Heating and Cooling from Biomass.