Bioenergy stakeholders positions on the Clean Energy Package
Since the publication of the Clean Energy Package on 30 November, many European associations and stakeholders organizations in the energy sector have stated their…
Category: policy
Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels welcome Commission proposal on advanced biofuels to decarbonise the transport sector
30 November 2016, Brussels: Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels (LSB) welcome the European Commission review of the Renewable Energy Directive, which sets the legislative framework…
World Bioenergy Association publishes global bioenergy statistics 2016
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has published the 3rd Global Bioenergy Statistics report, which shows that bioenergy is growing at a promising rate. In terms…
Wood pellets in Finland, an overview
Finland is an important producer country on the European wood pellet market. Despite the intensive development of wind and solar power, forest biomass remains…
State of renewable energy in Europe 2015
The annual EurObserv’ER report ‘The State of Renewable Energies in Europe’ (edition 2015) has been released today. The report contains detailed statistics on the share…
European Bioeconomy 2013: € 2.1 trillion turnover and 18.3 million employees
Brussels, 3rd March 2016 – The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) announced at its general assembly the results of the first extensive macro-economic study (*) on…
Creating the right conditions for the bioeconomy
Europe’s current economic model needs to change and embrace the bio-economy. This is one of the new economic models that creates sustainable growth and at the…
EC launches public consultation for post-2020 sustainable bioenergy policy
The European Commission has launched a public consultation for the preparation of a sustainable bioenergy policy for the period after 2020. The objective of the…
Biobased economy and resource efficient agriculture: a sinergy against climate change
Prof. André P.C. Faaij is Conference General Chairman of the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition 2016. In his message to the conference he explains why we definitely…
Developing the algal bioeconomy – EnAlgae launches documentary
The EnAlgae documentary has been launched on the project’s YouTube account following its official unveiling at an event last month. Panning for Green Gold: developing…