{"id":6154,"date":"2018-05-18T17:25:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T15:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2018-05-25T17:59:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:59:17","slug":"eubce-2018-conference-closing-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/eubce-2018-conference-closing-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"EUBCE 2018 &#8211; Conference Closing Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>EUBCE 2018 Closing &#8211; Friday, 18th May 2018<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Sustainable bioenergy is essential to achieve climate targets<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Bioenergy and other low-carbon energy solutions are complementary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>A stable policy framework and good communication are necessary<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eubce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0European Biomass Conference and Exhibition<\/strong><\/a> (EUBCE 2018) ended on 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June and confirmed once more its role of world leading platform for biomass science and industry. The event attracted <strong>1375<\/strong> participants from <strong>65<\/strong> countries, featured <strong>811<\/strong> presentations representing the work of more than <strong>3000<\/strong> authors and co-authors and fulfilled over <strong>156<\/strong> matchmaking requests. In addition to the scientific content, the EUBCE included an international Exhibition gathering companies from <strong>14<\/strong> countries and a technical tour to Nature Energy NGF Holsted Biogas Plant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This year EUBCE also had a remarkable social media coverage, with over <strong>136,900<\/strong> twitter impressions throughout the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ADAM-BROWN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ADAM-BROWN-300x200.png\" alt=\"EUBCE 2018, Copenhagen, Denamrk, Closing. Adam Brown of IEA.\" width=\"242\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ADAM-BROWN-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ADAM-BROWN-600x399.png 600w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ADAM-BROWN-272x182.png 272w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ADAM-BROWN.png 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">EUBCE 2018, May 17, Conference Closing Session, Adam Brown, IEA @EUBCE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Sustainable bioenergy is essential to achieve a 2 degrees scenario but it is growing too slow<\/em>, <strong>Adam Brown<\/strong>, IEA, Senior Energy Analyst, said speaking at the closing session.\u00a0<em>We have a portfolio of technologies that work and there is no shortage of biomass as feedstock at least for now, so biomass feedstock is not a barrier to progress<\/em>, he added<em>. Policy is key to deployment, now we have an up-to-date experience that should allow us to identify the best practice in policy making based on international experience. We need more engagement with development agencies and international funding institutions to build capacity and to internationalise the use of sustainable bioenergy<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scarlat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scarlat-300x199.png\" alt=\"EUBCE C\" width=\"237\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scarlat-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scarlat-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scarlat.png 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">EUBCE 2018, May 17, Conference Closing Session, Nicolae Scarlat, EC-Joint Research Centre @EUBCE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Good communication is essential, but it should be simple and understandable by everybody<\/em>, said <strong>Nicolae Scarlat<\/strong>, Technical Programme Chairman, European Commission, Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate.\u00a0<em>One important message that has recurred many times in this conference is that many technologies for advanced biofuels and bioenergy are ready, and many plants have reached technological maturity [\u2026]<\/em>.<em>Despite this, emissions from the transport sector are rising, so we need all sustainable solutions, there is no competition but rather complementarity between bioenergy and other options to decarbonise the energy sector<\/em>, he added<em>. We also saw several times in the conference the evidence of Denmark as a world leader in bioenergy and its ambitions in biogas production, with its target to have 35% of green gas in the natural gas grid by 2035, although the current level of 10% is also remarkable.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/persson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/persson-300x150.png\" alt=\"EU\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/persson-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/persson-600x299.png 600w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/persson.png 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">EUBCE 2018, May 17, Conference Closing Session, Michael Persson, Conference General Chairman, Danish Bioenergy Association @EUBCE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>It has been great to see old friends and to make new ones at this conference, this event showed that biomass and bioenergy research is vibrant, that there are challenges such as sustainability but also a lot of activity,\u00a0<\/em>said <strong>Michael Persson<\/strong><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Conference General Chairman<em>,<\/em>\u00a0Danish Bioenergy Association, Head of Secretariat.He also announced that the next edition of EUBCE will be held in Portugal, an emerging market for bioenergy.<em>\u00a0<\/em>As explained by Mario Guedes, Director General of Energy and Geology, DGEG, Portugal, during the opening ceremony, this country recently approved a national strategy for the promotion of biorefineries, highlighting the importance of biorefineries as new industrial value chains to generate qualified jobs and to enhance social cohesion, in particular in the less developed regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Further information: www.eubce.com; pressoffice@etaflorence.it<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EUBCE 2018 Closing &#8211; Friday, 18th May 2018\u00a0 Sustainable bioenergy is essential to achieve climate targets Bioenergy and other low-carbon energy solutions are complementary\u00a0 A stable policy framework and good&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6154"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6169,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions\/6169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}