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BIOENERGY
Bioenergy explained...
Bioenergy already accounts for around 60% of all the renewable energy in Europe. As the world begins to phase out coal power, some countries see biomass as its successor fuel – but is burning trees and plant matter really a renewable and low carbon energy source?
Land and Climate Review hosts this collection to provide a definitive perspective on bioenergy – the science, the policy, and the big picture for the planet.
Introduction to Bioenergy
pODCASTS
Information overload?
Get an overview of the conerns around the UK’s power biomass model in one image. Click to enlarge.
- Bioenergy Policy
Why Japan’s renewable subsidies need to change
Alasdair MacEwen talks to Mighty Earth's Japan Director about the growth of the wood-burning industry in the country.
- Bioenergy Policy
Scientists to European Parliament: Fit for 55 package will cause deforestation and harm food security
38 scientists have written a public letter to EU governments and the European Parliament over concerns around the Bioenergy Provisions of the Fit for 55 Plan.
- Bioenergy Policy
What did the 2015 ‘Bioimpact Project’ say about burning wood in the EU?
Edward Robinson revisits the controversial 2015 study - examining a 2018 summary document that restates its findings.
- Bioenergy Policy
EU renewable energy policy subsidises surge in logging of Estonia’s protected areas
The survival of Europe’s most valuable – and threatened – wildlife and habitats depends on Natura 2000. By Siim Kuresoo of the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF).
- Bioenergy Policy
The EU should support efforts in Denmark and the Netherlands to stop wood-burning
Reversing damaging incentives to burn wood for heat and power is crucial if the EU wants to remain a leader on climate and biodiversity, argue Annika Lund Gade and Peter de Jong.
