Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and the Environmental Paper Network's Forests, Climate and Biomass Working Group Updated April 2024 - Note that since then, Vattenfall has sold its biomass and other heat generation and distribution assets in Berlin to the City, and has...
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BECCS Factsheet April 2023
Download our BECCS factsheet with a focus on Drax's proposal to capture CO2 from two of its large biomass units in Yorkshire.
Case study on the Omega Green Biofuel refinery in Paraguay
Producing fuel for otherpeople’s planes Case study by HEÑÓI (Centro de Estudios y promoción de la Democracia, los Derechos Humanos y la Sostenibilidad Socioambiental), Paraguay, published by HEÑÓI, Stay Groounded, , Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition, March 2022...
Aviation Biofuels: Mega-Refinery Threatens Local Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Paraguay, New Case Study shows
Press Release Aviation Biofuels: Mega-Refinery Threatens Local Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Paraguay, New Case Study shows Omega Green agrofuel (biofuel) refinery in Paraguay is one of largest agrofuel refineries in the world and the first one in South America...
Joint Letter to UK Secretary of State for Transport: Prioritising food security over biofuels
Dear Mr Shapps, 24th March 2022 - As the world looks with growing horror at the invasion of Ukraine, decisive and urgent action is needed to mitigate the dramatic impact this conflict is having, not only on the people of the Ukraine, but also far beyond. An area of...
New Report: Biomass Burning Less Important to UK’s Coal Phaseout than Wind and Solar
A new report published today by Biofuelwatch has revealed that bioenergy has played a smaller role in the UK’s coal phase out than solar and wind energy, or reductions in electricity demand. In the ten years between 2011 and 2020 the UK almost entirely phased out the...
Educational resources – biomass
Biomass – sustainable solution or eco-disaster? This session will give a brief introduction to biomass and outline the harmful impacts of large scale biomass production on natural habitats, communities and the climate. The session will include an introduction to...
NEWSLETTER March 2022
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2022! It's full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, along with policy developments. We are also sending you our very best wishes to you all, due to the terrible situation in Ukraine and the latest...
Campaigners: Drax must cease buying Belarussian wood pellets today and stop their help in funding the war against Ukraine
London, 4th March – While the CEO of Drax says “our thoughts are with the Ukrainian people” [1], his company’s announcement to stop pellet imports from Russia but not from Belarus [2] means that they’re continuing to trade with one of the two countries...
French company’s greenwashing unveiled: converted energy plants depend on imported forest wood, not sugarcane
A joint article by Environmental Paper Network, Biofuelwatch and Dogwood Alliance exposes Albioma's greenwashing of their coal-to-biomass conversions in the French Overseas Territories Martinique, Gudeloupe and Réunion The French energy company Albioma is in the...
CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS’ HEALTH
Axe Drax Press Release - Leeds 10.02.2022 CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS' HEALTH Climate justice campaigners have been demonstrating online and outside Leeds Crown Court today in support of health and safety...
Response to Hydrogen-Ready Industrial Boilers – Call For Evidence
Biofuelwatch Response to Call For Evidence on Hydrogen-Ready Industrial Boilers, 27th January 2022
BEIS Biomass Policy Statement – November 2021 – Reference Document
In November 2021 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released a biomass policy statement, which laid out how the government views various forms of biomass energy ahead of the biomass strategy being released in 2022. What does the...
NIC Call for Evidence on Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies
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NGO joint statement on BECCS at Drax
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Greenhouse Gas Removals – Call for Evidence
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Response to Draft Hydrogen Action Plan for Scotland
Biofuelwatch response to Scottish Government consultation about Draft Hydrogen Action Plan, 17th January 2022
Response to BEIS Consultation on phasing out fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid
Biofuelwatch response to BEIS Consultation on phasing out fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid - January 2022