Click here to download the briefing German version of the report Summary The EP holding (EPH) is one of Europe’s largest investors in climate-damaging energy, primarily in fossil fuels, but also in wood-fired power plants in Germany, the UK, the Czech Republic,...
Biomass – Europe (not UK or Germany)
EPH’s Biomasse Business in Europa
Bitte hier klicken um den Report herunterzuladen Report auf Englisch Zusammenfassung Die EP-Holding (EPH) ist eine der größten europäischen Investoren in klimaschädliche Energie, vor allem in fossile Brennstoffe, aber auch in Holzkraftwerke in Deutschland,...
Beating Europe’s forests to a pulp
The scale of biomass-burning at the EU's pulp and paper mills - Joint Report by Biofuelwatch and Environmental Paper Network Click here to download the report as a pdf Summary This investigation aims to quantify the scale of primary woody biomass burning for energy...
Real links between wildfires and biomass energy in Portugal
Report by Acrescimo, IRIS, Quercus and BiofUelwatch Click here to download the report Introduction The Pilling on the Pressure report, published at the beginning of 2023, together with Biofuelwatch, revealed a worrying trend (see graph on page 7): according to the...
Biochar poses new threats to forests in France
MIRAIA's Garlin biochar project - joint report by Biofuelwatch and Forêts Vivantes Pyrénées Click here to download the report En français A wood near Sauveterre-de-Béarn (photo: Forêts Vivantes Pyrénées) Executive Summary The start-up company MIRAIA wants to...
Joint report about Power2X bio-methanol proposal in Pärnu, Estonia
Power2X proposes destroying ancient forest for a technology with a long record of failure Click here to download the joint report by Biofuelwatch and Save Estonia's Forests Click here to download the report in Estonian Summary: A Dutch start-up company, Power2X, is...
Video expose of Portuguese pellet supplier of Drax
video investigation by Biofuelwatch and Portuguese NGO Zero shows impacts of drax's pellet supplier pinewells on pine forests, including on natura 2000 site A new video investigation by Biofuelwatch and the Portuguese NGO ZERO reveals that the Pinewells pellet...
Short-rotation coppicing: No credible option for fuelling new biomass plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Click here to download the briefing Summary: Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) is proposing to at least partly convert two coal plant units in Bosnia and Herzegovina to biomass. The company has stated that it would rely largely on Short-Rotation Coppicing (SRC), namely...
Plantažni zasadi kratke ophodnje: nema isplative opcije za razvoj novih postrojenja na plantažnu biomasu u Bosni i Hercegovini
Kliknite ovdje za preuzimanje Sažetak: Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) predlaže da se dvije elektrane na ugalj u Bosni i Hercegovini u jednom dijelu konvertuju u postrojenja na biomasu. EPBIH je navela da će se u velikoj mjeri oslanjati na zasade iz plantaža kratke...
Who is burning Estonia’s wood for energy?
Briefing paper by Estonian Fund for Nature, analysing the demand for Estonian wood for energy, including for wood pellet exports. Click here to download. Click here to see the original version in Estonian
Os impactos do domínio das celuloses sobre o mercado de produção de eletricidade a partir de biomassa em Portugal
Acumulando pressão Descarregue o relatório Resumo O sector da pasta e do papel em Portugal está a obter lucros recorde, apesar das atuais crises globais. Os seus pesados investimentos na produção de eletricidade a partir da queima de biomassa contribuem para estes...
DUURZAME BIOMASSA PROGRAMMA (SBP): PAPIEREN CERTIFICATIE ZONDER NAAR HET BOS TE KIJKEN
Gezamenlijk rapport van Biofuelwatch, Comite Schone Lucht, Dogwood Alliance, Estonian Fund for Nature en Leefmilieu Klik hier om het volledige rapport te downloaden (bijgewerkt mei 2023) Klik hier om de Engelse versie van het rapport te downloaden (bijgewerkt mei...
Dutch government rules out new subsidies for burning wood for energy
Good news from the Netherlands, where campaign groups have been working hard to stop the burning of wood, much of it imported, in heat and power stations. In February 2021, the Dutch Parliament adopted a temporary stop to rule out new subsidies for biomass heat...
Vattenfall’s Wood Bioenergy Investments and Plans
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...
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...
Biofuelwatch briefing about Albioma’s conversion of coal power plants to biomass (Reunion)
This briefing looks at Albioma's conversion of coal power plants in French Overseas Territories to burning wood pellets, with a special focus on Albioma's two coal power stations on Réunion, December 2021 English version French version
SABIC’s plans to burn wood pellets in Bergen op Zoom
Impacts on climate, forests and public health UPDATE: On 15th February 2023, a court ruling was issued prohibiting the installation of wood pellet boilers at the SABIC plant. This means that the development will not go ahead. Click here to download the briefing in...
Big Biomass in Portugal
Report by ZERO - Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável and Biofuelwatch Click here to download. Conclusion: Although in theory Portugal’s biomass power and pellet sectors only use residues and industrial waste, in reality what we are seeing is the unsustainable...