Hintergrundpapier veröffentlicht von Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Biofuelwatch, ROBIN WOOD und NABU, September 2022 Zusammenfassung: In verschiedenen Ländern der EU wird seit Jahren Holz in Kohlekraftwerken mitverbrannt. Für die Betreiber rentiert sich das vor allem, weil...
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Huntly Power Station Conversion Briefing (NSW, Australia)
Converting Huntly Power Plant to Biomass: Impacts on Forests and Climate Click here to download the briefing with references Genesis Energy has started is trialling burning black wood pellets in Huntly Power Station, New Zealand’s largest power plant and the only one...
Gemeinsames Informationspapier: Energieerzeugung aus Altholz
ENERGIEERZEUGUNG AUS ALTHOLZ IN DEUTSCHLANDAuswirkungen auf Klima und Ressourcen Gemeinsames Informationspapier von Naturschutzbund, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch Deutschland verbrennt derzeit einen Großteil seines Altholzaufkommens. Das Land liegt...
Blackrock: Investing in biomass energy harms forests, climate and communities
New Biofuelwatch briefing about BlackRock's harmful investments in energy from forest and tree plantation wood, coinciding with BlackRock's 2022 AGM. Highlighting their investments in Drax, Graanul Invest's new owners Apollo Global Management, Albioma S.A. and their...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ausstellung Klimakiller Holzverbrennung in Großkraftwerken
Holzverbrennug in Großkraftwerken wird als klimaneutral beworben. Warum ist das eine völlige Fehlinformation? Wo wird das schon praktiziert und was sind die Auswirkungen? Woher kommt das Holz, das verfeuert wird? Brauchen wir Kraftwerke, die Holz verfeuern und wie...
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...
The Multiple Failures of Black Pellet Technologies
A recent history of of false promises, company bankruptcies and mothballed plants Biofuelwatch investigation into attempts fo produce black pellets (thorugh torrefaction, steam explosion, or hydrothermal carbonisation) on a commercial scale, 27th September 2021 - ...
Pläne zur Umrüstung von Kohlekraftwerke auf Holz in Deutschland: Auswirkungen auf Wald und Klima
Von Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch, August 2021 Klicken Sie hier, um das vollständige Briefing herunterzuladen Petition gegen das Verbrennen von Holz aus Bäumen und Büschen in Großkraftwerken in Deutschland Zusammenfassung: Im Rahmen des – viel zu langsamen-...
Briefing about EnBW’s plans to replace coal with wood pellets in their Rostock and Altbach-Deizisau coal plants
EnBW’s plans to replace coal with wood pellets in their Rostock and Altbach-Deizisau coal plants: Impacts on forests and climate Update: EnBW has since abandoned plans to convert coal plants to biomass. Neu: EnBW hat seitdem Pläne, Kohlekraftwerke auf Holz umzurüsten...