Video with interviews with farmers from North Carolina speaking about the destruction of forests in their region to make pellets which are burned by Drax
Biomass (solid)
Briefings about the UK’s biomass greenhouse gas and sustainability standards
Biofuelwatch has published a policy analysis briefing about the UK's biomass sustainability greenhouse gas and sustainability standards, introduced 1st December 2015. Together with the Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI), we have also produced a briefing for MPs...
Recommendations to UK policymakers: Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and UK Without Incineration Network
Policy recommendations by Biofuelwatch and the United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN): Renewable Energy Subsidies in the UK: the case for excluding bioenergy and waste incineration
Last ditch climate option or wishful thinking? Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
Last-ditch climate option or wishful thinking? Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Biofuelwatch has released a new comprehensive report about Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). Full Report Executive Summary (English, Português, Español) (Full...
New biomass power stations planned for Port Talbot and Holyhead
[add-this] The proposals Two new biomass power stations in Wales, one in Holyhead, Anglesey and one in Port Talbot in south Wales. Both would be burning virgin wood. Each would be 299MWe (although one report says that the Port Talbot one would be 349MW) and would be...
Smoke and Mirrors: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Smoke and Mirrors: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) Biofuelwatch briefing for the SBSTTA 19 meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity [add-this]
US National Day of Action: SOS! Stop the burning of bear habitat for electricity
Can sustainability standards for bioenergy protect forests? World Forestry Congress 2015
Can sustainability standards for bioenergy protect forests? Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition poster presented to the World Forestry Congress 2015, in Durban. Download the poster here
Bioenergy Out: Why bioenergy should not be included in the next EU Renewable Energy Directive
Bioenergy Out: Why bioenergy should not be included in the next EU Renewable Energy Directive, Joint briefing by NOAH (Friends of the Earth Denmark), Biofuelwatch, Econexus, Global Forest Coalition, World Rainforest Movement, Rettet den Regenwald e.V./Rainforest...
Comments for CBD Consultation about Geoengineering
Biofuelwatch comments about biochar and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage, submitted by Rachel Smolker to the Convention on Biological Diversity's consultation "Update on climate geoengineering in relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity potential...
Video of Save our Southern (SOS) Forests Tour in US.
US NGO Dogwood Alliance have released a video of their recent Tour of hotspots of the wood pellet industry in the southern US. They travelled 2,200 miles through 8 states, held 10 community events in 6 different cities and, with the help of 37 diverse partner...
Blazing a trail of deception: the White Rose Project and “negative emissions” technologies
Blazing a trail of deception: the White Rose Project and “negative emissions” technologies by Oliver Munnion, published on OpenDemocracy In the UK, a new coal fired power station is being developed by Drax that, if built, would be the first new coal fired power...
Biomass Gasification & Pyrolysis and the Role of the Green Investment Bank
Biofuelwatch has just published a new report on biomass gasification and pyrolysis (so-called "advanced conversion technologies") in the UK. In addition, a series of questions to the Green Investment Bank has also been published, highlighting serious concerns about...
Briefing about the waste wood gasifier proposed at Fiddlers Reach, Grays, West Thurrock
A Biomass Gasifier at Fiddlers Reach, Grays, West Thurrock: A high-risk experimental technology for burning chemically treated waste wood (updated 26th May 2015 with reference to the planing documents)
Biomass Resources
Contents 1.Resources on (wood) biomass for heat and power 2.Scientific studies and reports focussing on (wood) biomass for heat and power 3. Scientific articles and reports on potential impacts of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) 4. NGO...
New Look “Forest Cover” – Bioenergy special edition out now
A brand new edition of Forest Cover, the Global Forest Coalition newsletter, is now available to download. It has been co-produced with Biofuelwatch, and focuses on the impacts of wood-based bioenergy on forests and forest peoples. Download the print version to read...
Biofuewatch briefing about the White Rose “CCS” project
UPDATE: In September 2015, Drax announced that they were pulling out of this project which therefore now seems unlikely to go ahead. The White Rose “CCS” project: Why its "carbon capture" plans are doubtful and why public subsidies should not be spent on Drax’s new...
A Global Overview of Wood-based Bioenergy: Production, Consumption, Trends and Impacts
A Global Overview of Wood-based Bioenergy: Production, Consumption, Trends and Impacts, Global Forest Coalition