Fires and explosions at biomass power infrastructure are common occurrences. The two documents linked below were put together by PT-RAPS, Port Talbot Residents Against Power Stations, and list 76 reported pellet fires and wood dust explosions over a four year period,...
Report, briefings and presentations
Is toxic algae good for you?
Is toxic algae good for you?, Article by Rachel Smolker about synthetic biology and algal biofuels, published by Huffington Post
A new look at land-grabs in the global South linked to EU biomass policies
A new look at land-grabs in the global south linked to EU biomass policies, report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch NGOs, policy makers and industry analysists have predicted that Europe's fast-growing demand for wood pellets and woodchips for bioenergy will...
Recording community opposition to big biomass projects
A new website has been created to allow concerned residents to record experiences of living next door to the UK's biggest biomass power station. In Markinch and Glenrothes in Scotland, the biggest biomass power station in the UK has recently reached completion. It is...
Groups: Sign on to stop GE Trees in Brazil
Campaign to STOP GE Trees – Sign On to Support the call by Brazilian and Latin American groups to reject G.E. eucalyptus trees: Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano wants to commercially plant Genetically Modified eucalyptus in Brazil. Suzano is responsible...
Video by Reel News: Biomass Emergency
Biomass Emergency - Video by Reel News, UK It's as dangerous as fracking - it'll mean deaths in the almost exclusively working class areas where it's happening - it produces up to 50% more carbon emissions than coal - it's destroying vital hardwood forests - it's...
Resources – Biomass
A slist of peer-reviewed studies, NGO reports, briefings and letters on biomass See also: Map of UK biomass power stations Frequently Asked Questions Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy?, joint...
Briefing about RWE’s biomass power station in Markinch
RWE’s biomass power station in Markinch: What might the environmental and public health impacts be?, Biofuelwatch briefing, updated October 2014
DECC’s latest renewable electricity subsidy guarantees threaten forests, communities and climate
+ Drax have been guaranteed subsidies for converting a second of their six coal power station units to biomass. Each converted unit will require pellets made from 5.5 million tonnes of wood [1] - that is wood from slow-growing whole trees, the only type of biomass...
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology, Truth Out, article by Rachel Smolker
Trees, Trash, and Toxics: How Biomass Energy Has Become the New Coal
Trees, Trash, and Toxics: How Biomass Energy Has Become the New Coal, by Mary S. Booth, Partnership for Policy Integrity
Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy?
Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy? Briefing by Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition and Econexus
Biofuelwatch briefing about Contracts for Difference and bioenergy
Note: The information in the briefing was accurate in 2014, at the time of publication. There have been changes since then and Biofuelwatch intends to publish an update following an expected further Government announcement expected in December 2015. Subsidising...
Biochar’s Unproven Claims – Factsheet
Biochar's Unproven Claims A 3-page factsheet summing up the main findings of the 2011 Biofuelwatch report "Biochar: A Critical Report of Science and Policy" as well as recent scientific and policy developments, substantially updated 1st July 2013
Proposed public loan guarantees for a biomass power station in Avonmouth
Proposed public loan guarantees for a biomass power station in Avonmouth - Biofuelwatch briefing
Methodology used in Biomass Power Station Location & Deprivation
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation To generate the data used in the deprivation study included in "Biomass: The Chain of Destruction", a measurement called the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) was used. The IMD is a qualitative study of deprived areas in the UK,...
Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology
Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology, Report by Center for Food Safety
Biomass: The Chain of Destruction
Biofuelwatch has released a new report, Biomass: The Chain of Destruction. It explores the global impacts of the UK's biomass boom, looking at what the current demand for biomass for electricity, supportive Government policy and resulting speculative investments mean,...