German development and climate finance project used to create biomass supply chain for German energy providers Click here to download the report And click here to read an open letter by 40 civil society organisations opposed to this project. An related article on a...
Background: Since 2013, the German government has been financing a development and climate finance project in Namibia called “Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation (BCBU)”. It is managed by the German Development Corporation, GIZ. Since 2019, the project’s focus has...
A negative emission technology (NET) is a technological approach to removing greenhouse gases that have already been emitted into the atmosphere. That differs from “mitigation” which focuses on preventing emissions in the first place. Aside from concerns about how...
Biofuelwatch briefing about the definitions and impacts of forestry and wood-industry residues Click here to download the briefing Summary: Wood pellet and energy companies burning biomass often claim that they rely on wood residues or low-value wood, and there is a...
European Investment Bank's loan for Greenalia's Curtis Biomass Plant: A Faiilure of Due Diligence? - Joint report by Salva la Selva and Biofuelwatch Click here to download the full report with references. Click here for the German version and click here for the report...
[add-this] Please click here to read full report Can sustainability and greenhouse gas standards protect the climate, forests and communities from the harmful impacts of wood-based bioenergy? Logging site from which Enviva pellet mill was supplied, North Carolina,...
In 2011 Biofuelwatch published Biochar: A Critical Review of Science and Policy. In that report we highlighted the uncertainties about biochar including the large land area that would be required to supply biomass for a global scale impact, the contradictory results...
Monoculture Tree Plantations, Bioenergy and Pollution Trading in Chile: United Nations COP25 Perpetuates Impunity By Gary Graham Hughes, California Policy Monitor, Biofuelwatch [add-this] The austral spring of 2019 will mark a historical watershed in the history of...
Improved biomass cookstoves: should they receive climate finance? Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch that contributes to Global Forest Coalition research into German climate finance. Summary: Clean and efficient biomass cookstoves have been attracting...
London, 31st October 2019 - In solidarity with Indonesian colleagues[1], Biofuelwatch has joined civil society groups around the world to call on the Indonesian government to launch a thorough and transparent investigation...
In spring 2018 and July 2019, we visited a total of three Graanul Invest pellet mills in Estonia, as well as looking at the impacts of logging in the country. We have now published photos and evidence of what we saw: Estonia Logging and pellet production Graanul...
Biofuelwatch briefing about the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation "CORSIA must be rejected. We need fewer flights not palm oil and offset greenwash!" Click here to download the fully referenced and illustrated briefing. Click here to...
Joint briefing to investors by the Global Forest Coalition, Environmental Paper Network and Biofuelwatch Click here to read the briefing. Summary: Investors in electricity generated from burning forest wood are facing increasing reputational risks, as well as facing...
Biotechnology for Forest Health? The Test Case of the Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Report by the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees, Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) and Biofuelwatch, written by Rachel Smolker and...
This month’s “breaking news” on BECCS: Small UK startup company to test some unproven new solvent nobody’s published anything about in order to help Drax put fizz into beer The ‘world’s first’ Bio Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) ‘pilot project’ has...
Click here to read Biofuelwatch’s report about WorldEnergy's aviation biofuels, sourced by KLM and United Airlines amongst others Executive Summary World Energy’s refinery in Paramount remains the world’s only regular producer of aviation biofuels, although it refuses...
Click here to read Biofuelwatch's report about the Finish biofuel and oil company Neste and its aviation biofuel plans. [add-this] Executive Summary: Neste aims to become the world’s largest aviation biofuel producer in 2019 and to rapidly scale up its production...