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Protests in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and the UK against Vattenfall’s continued investments in high-carbon biomass plants
29th April 2024 – Protests are taking place in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and the UK coinciding with Vattenfall’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) against Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning. This internationally...
Tag des Baumes: Neues Bündnis protestiert gegen Ausweitung der HolzenergieTag des Baumes: Neues Bündnis protestiert gegen Ausweitung der Holzenergie
Pressemitteilung von „Ausgebrannt – Bündnis gegen die Verbrennung von Biomasse“ 15.4.2024 - Zum „Internationalen Tag des Baumes“ findet heute ein gemeinsamer Aktionstag des von regionalen und nationalen Umweltorganisationen und Forschenden neu gegründeten Bündnisses...
Biofuelwatch issues legal challenge to decision to allow carbon capture installation at Drax power plant
Biofuelwatch UK has issued a High Court legal challenge to the decision to grant Drax Power Limited consent to install carbon capture technology at the Yorkshire biomass power plant. It would effectively allow the generation of electricity from burning almost entirely...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Infopapier zu den Holzbiomassekraftwerken der Stadtwerke Leipzig
Die beiden Holzbiomasse-Kraftwerke der Leipziger Stadtwerke und die weiteren Pläne zur Verbrennung von Holz Gemainsames Infopapier von NABU, ROBIN WOOD, Biofuelwatch und Deutsche Umwelthilfe Die kommunalen Leipziger Stadtwerke betreiben seit etwa 20 Jahren zwei...
Le projet E-CHO d’Elyse Energy à Lacq : de l’innovation verte ou un éléphant blanc hors de prix ?
In English Cliquez ici pour télécharger le rapport complet Coupe rase en Pyrénées atlantiques, près de Lacq Introduction Le projet E-CHO est un plan ambitieux impliquant trois projets différents mais interconnectés à Lacq et ses environs, dans le département des...
Elyse Energy’s E-CHO project in Lacq: Green innovation or a costly white elephant?
En français Click here for full briefing in English Clearfelling near Lacq, in the Pyrenees, Photo: ouche pas à ma forêt: pour le climat Introduction The E-CHO project is an ambitious proposal involving three different but interconnected projects in and around Lacq,...
Responses
Response to Drax’s BECCS Consultation
Biofuelwatch submitted the following in response to Drax's statutory consultation on BECCS: Dear Sir/Madam, We are writing in response to the statutory consultation about the Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project proposal. We feel there is some key...
Objection to application for a biomass boiler at Trostrey Court Farm
Objection to application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a biomass boiler at Trostrey Court Farm, Monmouthshire, November 2021
Biofuelwatch response to Call For Evidence on NETs from Environmental Audit Committee October 2021
Biofuelwatch was pleased to submit this response to a Call For Evidence on Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) including Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) from the Environmental Audit Committee in October 2021. The...
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Open letter against Albioma’s coal-to-biomass conversion plans on Réunion
Financial actors should not support the conversion from coal to biomass of Albioma in Réunion Open Letter signed by 19 French and international NGOs, March 2021 Click here to read (in French)
Open Letter to German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development regarding the GIZ project „Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation“ (BCBU)
Please click here to read the full letter with references and with the details of the 40 signatory organisations as well as scientists Open Letter to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr Gerd Müller, regarding the GIZ project „Bush Control...
No overexploitation of forests for a wrong energy turnaround
Statement of German NGOs on forest bioenergy Download the statement witht he logos and list of signatories as a pdf Forests are irreplaceable for the protection of biodiversity and our climate, they are the basis of life for humans, animals and plants. Nevertheless,...