Click here to download the briefing German version of the report Summary The EP holding (EPH) is one of Europe’s largest investors in climate-damaging energy, primarily in fossil fuels, but also in wood-fired power plants in Germany, the UK, the Czech Republic,...
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Beating Europe’s forests to a pulp
The scale of biomass-burning at the EU's pulp and paper mills - Joint Report by Biofuelwatch and Environmental Paper Network Click here to download the report as a pdf Summary This investigation aims to quantify the scale of primary woody biomass burning for energy...
Open Letter by Environmental and Climate Organisations regarding KfW finance for wood biomass energy in Serbia
Click here to read the letter with the list of 41 signatory organisations 29th July 2024 Dear Mr Giegold, We are writing to you, as the Chair of the Board of Directors of KfW, on behalf of environmental organisations in the Western Balkan region, in Germany and across...
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...
Vattenfall Day of Action 2023
For the second year running, environmental campaigners held protests in each of the countries where Vattenfall operates biomass plants, coinciding with the company's Annual General Meeting. As well as still being a big fossil fuel burner, Vattenfall burns wood in 17...
Vattenfall AGM Press release
VattenFAIL: civil society groups in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and Brussels call out Vattenfall's investments in wood bioenergy and continued fossil fuels burning 26th April 2022 – Yesterday and today, coinciding with Vattenfall’s AGM, banner protests against the...
Open Letter to Vattenfall
Vatenfall must stop destroying forests and worsening climate chaos Vattenfall is today preventing young climate activists from attending their annual general meeting. In Vattenfall’s Notice to attend, it says: "The Annual General Meeting is open to the general...
Who is burning Estonia’s wood for energy?
Briefing paper by Estonian Fund for Nature, analysing the demand for Estonian wood for energy, including for wood pellet exports. Click here to download. Click here to see the original version in Estonian
Joint Submission to EBRD Energy Sector Strategy
Joint Submission by 56 Civil society organsitions to European Bank for reconstruction and development consultation on a new energy sector strategy Click here to read the letter with references and the list of signatories 2nd December 2022 Dear Sir/Madam, We thank you...
Decarbonization in Chile: From Coal to Biomass – A False Solution
Engie Coal to Biomass Power Plant Conversion Project in Mejillones (Chile), is a False Solution for Decarbonization Joint Report by Chile Sustentable and Biofuelwatch 21st October 2022 • Engie’s plans in Chile expose the worrisome trend of converting coal-fired...
Open Letter to Dutch House of Representatives
Joint open letter by 31 organisations from the Netherlands and five countries exporting wood pellets burned in Dutch power plants Click here to download the letter with references and list of signatories Klik hier voor de Nederlandse versie van de brief. Open Letter...
Environmental and climate justice campaigner hold Day of Action urging Vattenfall to move Beyond Burning
Street protests in Germany, Netherlands and UK accompanied by international social media action, denouncing Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning 27th April 2022 - Today, ahead of tomorrow’s Vattenfall AGM, banner protests...
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...
Open Letter to Vattenfall urging them to stop burning carbon including wood
Letter to Ms Anna Borg, Vattenfall CEO, CC to Mr Martijn Hagens (CEO Vattenfall Netherlands), Mr Alexander Van Ofwegen (Director of Heat Vattenfall Netherlands), Ms Tanja Wielgoss (Chairwoman of the Board Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG), Mr Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson,...
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...