EU votes to keep woody biomass as renewable energy

EU votes to keep woody biomass as renewable energy, ignores ...

With the EU legally mandated to phase out coal by 2030, the parliament voted down an amendment to declassify woody biomass as a renewable energy ...

European Parliament Recognizes Primary Woody Biomass as a ...

On September 14, the European Parliament voted to recognize primary woody biomass as a renewable energy source, which is consistent with its prior ...

EU vote allows biomass to continue to help meet RED goals

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Sept. 14 voted in favor of proposals for a revised Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII). The proposals aim to raise ...

EU bioenergy policy: debunking the myths on forest biomass | WWF

But there is hope in sight. In the negotiations on the Renewable Energy Directive, the European Parliament has called for a limit on the amount ...

European Parliament Adopted REDIII: Voting to Maintain the Status ...

In summary, the EU Parliament voted not to change the basic framework of maintaining the definition of forest biomass as renewable energy that ...

European Parliament Continues to Recognize Primary Woody ...

Primary woody biomass is an essential renewable energy source for meeting the ambition sought by the EU Parliament to increase renewable energy ...

EU votes to keep woody biomass as renewable energy, ignores ...

It's a choice that has to be made.

EU woody biomass final policy continues threatening forests and ...

The major problem, say activists, is that REDIII keeps intact the definition of woody biomass as a renewable energy source on par with zero- ...

The scientific case against burning forest biomass for energy

Today, biomass provides around 60% of the EU's total renewable energy – with around 75% of this going on domestic heating and cooling[1]. With ...

European Parliament will continue to recognise primary woody ...

The European Parliament voted today (14 September) to recognise primary woody biomass as a renewable energy source.

EU biomass: Should Europe count wood as a renewable fuel?

The European Parliament wants to exclude some woody biomass from counting toward the bloc's renewable energy goals, to avoid deforestation.

EP ban on primary woody biomass puts 20% of Europe's RES at risk

Sustainable bioenergy makes up nearly 60% of our renewable energy and is responsible for 21% of Europe's domestically produced energy. More importantly, it does ...

EU policymakers agree on new restrictions on forest biomass in the ...

European leaders have agreed on new limits to use of forest biomass under the EU's Renewable Energy Directive (RED). ... European Parliament and ...

EU Vote Boosts Biomass | Wood Bioenergy Magazine

The European Parliament voted in mid-September to recognize primary woody biomass as a renewable energy source, keeping its classification under both the ...

Woody biomass set to remain a “renewable energy source” under ...

Enviva has welcomed news that the European Union's (EU) trilogue negotiations concluded with an agreement on the Renewable Energy Directive ...

European Parliament Takes First Step to Limit Forest Biomass ...

While hundreds of scientists, NGOs, and more than 250,000 citizens petitioned the EP to stop treating wood-burning as “renewable energy,” they ...

EU Parliament misses opportunity to end support for wood burning ...

Today, the European Parliament voted on the revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). Sadly, the Parliament missed the chance ...

EU vote allows biomass to help meet RED targets - Generandi

The aim of the proposals is to increase the share of renewables in the EU's final energy consumption to 45% by 2030. The use of primary woody biomass was also ...

Forest activists hail EU move to cap biomass fuels, industry worried

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday (14 September) to limit the amount of primary biomass that can be burned in power plants, raising concern among the ...

Interview — What is the role of biomass in Europe's sustainability ...

Renewable energy consumption in the EU is dominated by biomass. Biomass accounted for more than half of the overall EU's renewable gross final ...