The brief, published by theĀ European Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy, synthesises and summarises the latest available data on bioenergy in the EU. It shows how bioenergy not only contributes to renewable energy but also to the EU’s energy security, as 96% of bioenergy feedstock is produced within the EU. Most of this comes from forestry.
In November 2016, the European Commission launched the Clean Energy package, including a recast of the Directive on the promotion of renewable energy sources (āRES Directiveā), with the objective of greatly increasing the share of RES in final energy consumption by 2030. The revised RES Directive aims to provide guiding principles on financial support schemes …
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Biomass is organic material that comes from plants and animals. It is the basis of the bioeconomy, which “comprises those parts of the economy that use renewable biological resources from land and sea ā such as crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms ā to produce food, materials and energy”*.
Perennial biomass crops (PBC) are considered a crucial feedstock for sustainable biomass supply to the bioeconomy that compete less with food production compared to traditional crops. However, largeāscale development of PBC as a means to reach greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation targets would require not only the production on land previously not used forĀ agriculture,Ā but also the …
The EU aims to achieve a variety of ambitious climate change mitigation and sustainable development goals by 2030. To deliver on this aim, the European Commission (EC) launched the bioeconomy strategy in 2012. At the heart of this policy is the concept ofĀ the sustainableĀ Biorefinery, which is based centrally on a cost-effective conversion of lignocellulosic biomass …
European Union adopted a Directive that establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Union target for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in 2030. It also lays down rules on financial support for electricity from renewable …
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