bioenergy economics News
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Workshop on bioenergy in Zambia 11-12 February
Can Swedish knowhow in bioenergy assist economic growth in Zambia? The Swedish Trade Council in Southern Africa hereby invites you to a 2 day workshop addressing Bioenergy in Zambia.This is part of an initiative from the Swedish Government called SymbioCity Academy Energy. The goal of this workshop is to increase the awareness and knowledge regarding Bioenergy, with special focus on Pellets and ...
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FAO unveils new bioenergy assessment tool
A decision-support tool developed by FAO will help ensure that countries can enter the rapidly growing field of bioenergy industry to produce benefits for the poor without jeopardizing their food security. The tool, an “analytical framework” designed by a team of economists from FAO, Utrecht University’s Copernicus Institute and Darmstadt’s Oeko-Institut, was unveiled at a two-day experts’ ...
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Latest News and Updates on EUBCE 2015, the World`s First-Class Biomass Conference and Exhibition
The International Political Opening of the EUBCE 2015 will be opened on Monday, 1 June 2015 at 10:15 by Vladimír Šucha, European Commission, Director General JRC with addresses by Günter Liebel, Director General, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Josef Plank, President Austrian Industry Biomass Association and David de Jager, IEA-RETD. ...
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Governing the Risks and Opportunities of Bioenergy
Bioenergy has become an increasingly important topic for governments, businesses, and civil society. Driven especially by increasing oil prices and concerns about climate change, greater investments are being made in renewable energy, with biological sources (sugarcane, maize, wood, etc.) receiving particular attention due to their numerous claimed advantages. Yet bioenergy also has some risks ...
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23rd EUBCE marks the record of participating countries and confirms its global leading role for the bioenergy community
With 803 presentations by over 2,500 authors and co-authors, this year, the 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition has marked the record number of 76 participating countries.In total, 1,394 participants attended the EUBCE and, as the hosting country, Austria ranked first by number of participants, followed by Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. An impressive 30% increase in the number of ...
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Industry calls for uniform sustainability criteria for all bioenergy
One set of sustainability criteria for all bioenergy, whether in liquid, solid or gaseous form, is necessary to create a predictable and stable regulatory environment that will promote innovation and develop the bioenergy market, two major industrial players have recommended. In doing so the criteria should consider the source of the bioenergy, regardless of its end use or form. Current ...
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New members to join WBA!
NEW Members: Herz Energietechnik GmbH Energie Steiermark AG NEW Silver Sponsor and WBA member: Agrana Group Click Here to see our full list of members. About Agrana Group. AGRANA is an internationally oriented Austrian company which adds value to agricultural commodities to produce a wide range of industrial products for the processing sector. With around 8,500 personnel based at 56 ...
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New report by NNFCC highlights the importance of biomass in power production
A new briefing report by bioeconomy consultants NNFCC says biomass can deliver cost-effective, low-carbon energy that delivers real and meaningful environmental and economic benefits, but warns that the way we calculate these benefits needs to be more transparent and robust. By the end of the decade 15 per cent of the energy supplied in the UK must come from renewable sources. Biomass is ...
By NNFCC Ltd.
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Conecta Bioenergía: for large-scale energy consumers
It will be a meeting point for large-scale energy consumers and bioenergy professionals. In the current economic climate, with fossil fuel prices rising all the time, it has become vitally important to reduce energy bills and have stable, reliable supplies available. Aware of this situation, the organisers of Conecta Bioenergía and Expobioenergía are inviting four large-scale energy ...
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Fostering the biogas sector is essential to ensure the decarbonisation of the EU
Brussels, 11 June 2020 – Bioenergy Europe, in collaboration with the European Biogas Association, launches the second chapter of its Statistical Report 2020 focusing on biogas and its upgraded version, biomethane. The Report looks at the biogas consumption and production in the EU and provides an in-depth and up-to-date analysis on the sector’s state of play. Biogas is produced ...
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World Bioenergy Association (WBA) elects two new vice presidents
WBA had its annual steering committee meeting, general assembly and board meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on 9th June 2015. During the meeting, Dr Benard Muok, Director of Program, ACTS (African Centre for Technology Studies), Kenya and Dr Tanay Sidki Uyar, Professor, Marmara University, Turkey were elected for one year as new vice presidents of WBA. They join the team of Douglas Bradley (Canada), ...
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New Global Alliance calls for 100 Percent Renewable Energy
A newly established global alliance of civil society organizations, academics, business associations and policy makers has called upon national legislators to commit to 100 percent renewable energy in the power, heating&cooling and transportation sector. A newly established global alliance of civil society organizations, academics, business associations and policy makers has called upon ...
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WBA and REN Alliance to hold side event at COP19 18th Nov
Side event: Integrated technologies towards 100% renewables: Case studies and examples at national and regional levels Venue: Room Cracow, National Stadium, Warsaw Date: Monday 18 November 2013 Time: 16:45 - 18:15 WBA President, Heinz Kopetz, together with the leaders of the REN Alliance (Renewable Energy Alliance) will be holding an official side event at the COP19 Warsaw. Program for the ...
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