BIOENERGY. Making Europe's energy transition possible - It's possible

More than half of Europe’s renewable energy comes from bioenergy, sourced from sustainably managed forests and agriculture.

Beyond Bioenergy

A civil society statement on EU bioenergy policy Eighty-two civil society organisations and networks from Europe and beyond have launched 'Beyond Bioenergy',...

Little potential for “climate plantations” within planetary boundaries

12.02.2025 – Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO₂ and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 degrees in the long term. But if this is done on land beyond existing agriculture, it endangers the stability of the biosphere. A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Nature Communications Earth & Environment puts a figure on the potential of such novel “climate plantations”, also known as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). The study considered not only the carbon balance but also other planetary boundaries.

Carbonate-dissolving microorganisms could be key to sustainable bioenergy

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery that paints a clearer picture of carbon flow through the environment and provides key information for the sustainable development of bioenergy sources.

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