New white paper shows how markets ensure only low-value wood fiber is used for sustainable bioenergy and the potential environmental risks from introducing arbitrary feedstock criteria
On 13th of June WBA hosted Minister-Counsellor from Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Sweden, at WBA’s headquarters in Stockholm.
World Bioenergy Association webinar series:This webinar shows registrants that sustainable biomass is out there, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Europe needs a fossil exit strategy to achieve the targets of Paris. The core of this strategy should be an exit path that distributes the burden of this fossil fuel replacement evenly over the present and coming generation.
The REN Alliance joined forces at COP22 in Marrakech to demonstrate how renewable technologies working together can meet energy needs at island, rural, city, national and regional levels.
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the release of the factsheet ‘clean and efficient bioenergy cookstoves’- the tenth in the series of publications.
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to publish the 3rd Global Bioenergy Statistics report. The report shows that bioenergy is growing at a steady pace.
In the battle against climate change, cities play a decisive role. Without a targeted policy for cities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, climate mitigation policies cannot be successful.
The purpose of the MoU is to support the role of Higher Council in managing wastes and residues that are presently a management and environmental problem.
International renewable energy organisations have come together at COP21 in Paris to demonstrate that reliable 100% renewable energy is not only possible, but that systems already exist today with significant potential for expansion.
The Paris Agreement aiming to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees compared to pre industrial levels has been adopted unanimously at COP21 conference in Paris, France on 12th December 2015.
The declaration was released during the Advanced Biofuels Conference in Stockholm during September 2015. Since then, the declaration has received more than 50 signees and support from 28 biofuel companies (As of 16.Nov.2015).
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the release of the factsheet ‘Thermochemical Gasification of Biomass’ – the eight in the series of publications.
WBA attended the roundtable on Bioenergy Issues and Options - jointly organized by Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM).
In Lima, Peru on December the 5th, during the COP20 the WBA will present a side event titled "Success in Paris: Mapping a road towards 100% renewables".
The five final candidates to the World Bioenergy Award 2014 are now chosen. One of them will be announced as the winner on June 3 at the opening session of World Bioenergy 2014 in Jönköping, Sweden.
World Bioenergy Association on the proposals for the EU Commission on the new climate policy. Minus 40% CO2 emission a minimum target, 27 percent renewables in 2030 not acceptable!
Sustainably managed forests can save at least ten times CO2 than unmanaged forests. WBA, AEBIOM, ABA appeal to policy makers to take scientific results into account when establishing harmonised EU sustainability criteria and future bioenergy policy.
The REN Alliance will introduce the theme of a 100% renewable energy future and case studies that demonstrate how municipalities and communities are playing a key role in attaining this vision.
This second fact sheet concerns the application of combined heat and power (CHP) technology in connection to district or industrial heating / cooling systems.
Starting today the World Bioenergy Association, WBA, will highlight opportunities in the field of modern bioenergy by publishing a short series of science-based information fact- sheets. A fact sheet on modern Small-Scale biomass heating systems and their beneficial applications is the first in line to be launched.
World Bioenergy Association’s board member and entrepreneur Kai Johan Jiang wants to make the Swedish car manufacturer a leading producer of electric cars powered by green electricity.
The six final candidates to the World Bioenergy Award 2012 are chosen. One of them will be announced as the winner on May 29 at the opening session of World Bioenergy 2012 in Jönköping, Sweden.
Carbon tax in all EU countries. This could be the result of the proposal to revise the EU Energy Tax Directive, presented yesterday by the European Commission.
We send our thoughts and sympathy out to the Japanese people as they begin to come to terms with the terrible aftermath of the recent earthquake and ensuing tsunami.
World Bioenergy Association will present certification criteria for sustainable biomass for energy on Monday 6 December at a press conference at the World Climate Summit in Cancún.
The recently held Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC), October 27-29, gathered ministers and Government representatives from 71 countries.
A position paper by World Bioenergy Association (WBA) based on a report by the Department of Energy and Technology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) shows that the global potential to produce biomass for energy in a sustainable way is sufficient to meet global energy demand.
General Electric plans to shutter a solar panel manufacturing facility in Delaware due to falling prices in the solar industry, according to the company.
India’s largest sugar refiner has purchased a Brazilian sugar cane and ethanol supplier, marking the Indian giant’s first acquisition in the Latin American country.
A team of experts at the University of Queensland (UQ) has been studying 20,000 Pongamia pinnata (Indian beech) trees lining Brisbane's streets as a green and cost-effective alternative to dwindling fossil fuels.
Vietnam’s PetroVietnam Group has chosen Alfa Laval to supply equipment and engineering solutions for an ethanol plant the company plans to build in the north of the country.
Brazil remains frustrated that the US has yet to remove tariffs on ethanol imported from the South American country, as climate experts continue to debate the environmental benefits of biofuels based on corn versus sugar cane.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than $20 million to five companies developing ways to improve the production of cellulosic biofuels.
The biofuels industry is getting a boost from an unlikely set of investors – the traditional oil companies whose products biofuels are meant to replace.
Global biofuel use is expected to increase twofold by 2015 and Brazil will remain the world's top exporter of biofuel, according to a report released Wednesday by Hart Energy Consulting.
One of the UK's largest single electricity users shifts to become a biomass-fired power station – has applied to the government for permission to build a 300MW biomass-fired power station
Tony Bridgwater, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Aston University in Birmingham, UK has been awarded the Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN-Alliance) have agreed to work together in order to speed up the utilisation of renewable energy sources worldwide.
A group of scientists from around the world recently launched a project which will attempt to resolve many of the issues related to the sustainable production of energy from biomass.
Researchers in Greenland are looking into whether or not one of the world’s largest species of sharks could be a source of biofuel for the native Inuit population.
Eleven scholars from several respected US universities have concluded that biofuels can be produced in large quantities, but only if they come from feedstocks with low emissions of greenhouse gases throughout their life cycles.
Nuclear power is not on IRENA:s agenda and oilproducers will have to look into renewable energy options because the oil will run out, Interim Director-General of IRENA, Ms. Hélène Pelosse says in an interview with Reuters.
The world’s leading industrial nations took important steps toward reducing carbon emissions at the recent Group of Eight (G8) meeting in Italy, but most of the hard work involved in making concrete progress still lies ahead.
The European Union has given the green light to a joint venture between the DuPont chemical company and energy company BP to develop a new generation of biofuels.
The latest edition of the magazine put out by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee outlines what the editors see as the ten biggest energy challenges facing the United States.
The US military is funding a number of research projects in hopes of developing algae-derived biofuels to help lower the costs of operating its massive fleet of planes and other vehicles.
With more European utilities choosing wood pellets to fuel power plants, the southeastern United States is increasingly becoming a major pellet exporter.
New Zealand’s Green Party wants to reintroduce biofuel sustainability criteria in order to keep promotional grants away from companies that cut down rain forests in order to produce biofuels.
Dow Chemical is joining forces with a small start-up company to build thousands of bioreactors that will use algae to convert carbon dioxide into ethanol.
A newly-produced report ‘A European Eco-efficient Economy’ focuses on Europe’s potential for creating an eco-efficient economy, one of the areas that will be given priority during the Swedish EU Presidency.
An Australian company which recently opened its first wood pellet factory is looking to help from a German equipment maker in its quest to become the world’s largest pellet manufacturer.
Algae may someday be a source of bioenergy on an industrial scale, but it remains difficult to say exactly when that may happen, according to the head of the newly launched European Algae Biomass Association (EABA).
The US oil industry is urging the government to postpone new rules designed to promote biofuel use in the United States, arguing that too much work remains to be done.
At a slash conference in Jönköping, Sweden, kicking off Elmia Wood 2009, 139 delegates from 29 countries gathered to learn more on effective handling and utilisation of slash.
The parties believe that a comprehensive strategy to respond to the climate change challenge must necessarily envisage a portfolio of different renewable energy sources through policy and regulatory improvments to boost investments in bioenergy.
With biofuels producers facing a finite amount of land which can be converted for production, researchers have begun to examine ways to maximize biomass’s “miles per acre”.
The number of job openings in the UK’s environmental sector continues to grow, despite the economic downturn which has dampened prospects in so many other sectors.
New calculations from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demonstrate how the inclusion of “indirect land use” can affect estimates of greenhouse gas emissions.
Ethanol and biodiesel production both increased by 34 percent to 67 and 12 billion litres respectively. More renewable energy than conventional power capacity was added in both the European Union and United States for the first time ever.
More than two years have passed since the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its landmark fourth assessment (AR4) on the possible causes and effects of global climate change.
In its final declaration from the recently held Agriculture Ministers meeting in Csion di Valmarino, Italy, the G8 acknowledged the need for development of agriculture in order to meet increasing demand for food.
Increased demand for biofuels is a positive development for Africa’s farmers. Farmers have been getting paid less and less for their products, but now prices for farm products are on the rise, and farmers’ incomes are rising with them.
“The world’s forest, grassland and agricultural ecosystems not only help to fulfill human society’s needs for food, energy and materials but also harbour a wealth of biodiversity of intrinsic and utilitarian value,” according to Jan-Erik Petersen of the European Environment Agency.
Creating a workable, internationally applicable system for sustainability certification is vital to promoting public acceptance and a functioning market for biofuels.