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General energy system and GHG emissions

European Commission - Energy - New and Renewable Energies - Bioenergy

General description of bioenergy systems

Land use, land use change, and forestry

National policies and measures

The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is a leading centre for the analysis and development of environmental and related policies in Europe. An independent, not for profit organisation, the Institute has offices in London and Brussels. IEEP brings a non-partisan analytical perspective to policy questions, engaging in both pressing short-term questions and long-term strategic studies.

The European Commission has adopted 2005 a Biomass Action Plan for the Promotion of Biomass Energy, which includes some 20 measures to shape the development and improvement of biomass technology, and as a result, enable a better use of biomass to produce energy, in particular heat. The Commission has recently announced a directive to promote the market for cooling and heating from renewable energy sources. The EU estimates a probable percentage of renewable heating and cooling of 25 percent by 2020.

EU Conference on "European Legislation to Promote Bioenergy", 8-9 November, Review

Regional and local policies and measures

Implementation projects

Research programms

The AFB-NET on Agricultural and Forestry Biomass is an EU-funded (ALTENER DG XVII) network established to co-ordinate information and personnel exchange between National Biomass Energy Programmes on Agricultural and Forestry Biomass. The AFB-net involves 14 member states of the EU and links all national biomass programmes and groups representing all facets of the biomass supply and use chain. Each participating country is represented by a National Coordinator as detailed below. This network, that started in 1995, is managed by ETSU (UK), who also maintains a web site and database. In 1998 a Newsletter was initiated, produced by the Austrian national coordinator (BLT Wieselburg).

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