Aebiom - European Biomass Association

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About AEBIOM
The European Biomass Association is the common voice of the European bioenergy sector with the aim to develop the market for sustainable bioenergy, and ensure favorable business conditions for its members. READ MORE

Statistics

AEBIOM Statistical Report
Download the AEBIOM Statistical Report 2012 [HERE].

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Position papers

AEBIOM and EURELECTRIC call for EU wide binding sustainablity criteria for biomass
Brussels, 13 March 2013. AEBIOM together with EURELECTRIC publish a press release calling for EU wide binding sustainablity criteria for biomass

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AEBIOM press release on sustainably managed forests and carbon savings
Brussels, 21 February 2013. AEBIOM together with the World Bioenergy Association and Austrian Biomass Association publish a press release on sustainably managed forests and carbon savings.

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AEBIOM statement on biomass and climate benefits
Brussels, 05 Novembre 2012. AEBIOM published a statement showing that current controversial debate on carbon savings of biomass has not sufficiently evaluated actual sustainable forest management and biomass feedstock utilization practices and the positive role biomass plays in ensuring healthy and productive forests thus delivering climate change benefits. READ MORE
AEBIOM press release on EC proposal on ILUC
Brussels, 18 October 2012. AEBIOM publishes a press release on EC proposal to include ILUC related measures in RES Directive. AEBIOM considers that the proposed path would not solve ILUC related problems but provide negative incentives for biofuels and bioenergy developments. READ MORE
AEBIOM press release on ILUC
Brussels, 19 September 2012. AEBIOM publishes a press release on ILUC stating that ILUC rules under preparation would not only lead to negative impacts on biofuels sector but would also lead to opposite results of those intended with such legislation. READ MORE
AEBIOM response to EC consultation on Horizon 2020
Brussels, 11 September 2012. AEBIOM submits a response to the EC consultation on Intelligent Energy – Europe III – Horizon 2020. READ MORE
AEBIOM position paper on energy taxation
Brussels, 16 May 2012. AEBIOM publishes a position paper on energy taxation calling for improvements to the EC proposed revision of Energy Taxation Directive. The EC proposal provides a very good basis, however, it does not ensure adequate environment for renewable transport sector, namely biogas and biofuels. READ MORE
Energy Roadmap 2050: neither hot nor cool
Brussels, 6 March 2012. AEBIOM together with ten European heat sector related associations (RES, energy efficiency, etc) publishes a joint statement calling for an ambitious European heating and cooling policy and showing that despite its huge potential, the heating sector remains a sleeping giant in the EU energy strategy. READ MORE

AEBIOM News

30/04: AEBIOM Newsletter April 2013 HERE

26/04: Revolve Magazine publishes photos with workers in renewables/biomass HERE

25/04: EIPS responds to The Economist articles "Bonfire of the subsidies" and "The fuel of the future" HERE

10/04: 2030 Renewable energy target will cut costs and kick-start sluggish European economies HERE

03/04: Support for a dedicated follow-up of the IEE Programme HERE

29/03: Pellet quality certification sets the scene for market expansion HERE

28/03: Green Paper “A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies”: The Heat Coalition, of which AEBIOM is member, calls for a comprehensive European approach for heating and cooling! HERE

11/03: Safety Pellets Workshop Report HERE

AEBIOM Events

Nordic Baltic Bioenergy 2013
Date: 21-22 May, 2013
Location: Oslo, Norway
Organiser: NOBIO
Call for Papers: [HERE]
Website: www.bioenergy2013.no
AEBIOM Bioenergy Conference 2013
Date: 17-19 June, 2013
Location: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
Event Announcement: [HERE]
Programme: [HERE]
Sponsors: AREVA, Andritz, BioAlgaeSorb, World Bioenergy 2014, Neuson-Ecotec
Event Website: www.aebiom.org/conference

Projects

Cross Border Bioenergy

The Cross Border Bioenergy project aims at supporting companies to analyse markets attractiveness in Europe and support their decision making process to invest in other countries. READ MORE
PellCert

The key objective of the project European Pellet Quality Certification is to create and implement an ambitious and uniform certification system for pellets in Europe, called “ENplus”, which will be used both by the heat and the power markets, for intra European trade but also for imports.

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RHC Platform

The European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating & Cooling (RHC-Platform) brings together stakeholders from the biomass, geothermal and sola thermal sector- including the related industries- to define a common strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling. READ MORE

Publications