Biomass / Energy from Waste

The UK Biomass Strategy, published in May 2007, provides a framework for the sustainable development of biomass for:

heat and power

transport fuels

industrial products.

The strategy outlines current EU and UK Government policies and explains how these operate to develop the use of biomass as a whole. It also identifies the challenges we face and what we are doing to address them.

 The strategy outlines current EU and UK Government policies and explains how these operate to develop the use of biomass as a whole. It also identifies the challenges we face and what we are doing to address them.

This strategy draws on detailed work, which considers the part biomass can play in meeting our future energy and industrial material needs in a sustainable way.  The UK Biomass Strategy also incorporates work arising from the 2007 Government response to the Biomass Task Force Report and the 2007 revised Non-Food Crops Strategy action plan, and was published alongside the Energy white paper.

On July 2008, the European Commission published a consultation on the requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass  As required by the Renewable Energy Directive, it will publish its report at the end of 2009.

Biomass Task Force

The Biomass Task Force was established in October 2004 under the Chairmanship of Sir Ben Gill, to assist Government and industry in optimising the contribution of biomass energy to renewable energy targets and to sustainable forestry and farming and rural objectives.

The Task Force issued a number of progress reports culminating in June 2009 when DECC published a final progress report. This sets out in detail achievements on the 61 actions contained in the Government response, and explains how continuing and planned future activities will enable us to consolidate the successes to date, and help build a competitive and sustainable biomass sector. For more information visit the DECC website.

 

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