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This report looks at how biomass can help us reach our climate and environmental objectives, and how climate change might affect the EU's biomass production...

A sustainable and stable energy supply is essential for a country’s stability and wellbeing. Seychelles, like many small island developing states (SIDS), currently depends on imported energy, in the form...

A key driver of global biodiversity loss is land use, which involves converting or modifying natural ecosystems to produce biomass for human consumption. A new study explores...

The study builds on an extensive literature review, a survey, and in-depth interviews to investigate the potential of 10 microalgae and macroalgae production systems in contributing to animal feed requirements in the EU...

Communication COM/2018/773: A Clean Planet for all - A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy

Perennial biomass crops (PBC) are considered a crucial feedstock for sustainable biomass supply to the bioeconomy that compete less with food production compared to traditional crops. However...

This brief on biomass for energy is one out of a series of briefs from the EC's Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy which intend to provide independent evidence for EU policy in this field. The following...

When new biorefinery processes are developed, certain challenges are encountered during the research and development stage. There are multiple possible production routes...

Study commissioned in spring 2015 to assess the likelihood of the high carbon scenarios identified in the Bioenergy Emissions and Counterfactual (BEAC) model occurring now or in the future