Climate Change News discusses that not all biomass is carbon neutral, industry admits as EU reviews policy. The EU is working on stricter sustainability criteria for bioenergy, posing a challenge for the industry and several member states.
Leading industry figures acknowledge that not all biomass brings benefits to the climate, insisting that only low-value wood and forest residues should make the cut under EU law.
“Not all biomass is good biomass,” says Jennifer Jenkins, chief sustainability officer at Enviva, a US-based company which is the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets used for electricity and heat production.