Conference - European Biomass Association European Legislation to promote Bioenergy

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European Legislation to promote Bioenergy

This meeting was organised by AEBIOM, as a Bioenergy Business Forum on 6 - 7 November 2006.

The following preamble introduced the Conference:

The bioenergy market is currently boosted by the oil price. All applications are growing rapidly, for bioheat, bioelectricity or transportation biofuels. Bioenergy is facing major challenges like biofuels supply or market development and new technologies are emerging.

European policy has a major influence on the bioenergy sector. EU policy sets the framework conditions whose impacts on the development of bioenergy can be both positive and negative. EU has decided to put emphasis on bioenergy and has never been so productive (Biomass Action Plan and its key actions, liquid biofuels directive and its current revision, etc.).

Implementation of these EU policies into national regulations is a key process to make bioenergy competitive and it is likely that in the future new schemes will develop.

This high profile conference, organised in the representation of Baden-Württemberg, provided opportunities to identify key EU trends for bioenergy and opportunities to engage in direct communication with outstanding speakers from the Parliament, the Commission and relevant international organisations. The conference was directed to those engaged in business.

A number of key presentations are available from the website:

• EU Policy for Energy from Biomass - Buffaria Bruno
• Bioenergy and the Forest-based Industries - Engelbrecht Per-Ove
• Renewables Financing - Ernst Felix
• Objectives and measures of the Biomass Action Plan - Howes Tom
• The role of the European emissions trading scheme in promoting bioenergy - Meadows Damien
• Private Banking for Bioenergy Plants - Morlock Kaj
• Market development for small scale pellet boilers in Europe - Ortner Herbert
• Initiatives of the European Parliament to double the share of Bioenergy - Rothe Mechtild
• Port of Rotterdam : in the midst of large scale developments - Schonewille Wijnand
• First industrial BTL plant in Freiberg - Wolf Bodo