Renewable energy / Bioenergy Biomass is derived from different types of organic matter: energy plants (oilseeds, plants containing sugar) and forestry, agricultural or urban waste including wood and household waste. Biomass can be used for heating, for producing electricity and for transport biofuels. Biomass can be solid (plants, wood, straw and other plants), gaseous (from organic waste, landfill waste) or liquid (derived from crops such as wheat, rapeseed, soy, or from lignocellulosic material). The use of biomass can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon dioxide it gives off when it is burned is counterbalanced by the amount absorbed when the plant in question was grown. However, generating net greenhouse gas savings also depends on the cultivation and fuel production processes used. Following the Commission's Biomass Action Plan, several Member States have produced their own national action plans. Most recently, the Commission has conducted a study into the permitting procedures of biomass installations, and is assessing the options for developing biomass sustainability criteria (including through recent public consultations). Read more at European Commission Energy Site. Biofuels and other renewable energy in the transport sector Energy consumption in the transport sector depends almost exclusively on imported fossil fuels ‐ oil. The sector is forecast to grow more rapidly than any other up to 2020 and beyond. And the sector is crucial to the functioning of the whole economy. The importance, and the vulnerability of the transport sector require that action is taken rapidly to reduce its malign contribution to sustainability and the insecurity of Europe's energy supply. The Community does this with a wide range of measures, covering emissions reductions, energy efficiency measures, green public procurement rules in transport, and with the promotion of renewable energy sources for the transport sector. Under the Directive 2003/30/EC of 8 May 2003 on the promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport, Europe established the goal of reaching a 5.75% share of renewable energy in the transport sector by 2010. Under the Directive 2009/28/EC of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources this share rises to a minimum 10% in every Member State in 2020. Whether it is electricity or hydrogen from renewable energy sources, or 1st or 2nd generation biofuels, there is an urgent need to ensure we meet this goal. The Directive also aims to ensure that as we expand the use of biofuels in the EU we use only sustainable biofuels, which generate a clear and net GHG saving and have no negative impact on biodiversity and land use. Read more at European Commission Energy Site.

Jun 09th 2021:
Xi Vows Focus on Emission Cuts, End Energy-Inefficient Projects
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Nov 22nd 2019:
Norwegian owned Technology can help solve the big pollution crisis in China. China’s big number of coal power plants can get an important tool against its pollutive emissions and farmers can directly benefit from it.(Contact us to learn more about the GGT Biofuel Reactor)
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Mar 31st 2019:
Robert Wilson@countcarbon: The evolving energy mix of the world 1965 - 2017
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Dec 17th 2018:
IEEFA update: Norway moves to invest in unlisted renewable energy
Norway's pension fund, the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), has launched a modest investment initiative in unlisted renewable energy infrastructure. And the truth is, when GPFG, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, makes a modest investment, it is anything but modest.
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Nov 13th 2017:
First CO2 rise in four years puts pressure on Paris targets.
Global emissions of CO2 in 2017 are projected to rise for the first time in four years, dashing hopes that a peak might soon be reached.
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Oct 30th 2017:
WMO: Greenhouse gas concentrations surge to new record
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800 000 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization's Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.
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Aug 16th 2017:
China is getting serious about biomass power
Vaughan Bassett presents at a two-day biomass co-firing workshop in Beijing in June.
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Oct 17th 2016:
Global Green Technology new bio energy platform is ready to be introduced to the market
Combines feedstock from crop residues with wood residues and municipality bio waste in one production facility. Main products are green certified electricity, US certified drinking water, fertilizers, silica, phosphorus and sugar content carbohydrates. Built on a floater (vessel or barge) the energy plant proves an interesting flexibility to site owners in critical areas around the world, to foreign aid organizations, as well as to investors.

Aug 8th 2016:
Global Green Technology to take over all Global Green One assets and operations
Global Green One is no longer in operation. Company owners, project owners and licencees have resolved and decided that all relevant assets and user licences to be transferred to Global Green Technology


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