12-13
2022
Bioenergy-solid biofuels, biogas, biomethane and liquid biofuels – already makes a significant contribution to the world’s energy supply, but half of the deployment currently takes the form of traditional uses of bioenergy for cooking and heating, mainly in developing countries. The situation needs to change. Inefficient applications of biomass must be replaced by modern and clean energy solutions, since they harm people’s health, damage the environment and reduce social well-being. Modern forms of bioenergy are increasingly being used to generate electricity, for heat in buildings and industry, for transport fuels and as an industrial feedstock. For example, biomass-based aviation fuel is the most promising renewable option in the near and medium term. However, increasing bioenergy deployment and realising its wider socio-economic benefits presents its own difficulties. Five major challenges across all end-uses that urgently need to be addressed: Policy uncertainty and ...