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Nova-Institute: “It’s time for a change and a new start” for the EU bioeconomy

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Michael Carus, managing director of the nova-Institut

The European Union will need a new political framework for rolling out its bio-based economy by 2020 at the latest. The existing framework does not create sufficient market pull for implementing innovative, bio-based technologies. To say it are Michael Carus, Lara Dammer and Roland Essel in the latest policy paper of nova-Institute “Options for Designing a New Political Framework of the European Bio-based Economy – nova-Institute’s contribution to the current debate”.

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European Environment Agency: Bioenergy production must use resources more efficiently

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Living Facade of EEA in Copenhagen
Living Facade of EEA in Copenhagen

The European Environment Agency has published the Report “EU bioenergy from a resource efficiency perspective”. The report primarily looks at the potential for energy from agricultural land, although it includes forest and waste biomass in the overall analysis (Bioenergy refers to energy uses of any kind of biomass, whether for heating, power generation or transport).

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