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Message from the EUBCE Conference General Chairman
Prof. André Faaij
 The deployment of biomass for production of power, heat, transportation fuels, renewable feedstock and materials has become one of the most complex, promising, politicized and debated options we have at our disposal to combat climate change and to create a sustainable energy system.
State-of-the-art analysis strongly confirms the necessity of large scale biomass deployment to meet the maximum GMT change of 2 – 1,5°C. The Paris Agreement fortunately led to global consensus for deep GHG emission reduction. The IPCC made clear in its 5th assessment report, that all key mitigation options (increased energy efficiency across the board, all renewables, carbon capture and storage) need to deliver in the coming 4 decades on a vast scale, and that 250-300 EJ (a quarter to a third of the world’s energy supply in the second half of this century) may need to come from biomass to make that possible. With those targets, the need for negative emissions (combined deployment of biomass with carbon capture and storage) is deemed necessary on a large scale.
Furthermore, biomass is the only tangible alternative for delivering carbon neutral carbon for liquid transport fuels for aviation, shipping, heavy road transport and shares of demand for passenger vehicles. Overall, sustainable biomass may deliver 30-40% of total global GHG mitigation efforts with the combined displacement of fossil fuels, CO2 removal and storage and increased carbon storage via vegetation, reforestation and restoration of marginal and degraded lands.
Prof. André Faaij
Chairman of the 24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Academic Director of the Energy Academy Europe
Distinguished Professor Energy System Analysis - University of Groningen
2015 winner of the Linneborn Prize.
EUBCE Background
The European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) has taken place at different venues in Europe since 1980. As one of the world's leading R&D conference, combined with an international exhibition, It serves as the international meeting point for biomass experts from research, development and from industry, with presentations dedicated to biomass, addressing the latest technologies, the policy framework, and the medium and long-term strategies and potentials. The EUBCE is the interface between science, industry and policy makers.
The EUBCE is supported by European and international organizations such as the European Commission, UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Natural Sciences Sector, WCRE - the World Council for Renewable Energy, EUBIA - the European Biomass Industry Association and other organisations.
The Technical Programme is coordinated by the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
For more information, please visit: www.eubce.com
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