Dear Colleagues of the Global Scientific Biomass Community,

Biomass is a raw material with a multitude of applications, suitable to replace fossil resources, for use both as an energy source as well as for material utilization. For a sustainable energy supply, biomass is indispensable; but it is also limited, is not sufficient for all applications, and it ranks in priority after food and feed.

Biomass technology has changed from an ancient but newly discovered technology to a serious, modern form of supply for the society of today and tomorrow, a key element of sustainability and a significant economic factor. 

Thus the tasks of the biomass community include finding solutions to overcome the competition between the different methods of utilization, identifying conversion paths with the highest degree of sustainability and bringing together bioenergy concepts with other renewable energies. These tasks, in their full spectrum, also will be reflected in the 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition and its motto: “Setting the course for a biobased economy”.

The variety of topics linked to these tasks is manifold, leading to the horizontal approach of the Conference, which is typical for the biomass sector and essential for finding concepts with a holistic background. Nevertheless the problems to be solved need highly sophisticated approaches.  This evokes the need for dedicated events with a high degree of thematical profundity. This is the reason why we decided to complement the proven horizontal concept of the Conference with new vertically-oriented elements dedicated to the following topics: “Biogas Upgrading and Grid Injection”, “Biogas goes Europe”, “Biowaste to Energy” and “Bioenergy in Smart Grids”...read more