Improving bioenergy sources for a more sustainable world
date: 07/07/2016
Project: Production of Solid Sustainable Energy C...
acronym: SECTOR
See also: CORDIS
“Torrefied biomass — heat-treated biomass fuel — is an additional and viable option to reducing greenhouse gases,” explains SECTOR project coordinator Daniela Thrän. If coal power stations and other industrial plants in Europe start to burn torrefied biomass materials instead of coal or at the same time as coal, Europe will be more likely to meet its renewable energy targets, she explains. By 2020, Europe aims to have 20% of its energy consumption coming from renewable fuels. By 2030, this figure could be as high as 27%.