COVID-19: rethinking bioenergy and the UK bioeconomy

Andrew Welfle, Research Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, suggests that with investment in infrastructure, bioenergy can lead a green recovery from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

What if we could make an environmentally friendly and sustainable version of a fossil fuel? What if it could decarbonise our energy sector and provide fuel for transport, heat, and power? Biomass promises to do just this.

Made from the waste we throw away at home, or from crops grown specifically for this purpose, biomass would produce bioenergy with lower carbon emissions compared to fossil fuels, helping the UK to become more energy self-sufficient and meet international climate change targets.

With bold investment in infrastructure, bioenergy can lead a green recovery from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recorded in August 2020

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