Committee on Climate Change

Bioenergy Review - 7 December 2011

This report assesses the role of Bioenergy in meeting carbon budgets and targets, drawing on detailed analysis of land use impacts and the UK energy system from technical, economic and wider sustainability perspectives.The report advises Government on key issues such as resource availability, lifecycle emissions, sustainability standards and appropriate use of bioenergy across sectors.

* Interactive PDF of full report (11.5MB.pdf)

* Full report (3MB single spreads easy print version)

* Presentation slides (2.98MB.pdf)

* Read the press release

Technical Papers - these papers contain the full analysis that underpins the review... 

1. Is bioenergy low-carbon? (2MB.pdf)
2. Global and UK bioenergy supply scenarios (2.4MB.pdf)
3. Appropriate use of scarce bioenergy (MB.pdf) - COMING SOON!
4. Biomass in power generation (1.4MB.pdf)

Exhibits - the data, charts and figures that appear in the review...

• Exhibits (600KB.excel)