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The use of biomass for electricity generation is regarded by the IPCC, the Dutch government, and the European Union as a form of renewable energy, whereby biogenic (short-cycle) CO2 is released that was previously absorbed and stored by plants. Bioenergy plays a role in virtually all IPCC scenarios aimed at limiting global temperature increase to 1.5-2°C by the end of the 21st century.

Biomass is also a renewable source: it will not run out, unlike fossil fuels. It is an unending cycle.


‘When biomass is combusted, the carbon previously absorbed by the plants when they were growing simply returns to the atmosphere.’

International Energy Agency