Energy from the Biomass: Third EC conference PDF

PREFACE

The success of the previous Conferences on Energy from Biomass, held in Brighton 1980 and Berlin 1982, and the continued interest among European countries,encouraged the Commission of the European Communities to organise the third conference on this area of energy production. It brought together about 500 experts from many countries thus presenting an international forum for discussion of the most recent advances in research and development, manufacture and industrial applications.

In the development of energy production from indigenous resources the importance of biomass is steadily increasing. This is now notable in temperate regions where it is associated with aspects of conservation, waste treatment and materials recycling as well as the use of crops, trees and residues from agriculture and forestry. Large government and industrial sponsored programmes in many countries of the world give ample evidence of this fact. This is particularly relevant at present in Europe where the problem of agricultural surpluses in the European Community is being discussed in terms of ethanol and short rotation forestry schemes.

Authors: W. Palz, Hugh Coombs, D.O. Hall