Action Plan

• Work for a fair distribution of the global resources of biomass for energy.
 
• Be a strong voice representing the global bioenergy actors, both industrial and  institutional.
 
• Participate in the development and promotion of certification programmes, both for liquid and solid biofuels. The purpose is to guarantee that the fuels are produced in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way under acceptable working and social conditions.
 
• Demonstrate the potential of bioenergy as a strategic renewable resource for meeting the challenges from climate change by reducing emissions of climate gases.
 
• Develop and disseminate a start-up package called “How to create bioenergy associations”, including case studies on bioenergy. Especially where you share experiences on successful implementation of bioenergy.
 
• Take an active role in influencing the public opinion and create alliances, especially seek cooperation with unexpected partners, to turn around the current negative debate on bioenergy.
 
• Initiate and promote a study of potentials of biomass for energy built on already presented research. Consequences for food and forest industry must be seriously treated and analysed.
 
• Based on these potentials the role for bioenergy in a global energy mix can be shown and disseminated to the public, media, educators and decision makers on different levels.
 
• Clearly state the need for steering instruments to increase the use of bioenergy and reward the most efficient ones. Analyse different incentives and disseminate the results to decision makers in national governments and parliaments, and international organisations.
 
• Give much attention to biofuels for transport, especially to the conflict between energy and food. Secure supply of energy must be balanced to secure supply of food. Extra efforts shall   be made to spread knowledge about state of the art for the second generation of biofuels for transport. Special attention shall be given to bioenergy combinate solutions, for the production of, for example, electricity, heat, pellets, ethanol, diesel and biogas.
 
• Initiate and promote the development of standards for different kinds of biofuels and equipment, as for example boilers and burners. Standards are necessary for making bioenergy globally commercial and tradable.
 
• Initiate and support match-making to stimulate business and spread knowledge about equipment, fuels, systems and technical development. Promoting market for bioenergy implementation is a very important mission.
 
• Stimulate innovation and technology development related to bioenergy.
 
• Follow the media debate, correct false information, and give a positive picture of bioenergy by presenting the true facts to media and the public.
 
• Develop a member magazine.