WBA OFFICIAL SIDE EVENT AT DIREC: 

Possibilities to Increase the Supply of Sustainable Biomass for Energy

Description: The World Bioenergy Association, WBA, have reported that the global potential of sustainable biomass for energy is enough to meet the energy demand 2050. WBA would like to demonstrate examples of sustainable bioenergy in different parts of the world.

Contribution: Promoting global efforts to scale up renewable energy and reflecting an approach that integrates technological, policy, financial, economic, social, and environmental dimensions.

Programme:

Introduction to WBA
Kent Nystrom, President, WBA, Sweden

Sustainable potential and sustainability criteria for biomass for energy
Kent Nystrom, President, WBA, Sweden

Attracting capital to investments in developing countries
Douglas Bradley, Board member of WBA and President of Canadian BIoenergy Association, Canada

Biomass for energy policies in India
A.R. Shukla, Scientist-G/Advisor, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India

Bioenergy possibilities to replace fossil fuels and nuclear energy in Europe depending on EU policy
Heinz Kopetz, Board Member of WBA and President of European Biomass Association, Austria

The possibilities technically, physically and politically for Japan to convert to sustainable energy
Tetsunari Iida, Board Member of WBA and Executive Director, ISEP, Institution for Sustainable Energy Policies, Japan

Status of Bioenergy in India
Sribas Bhattacharya, Board Member of WBA and President of International Energy Initiative, India

WBA mission to Zambia - Zambia as a bioenergy model country: biofuel, biogas, stop deforestation and start international trading
Andrew Lang, Board Member of WBA and Chairman of SmartTimbers Cooperativ, Australia

BioenergyConnect: a tool for technology transfer and capacity building

Karin Haara, Executive Director of WBA, Sweden

Feedback from participants and discussion Accelerating bioenergy development in India: Barriers and options

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