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Role of Biomass in the Green Energy revolution

Coming of the Green Industrial Revolution, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Stephan B. Tanda, 2 June 2010, “……. The use of fossil fuels creates greenhouse gases and compounds the problem of climate change. To wean us off our addiction to fossil carbon sources, we need a more sustainable resource, and I believe that alternative is biomass – biological materials that can be used for industrial production, transportation, heat and electricity.

Biomass, in essence the only renewable carbon source, will be a key resource that will fuel the development of a bio-based economy and will usher in a green industrial revolution. There are many opportunities that the bio-based economy presents as well as many challenges.

To address these issues, we need to start a constructive and inclusive debate amongst industry, governments and civil society.The bio-based economy as a concept has little resonance outside of specialist circles and it is largely peripheral to current discussions about how to address the fundamental sustainability issues addressed above. This needs to change.

In terms of technology, for example, conversations tend to be dominated by renewable energy: wind, solar and, of course biofuels. It’s now time to move this discussion forward, by thinking about our future in a more holistic fashion, about how exactly we will combine these elements together so we can once again ‘live off the land’.

Stephan B. Tanda: Coming of the Green Industrial Revolution

June 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, renewable | antinuclear, energy efficiency, renewables, solar, wind