28 August 2012
California has just released a 2012 Bioenergy Action Plan which aims to accelerate clean energy development, job creation, and protection of public health and safety. The plan identifies forest and wood processing biomass residues as an important source of renewable energy. The plan contains more than 50 recommended actions to increase the sustainable use of organic waste, expand research and development of bioenergy facilities, reduce permitting and regulatory challenges, and address economic barriers to bioenergy development. It is intended to facilitate the creation of more than 4000 jobs and help California meet its clean energy, waste reduction and climate change goals.The plan acknowledges the multiple economic, environmental and public health and safety benefits from utilising more biomass from forestry. These benefits include reducing the risks of intense wildfires and minimising their costly and ecologically harmful consequences.
To read the California 2012 Bioenergy Action Plan, click here.