BIOMASS STRENGTHENS SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY – and contributes to green goals in the future energy supply
By Anders Frandsen, CEO at the Danish Forest Association, and
Klara Brockstedt, Policy Advisor at the Danish Forest Association
Biomass is often painted as the climate villain of Europe’s energy mix - accused of driving deforestation and greenwashing the fossil past. But that story misses the point. No one cuts down trees to make heat. District heating uses the leftovers - branches, thinning wood, and production scraps that would otherwise decay or be burned without purpose. Those residues keep the forest economy alive, replace coal and natural gas, and finance the very forests critics claim to protect. If Europe abandons sustainable biomass, it risks weakening both its climate goals and its forests.
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