He says wind and solar projects should dominate programmes to boost renewable energy generation in Europe. But burning wood to produce electricity is a relatively inefficient process. Over the past decade, Europe has increased its use of renewable energy sources to provide it with power, and about half of that rise has come from burning biomass. “Replacing fossil fuels with biomass energy seems like a good idea, both nationally and at the global scale. Instead we should concentrate our efforts to boost solar and wind projects and other less harmful sources of renewable energy.

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2017 00:05 UTC