Biomass - not so green energy [View all]

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A report for Dutch environmental NGO calls into question the entire use of biomass for electricity and energy production in the EU. Here are a few of the findings:

- More than 1,300 deaths a year are linked to air pollution from 27 biomass burning power stations in the EU.
- Exposure to smoke from domestic biomass use caused 40,000 deaths across the EU28 in 2014.
- Economic costs of health impacts from domestic biomass use in the EU are estimated to be in the range of 33 billion euros to 114 billion euros a year.

From the report, EU gets 12.7% of its renewable electricity from biomass and 72.6% of its heating/cooling.

The report can be found here:

http://www.fern.org/report/biomassandhealth