The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Mr. David Kidney)

The UK is committed to a massive expansion of renewable energy and a thriving, bioenergy industry is key to our goals. Indeed, bioenergy could supply up to half of our renewable energy needs by 2020—for heat, electricity and transport. Used wisely, energy from biomass will reduce CO 2 emissions, make our energy supplies more secure, and create new industries and green jobs.

We are working hard for global sustainability standards on this basis; and we will ensure that these principles are applied to biomass used to generate energy in the UK. We will implement the sustainability criteria set within the renewable energy directive for biofuels and bioliquids and are pushing for early resolution within the EU of how to deal with indirect land use change effects.

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