Worldwatch report highlights biomass power, CHP

Biomass Magazine - December 2008
By Ron Kotrba
Web exclusive posted Dec. 9, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. CST

A new report from the Worldwatch Institute, titled “Low-Carbon Energy: A Roadmap,” was released in early December (free download available at from link above). Author of the report, Worldwatch Institute President Christopher Flavin, stated that increased biomass power production and more combined heat and power (CHP) systems are integral to retiring “hundreds of coal-fired power plants that now provide 40 percent of the world’s power by 2030, eliminating up to one-third of global carbon dioxide emissions while creating millions of new jobs.”

The institute calls this modern-day evolution the decarbonization of the global energy economy. “We no longer need to say ‘in the future’ when talking about a low-carbon energy system,” Flavin said. “These technologies – unlike carbon-capture facilities – are being deployed now and are poised to make the most carbon-intensive fossil fuels obsolete.”

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