The RECCS report: better alternatives to commercial forest bioenergy
Over the last 10 years this power source has become the largest element of so-called ‘renewable’ energy in Europe – from where it is now expanding globally.
RECCS, the Renewable Energy and Climate Change Strategy, has been commissioned by Wild Europe from Trinomics Consultancy, energy advisors to the European Commission and national governments. It calls for reallocation of subsidies from forest bioenergy to costed alternatives, highlighting their massive benefits – economic as well as environmental
Wild Europe has played a key role in the RECCS development since its inception at our 2019 Bratislava Conference. But it is far more than a representation from climate and biodiversity campaigners.
Broad input has also been provided from economic, investment, enterprise and healthcare perspectives. As such it represents a call from a broad and growing coalition of interests.