UK government climate advisors call for biomass push

Britain will need a massive expansion of wood-burning stoves, wooden houses, wood-guzzling power stations and other similar technologies if greenhouse gas targets are to be met, the government's advisers on climate change have warned.

But green campaigners said strong safeguards were needed if such a high target was to be met, to ensure that biomass use did not put pressure on forests, mainly in the developing world.

One-tenth of the UK's total energy should come from biological sources - wood, energy crops, palm oil, waste and others - by 2050, compared with the 2% today, said the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) on Wednesday, the statutory body set up to advise ministers on meeting the UK's climate targets. It is the first time such a big target has been proposed.
 

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