Bioenergy is energy derived from biological/recently living organisms.

Unlike fossil fuels the combustion of biomass materials is deemed to be carbon neutral as the carbon released is equal to that absorbed by the plant during its growth. Bioenergy is classed as renewable as it only takes a short period of time to replace what is used as an energy resource. It can be utilised for the purpose of electricity, heat or transport fuels.

Typical examples of bioenergy processes are the combustion of wood for heat or electricity, the processing of plant oils to produce biofuels and the processing of biological wastes to produce methane rich biogas which is then utilised for the purpose of heat, electricity or transport fuel.

Bioenergy is critical to the future energy mix in Scotland as it is the only renewable energy source that can be fully user controlled in terms of meeting demand. It will therefore be fundamental in providing a base load to support other renewable generation. 

Scottish Renewables has worked to implement the Renewable Heat Incentive and we were able to have a strong influence in the development of the Zero Waste Plan for Scotland