Bioenergy
Bioenergy is the world’s most important renewable energy source. At the same time, it involves more complex environmental and sustainability challenges than any other resource. Bioenergy applications have long since developed from the still dominant traditional use of firewood to the “first generation” of biofuels and through to ultra-modern process chains and applications in all sectors. Accordingly, our institute adopts an interlinked approach to the issue of bioenergy, subdivided into the following priority areas: biofuels – biogas – solid biomass – life cycle assessments and sustainability analysis.