Description:

• 400 biogas plants and more than 250 employees at national and international PlanET locations - with this success, the Planet Biogas Group ranks among the world market leaders for biogas and biomethane

Problems:

• Because of the need of space, Bioenergy is a competitor to the agriculture

• Too much biofuels lead to environmental pollution

• The conversion of ecologically valuable areas such as rainforest, moors or grassland into arable land also leads to a threat and reduction of biodiversity.

Future goals:

• In the future a further massive expansion of bioenergy is expected

• Because bioenergy is easy to store, it is seen as an important energy for the future power supply

• According to studies, a bioenergy potential of up to 1,840 petajoule per year is to be developed in Germany under favorable conditions by 2050

• The share of renewable energies in the power supply shall be increased 30% in 2020