Germany gets 4 million green fuel hectares
In a bid to increase the amount of biofuel produced in Germany, the land used for growing feedstocks, solar parks and wind turbines will be doubled in ten years’ time.
Today, 1.77 million of Germany’s 35.7 million hectares are being used for renewable energy. If Germany is to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of the decade, almost 4 million hectares will be required.
Most of this land will be under-utilised agricultural, military and industrial land and will be used to grow feedstocks such as corn, sugar beet and rapeseed, which can then be converted into biodiesel, ethanol and biogas.
‘Critical for all this to work is to make sure that bioenergy is integrated into the overall energy system’, said Daniela Thraen, director of the German Biomass Research Center in Leipzig.
Today, 1.77 million of Germany’s 35.7 million hectares are being used for renewable energy. If Germany is to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of the decade, almost 4 million hectares will be required.
Most of this land will be under-utilised agricultural, military and industrial land and will be used to grow feedstocks such as corn, sugar beet and rapeseed, which can then be converted into biodiesel, ethanol and biogas.
‘Critical for all this to work is to make sure that bioenergy is integrated into the overall energy system’, said Daniela Thraen, director of the German Biomass Research Center in Leipzig.
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