Poland and Germany create bioenergy research group

The German and Polish governments have agreed an alliance for cooperation on the development of bioenergy feedstocks, after a meeting between the Polish Minister for Agriculture Marek Sawicki and German Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner.

The move establishes Bio-GEPOIT, a task force group that will be coordinated by the Polish Research Institute of Construction, Mechanics and Electricity, and the German Biomass Research Centre in Leipzig.

Both ministers agreed that the importance of food security takes preference over energy production, but added that bioenergy could contribute to energy security and the improvement of farm incomes.