Only waste from agriculture and food production has prospects as a source of biofuels, acknowledged the German Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL), the online publication Agrarheute reported on April 27.
Biogas is mainly produced in Germany. A BMEL spokesperson confirmed what farmers suspected: that bioenergy from food and feed was not viable.
At a meeting of the Federal Association of German Plant Breeders (BDP), the head of the BMEL department, Burkhard Schmid, speaking about climate risks, stated: “We don’t know what to expect”. The department considers that the continued growth of the planet’s population in the context of climate change will require an increase in arable land for food production in the near future.
“If we have space left, we can talk about bioenergy”Schmid continued. According to the official, from BMEL’s point of view, the future is in the production of food and, if necessary, materials, but not in bioenergy.
Schmid stressed that this does not mean that biogas production should stop. According to the expert, BMEL considers the production of bioenergy from waste, as well as the fermentation of manure, useful. It is considered inappropriate to produce plants solely for biofuels. “Bioenergy corn is also valuable as feed. In our opinion, bioenergy is not a model for German agriculture.”the official said.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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