Large-scale wood burning for energy is an acceptable option for European Commissioner Frans Timmermans to permanently phase out Russian fossil fuels. This is evident from a leaked Brussels draft proposal with measures to turn off President Vladimir Putin's gas tap as quickly as possible. This is what De Telegraaf writes, which claims to have proof.
Timmermans' support for biomass in the RepowerEU plan, which he will present at the European Commission on Wednesday, is at odds with the recent decision of the Dutch cabinet to no longer award new subsidies to wood combustion for heating networks. According to the piece, biomass accounts for 60% of all European renewable energy.
