[cephalotus]

The study focus on German policies but the full version was published in English, because the authors believe, that the result should concern the whole world:
Huge pdf

The German / EU biomass strategy will cause worldwide hunger and deforestation and will do little to reduce CO2 emissions.

The authors suggest heading for more efficiency and solar and wind power and use biomass only in small scales (like using waste).

The "Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften" gives advice to the German president who needs to sign every law which he rarely but sometimes refuses.
So this study will have some weight, it has already been a topic in most newspapers.

[Ferretlover]

Thank you for drawing our attention to this report, cephalotus.

[dohboi]

Yes, thanks. The EU has already been involved in some pretty horrific 'adventures' into bio-mass.

Palm oil is one.

It was thought that growing lots of palm oil in the tropics would be a great way to generate renewable diesel. But the land cleared to make way for these new palm plantations not only destroyed crucial habitat, but helped start fires in deep peat lands that burned for months that (according to Lovelock's Revenge of Gaia) contributed 40% of the world's total carbon emissions in 2002.

I'll read the report with interest.