2023-10-23 20:40:44
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The government wants to reduce France’s dependence on hydrocarbons. To do this, it is accelerating the development of biofuels, biogas and wood heating. 27907537/Andrei Merkulov – stock.adobe.com
DECRYPTION – The executive is banking on biomass as an alternative to hydrocarbons for heating, running machines, driving and flying. But resources are limited.
Not a week goes by without a new use of biomass emerging in France or Europe. Whether it is converting coal-fired power plants to consume rapeseed oil, flying planes with fuel made from waste oil, heating with wood, producing gas with agricultural residues or dedicated crops: the list of possibilities is growing regularly.
This enthusiasm has seen a significant boost since the start of the war in Ukraine. And, in recent times, other events – the increase in the price of petroleum products and the risks of embraces in the Middle East – have reinforced interest in biomass, these organic materials that can be transformed into energy.
Also read: Electricity production: for France, the challenge of moving from coal to biomass
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The French government is stepping on the accelerator: in June, it decided to invest 200 million euros to produce 500,000 tonnes of aviation biofuels per year. In mid-September, Emmanuel Macron announced the conversion to liquid biomass of…
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