Bioenergy provides 9% of all energy consumed in Spain

Javier Díaz, president of the Spanish Biomass Association , highlights the progress made by Spain in 2022, which has brought forward the celebration of its Bioenergy Day to November 29, four days earlier than last year : “Biomass has increased its contribution to the Spanish energy mix by 1% and now provides 9% of all the energy we consume, demonstrating that we continue to consolidate sustained and sustainable growth. The role of bioenergy in our country's energy transition is fundamental, especially when we talk about energy security.”

Bioenergy is a key provider of renewable energy in the European Union Eur The
EU27 has also brought forward the celebration of Eur Bioenergy Day this year to November 8. From October 9, 2022, until the end of the year, renewables will provide 84 days of clean energy, of which bioenergy will account for 52 days .

In 2021, bioenergy accounted for 57% of all renewable energy and 14% of total energy consumed in the EU27 . Its contribution is even more significant in the renewable heating sector, representing over 90% of all clean energy used in this area.

And its penetration continues to increase in all the colder countries and regions, such as the northern and central areas of Spain, through efficient biomass heating networks - which are already approaching 500 installations in our country - and through the extraordinary increase in the installation of pellet stoves, whose market share increased by more than 40% last year in Spain and the stock already exceeds 512,000 installed units.

In the EU, the Baltic region is a leader in the development of bioenergy and in enjoying its benefits : Estonia and Latvia were the first states to celebrate their national bioenergy days (both could supply themselves with bioenergy alone for almost 5 months (144 days each), followed by Sweden and Finland with 140 days each.

From farm to forest: sustainable bioenergy to ensure energy security.
Bioenergy Eur , the organization that launched the campaign in 2017, encourages each national bioenergy association in the EU to celebrate a national bioenergy day in their respective countries to showcase the importance of the sector and share knowledge with citizens about the various raw materials used to generate bioenergy and the processes involved.

Thus, this year, the campaign's motto is "From farm to forest: sustainable bioenergy to guarantee energy security" and presents examples in each country, from projects where agrobiomass or biomethane replace fossil gas, to innovative initiatives such as urban heat networks with biomass and carbon capture and storage.

Spain presents as a success story the biogas plant managed by Axpo on the Torre Santamaría family farm in Lleida, which transforms the manure generated by its cows and all its agri-food waste into biomethane for direct injection into the gas network.