More than 500 companies will show their latest developments at Expobiomasa

2019 Expobiomasa International Fair , which will turn Valladolid into the capital eur Opea of ​​the sector during days 24, 25 and 26 of this month, will concentrate 540 exhibiting companies in a total of 28,000 square meters of the fairgrounds of this city, where the latest news of the sector will be shown, as reported Of official presentation of the Fair held today at the City of Valladolid, chaired by the mayor of the city, Óscar Puente.

According to the data provided by the president of Avebiom - organizing entity of the Fair -, in the twelfth edition of Expobiomasa the influx of more than 15,000 professional visitors is expected, of which about 1,500 will travel to Valladolid from a total of 40 countries, especially europeos and Americans; as well as representatives of more than 60 accredited media.

The main objective of the contest is to boost biomass as a source of energy, both in the domestic and industrial field, in addition to promoting the commercial activity of the sector, which in the last edition (2017) meant an increase in the generated business of the order of 17 million eur.

Among the events that will take place during the three days of the fair, it is worth highlighting the celebration of the 'International Conference on the Domestic Pellet Market', the 'II Hispano-Finnish Seminar' (Finland is the guest country in this edition), as well such as the four technical conferences and the debate on environmental communication and bioenergy organized by the Association of Environmental Information Journalists (APIA) in collaboration with Avebiom and Gestamp.

The business of the solid biomass sector (thermal, electrical and traditional of firewood) amounts to 1,530 million euros. Of these, the modern thermal biomass sector, which operates with technologically advanced equipment, generated a business of 870 million eurin 2018, 1.7% more, which allowed to create 950 new jobs (11%), according to data from the annual report of the Biomass Observatory that Avebiom manages.

At the end of 2018, 298,400 heating installations powered by biomass were operating in Spain, 53,480 more than the previous year, which represents an increase of 22%.

The high-efficiency biomass heating sector employs around 9,600 people, who are mainly dedicated to the manufacturing, marketing, installation and maintenance of stoves and boilers.

Likewise, electricity generation with biomass has an installed power of 677 electrical megawatts (MWe) and 200 more will be put into operation at the beginning of next year 2020.