Wood Pellets Power Europe As Continent Takes A Giant Step Backward

When most Americans think about “green power” and Europe, they conjure up pictures of wind turbines and solar panels producing emission-free power.  - Stephen Heins

• The truth, however, is that Europe makes more energy from wood than it does wind and solar.
• Policymakers around the world, including the United States, have declared that burning wood to generate electricity is not a climate threat, but a “green” power solution. 
• In Europe, “biomass power,” is counted and subsidized as zero-emissions renewable energy. 

As a result, European utilities import millions of metric tons of wood from U.S. forests every year, and Europe’s utilities generate more energy from burning wood than from wind and solar combined...