A unique fair
Expobiomasa is a unique fair where visitors and exhibitors get more contacts in three days than in a whole year. It is a professional fair, in which three of each 4 visitors were already engaged or involved in projects related to biomass, and the rest comes to find products and services to join.
Expobiomasa 2025 will be held in Valladolid on 6, 7 and 8 May, consolidating its position as the key meeting point for the bioenergy sector in the Iberian Peninsula. In its fifteenth edition, classic sectors such as domestic heating, industrial solutions and solid biofuels will be present, as well as thriving sectors such as biofuels and carbon capture and storage technologies.
The Spanish Bioethanol Association, BIO-E, has signed an agreement as an ally to participate in the EXPOBIOMASA 2025 fair. BIO-E is an organization that promotes the biorefining of agricultural raw materials and waste to produce proteins, biomaterials and bioethanol. Bioethanol is a product used in the healthcare sector, in industry and as a renewable fuel to reduce gasoline emissions.
The Spanish Association for Energy Recovery of Biomass (AVEBIOM) has decided to award the “Fomenta la Bioenergía 2024” prize to Francisco Repullo Almagro, former president of the Spanish Biogas Association (AEBIG). This award recognizes those who, like him, have worked in an outstanding way to promote the bioenergy sector in our country.
Spain celebrates Bioenergy Day 30 on Saturday, November 2024. A symbolic date from which, and until the end of the year, bioenergy could cover all the country's energy needs, including electricity, heat and transport.
During an intense week of activity, AVEBIOM has participated in several events of strategic relevance for the bioenergy sector in Europe, where it has defended the need to carry out lobbying work to prevent the unification of heat pumps and biomass stoves in the European eco-labeling regulations.
The Spanish Biomass Association, AVEBIOM, publishes a price comparison between the main energy sources available on the current market for domestic heating, with data from the first half of 2024 to help consumers make informed decisions.
Until December 30, 2024, exhibitors who confirm their participation will receive a 10% discount on the rental price of the space. In addition, AVEBIOM members will have an additional 10% discount.
• Spain is the third country in Europe with the largest forest area and the ninth in the use of its resources. • The Spanish Association of Stove, Kitchen and Fireplace Manufacturers (AEFECC) highlights the importance of good sustainable management of forests in order to prevent fires.
A team of researchers from Pontevedra is carrying out tests on the pyrolization of forest and agricultural remains to obtain biochar, a carbonaceous material that can be used as a soil amendment and improve its fertility and structure and contribute to carbon capture among other uses.
The sector associations AVEBIOM and APROPELLETS, which give support and voice to more than 250 companies related to the value chain of energy generation with biomass in Spain, regret the end of the reduced VAT of 10% for pellets and firewood, which it has returned to 21% since July 1.
Hamerkop Climate Impacts and the International Biochar Initiative publish the “Biochar Carbon Removal Handbook”, a comprehensive guide for investors, producers and other parties interested in harnessing the potential of biochar as a sustainable carbon sink.
On June 30, 2024, the first contracting period ends with advantageous conditions for companies interested in participating in Expobiomasa 2025. Less than 15 days after the end of the initial period, the event already has a notable participation of leading companies in the sector. of biomass.