Global Biomass Resource Assessment launched by Biofuture Platform Initiative

In Brazil, a multi-country, government-led initiative dedicated to advancing the global transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy, unveiled a new Global Biomass Resource Assessment, providing groundbreaking data on current and future sustainable biomass supplies around the world. The launch of the International Feedstocks data portal was announced by the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Biofuture Platform Initiative at an event, co-hosted with the Mission Innovation (MI) Integrated Biorefinery Mission and MI Carbon Dioxide Removal Mission, during the 15th Annual G20 CEM and 9th Mission Innovation Forum in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

The results from this new global sustainable supply assessment will allow scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore potential sources of biomass as a foundation for a circular and sustainable global bioeconomy, supporting clean fuels, chemicals, materials and other products. The assessment was conducted by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), with funding provided by the U.S. Department of State, and managed through DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), on behalf of the CEM Biofuture Initiative and Mission Innovation. 

This data includes biomass resources available in many developing economies which often do not have fully advanced biomass industries. The assessment also aims to address the need for internationally accepted benchmarks quantifying sustainable biomass feedstock supplies that can be available to support a growing, circular and climate-smart bioeconomy.