European BIOMASAKER
In the last few years, the burning of wood biomass has become a Europe-wide problem, with direct impacts on forests worldwide. While in Slovakia, most of the wood being burnt has so far come from our own forests, with the EU in mind, the impact becomes global. French and British incineration facilities import wood from the US, Canada and South America. The forests of Russia are also a substantial source. But the common denominator in all of the cases are subsidies. Generous support of these activities by the EU and its member states leads to the depredation of forests, illegal logging, the increasing of logging rates, etc. Have a look at several examples in Europe.
FERN: Up In Flames – How the burning of biomass is destroying European forests (November 2015)
The Fred Pearce study for the non-governmental organisation FERN shows that European forests have come under attack in the name of green energy production. The study focuses on forests in Europe and in the US that are threatened by pressures for the adoption and use of bio-energy, fueled by huge subsidies from the EU and its member states.
Almost half of the wood extracted within the European Union in the present is used for energy production, amounting to 60 percent of renewable sources based energy production. However, energy produced in this manner covers only 5 % of the EU’s energy needs.
ORF: ENERGIE – EUROPA AUF DEM HOLZWEG (June 2015)
The ORF film „ENERGIE – EUROPA AUF DEM HOLZWEG“ (June 2015) draws attention to the issues surrounding the usage of wooden biomass as a source of energy within the EU, but with an impact on forests worldwide.
EIA: Stealing Romania’s last forests – for energy? (October 2015)
The undercover investigators of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) had managed to catch an Austrian wood-processing company red-handed at violation of laws in Romania. Austrians have been buying illegally logged wood, offering bonuses for logging above permitted quotas, ferrying wood acquired in this manner to their warehouses. The EIA uncovered the darker aspect of this multi-bilion illegal trade, which is destroying the last natural forests in Europe. That a large amount of this wood ends up on the European market as a renewable energy source with the moniker „nature-friendly“, is a shocking revelation. In Slovakia, it’s certain that nothing of the sort is happening 
.
https://eubioenergy.com/2015/10/27/stealing-the-last-forest-for-energy/
BENOIT GRIMONT: Threatened forests (May 2016)
Another film revealing the hidden truth about “green energy“ schemes based on biomass is the documentary ‘Threatened forests’ by French film-maker Benoit Grimont.
In the film, the author demonstrates on the example of the construction of a high-capacity biomass incinerating facility (700 000 t/year) in the town of Gardanne in southern France, that this type of renewable energy source is anything but “green“ or climate-friendly. The resistance of local inhabitants, socio-economic impacts and impacts on the environment left a strong impression on the author. In the film, he reveals the consequences of using wood for electric energy production via a series of interviews with scientists, politicians, local people and activists from France and the United Kingdom. He also focuses on the US, the place of origin of the majority of wood burned for electric energy production in the EU.