Australia has enough available biomass of all types to be providing 20% of our current electricity needs and up to 30% of our energy (the combination of electricity, heat and transport fuels) within twenty years. In the eastern mainland states biomass is presently comparable to hydro and wind in the amount of electricity it produces, and overall it is the leading renewable energy source (the combination of heat, electricity and biofuels) and well ahead of the combination of wind and solar PV, and even of hydro.

In most other countries bioenergy is one of the main, if not the main, renewable energy sources, and is highly regarded due to its unique features: it utilises wastes and residues as a feedstock, it is highly scaleable, it is associated with creation of permanent jobs and with carbon sequestration, and it is able ot produce baseload or on demand electricity and heat. In addition it has a relatively small footprint - the energy plant may take up only one site in the town or city industrial park.

However, in Australia bioenergy to date puzzlingly is rarely included within the recognised suite of renewables. It does not receive the same formal recognition and policy support at state and federal level that presently exists for wind, solar and geothermal energy. This website will strive to provide useful accurate information to help illuminate and correct this inbalance, and to provide links to other sources of accurate information on bioenergy and biofuels, recycling and energy efficiency.

The TWEG will post information from the World Bioenergy Association (WBA) and is a full member of the WBA.