On 2nd June I attended a workshop near Jönköping in Sweden on the logistics and economics of forest residue recovery. Gustav Melin, CEO of Svebio, the Swedish Bioenergy Association, opened the workshop.

130 people from 28 countries turned up. In 2005 Sweden has 39% renewable supply, 28.6% (113.4 TWh) was bioenergy. In 2009, 44% was renewable. This increase driven by climate change, but prior growth in renewables driven by acidification and oil price shocks.