Poland, Germany create joint bioenergy research group for feedstock development

In Poland, the Polish Minister for Agriculture Marek Sawicki and German Ag Minister Ilse Aigner jointly announced an alliance for cooperation on the development of bioenergy feedstocks.

They announced the establishment of a task force group, Bio-GEPOIT that will be coordinated by the Polish Research Institute
of Construction, Mechanics and Electricity, and the German Biomass Research Center in Leipzig. Both ministers confirmed that food security is more critical than energy production, but added that bioenergy could contribute to energy security and the improvement of farm incomes.

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