Bioenergy in the European Union Status Report on Technology Development,Trends, Value Chains and Markets This document is a publication by theJoint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledgeservice. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The contents of thispublication do not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission. Neither the EuropeanCommission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use that might be made of thispublication. For informationon the methodology and quality underlying the data used in this publication for which thesource is neither Eurostat nor other Commission services, users should contact the referenced source. The designationsemployed and the presentation of material on the maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on thepart of the European Union concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, orconcerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. TheJoint Research Centre: EU Science Hub https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu JRC144572EUR 40625 PDFISBN 978-92-68-36598-4ISSN 1831-9424doi:10.2760/5259409KJ-01-26-049-EN-N Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2026 © European Union, 2026 The reuse policy of the European Commission documents is implemented by the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU of 12December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents (OJ L330, 14.12.2011, p. 39). Unless otherwise noted, the reuseof this document is authorised under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This means that reuse is allowed provided appropriate credit is given andany changes are indicated. For any use or reproduction of photos or other material that is not owned by theEuropean Unionpermission must besought directly from the copyright holders. How to cite this report: Motola, V., Rejtharova, J., Buffi, M., Scarlat, N., Hurtig, O. et al.,Clean Energy TechnologyObservatory: Bioenergy in the European Union-2025 Status Report on Technology Development, Trends, Value Chainsand Markets,Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2026, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/5259409,JRC144572. Contents Abstract......................................................................................................................................................................................................3Foreword on the Clean Energy Technology Observatory................................................................................................4Acknowledgements..............................................................................................................................................................................5Executive summary..............................................................................................................................................................................61.Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................................................91.1.Scope and context...............................................................................................................................................................91.2.Methodology and data sources...................................................................................................................................92.Technology status and development trends...............................................................................................................112.1.Technology overview......................................................................................................................................................112.1.1.Biomass pre-treatment...................................................................................................................................112.1.2.Thermochemical conversion: combustion.............................................................................................122.1.3.Thermochemical conversion: gasification.............................................................................................132.1.4.Thermochemical conversion: pyrolysis...................................................................................................132.1.5.Thermochemical conversion: hydrothermal processing................................................................142.1.6.Biochemical conversion: anaerobic digestion.....................................................................................152.1.7.Upgrading: biogas to biomethane.............................................................................................................152.1.8.Upgrading: syngas cleaning