World Bioenergy Award boosts research in Brazil

The World Bioenergy Award has given a lift to the work of the Brazilian researcher Laércio Couto and his team in the Renabio network.“The award’s most important function is to disseminate research results around the world, even outside the circle of bioenergy researchers,” the prize winner says. “Other researchers have become interested in the subject, and the industry is investing in its own pilot plantations.”He adds that the World Bioenergy trade fair and conference in Jönköping, Sweden, where the award is presented, is an increasingly important hub for spreading new bioenergy