PANGEA (Partners for Euro-African Green Energy) Information

PANGEA promotes sustainable African bioenergy investment, policies, and production. Part NGO, part think-tank, part trade association, we act as a unified voice for our diverse membership of European and African bioenergy companies, and we are at the forefront of the evolving industry of the future for a continent too long ignored but with too much potential to be absent from the developing global bio economy. As the world’s boundless enthusiasm for biofuels has begun to be tempered by reservations about environmental and social sustainability, our attention has also increasingly been directed at improving the sustainability and equitability of the EU’s involvement in the sector. Rather than unfairly condemning an entire industry, we work to attack the root causes; thereby preserving a uniquely valuable opportunity for both African and European citizens. We support this by promoting bioenergy’s potential in other areas – such as electrifying rural areas through micro- and off-grid generation, or effectively fuelling modern clean cook stoves – which can greatly enhance the quality of life in Africa’s rural communities.