either by being processed into liquid fuel for the transport sector in the form of biofuels or by being burnt in power plants as biomass effectively producing energy from biofuels or biomass could be seen as recycling carbon dioxide research conducted by the council for scientific and industrial research csir indicates that large scale bioenergy projects could impact positively on socioeconomic and environmental areas for current and future generations including making a significant contribution to international energy demands and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions the university of stellenbosch recently held a conference with some of the world’s leading experts in the field to discuss issues relating to sustainable production of bioenergy