Bioenergy Project Development Biomass Supply

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous body which was established in November 1974 within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement an inter national energy programme. It carries out a comprehensive programme of energy co-operation among twenty-six of the OECD thirty member countries. The basic aims of the IEA are:! To maintain and improve systems for coping with oil supply disruptions.! To promote rational energy policies in a global context through co-operative relations with non-member countries, industry and inter national organisations.! To operate a permanent information system on the international oil market.! To improve the worlds energy supply and demand structure by developing alternative energy sources and increasing the efÞ ciency of energy use.! To assist in the integration of environmental and energy policies