>BIOENERGY

BIOMASS POTENTIAL

The potential for Bioenergy is very large and widely distributed throughout the world. Today, biomass is already the major contributor to the total world energy needs of all renewable energy technologies available, and reaches 12 % (50 EJ/y) of the total world need (406 EJ/y). The use is essentially based on agro-forestry residues and natural forest. Because bioenergy can be implemented at small, medium and large scale, it is applicable to a wide variety of resources and processing/utilisation schemes. There is a need for wider availability of modern and efficient technologies of bioenergy, and great efforts are being made to promote the contribution they can make towards environmentally, technically and economically sustainable use of resources. In the future, a large contribution to Bioenergy production may also derive from dedicated crops (Short Rotation Forestry plantation, herbaceous crops).

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