Assessment of the potential biomass supply in Europe using a resource-focused approach

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Abstract

This paper analyses the potential biomass supply in the 15 EU countries, 8 new member states and 2 candidate countries (ACC10), plus Belarus and the Ukraine. For this purpose five scenarios were designed to describe the short-, moderate- and long-term potential of biomass-for-energy. Our assessments show that under certain restrictions on
land availability, the potential supply of biomass energy amounts to up to 12.8 EJy-1 in the EU15 and 6.1 EJy-1 in the ACC10. For comparison, the overall energy supply in the EU15 totalled 62.6 EJy-1 in 2001. Consequently, there are no important resource limitations in meeting the biomass target for 2010, which was set by the European Commission (5.6 EJy-1 for the EU15 according to the 1997 White Paper on Renewable Energy Sources (RES)). However, given the slow implementation of the RES policy it is very unlikely that the biomass target will be met within 2010.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorld Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy and Industry
PublisherETA-Florence Renewable Energies
ISBN (Print)8889407042
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Event2nd World Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection - Rome, Italy
Duration: 2004 May 102004 May 14

Conference

Conference2nd World Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period2004/05/102004/05/14

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Energy Systems

Free keywords

  • biomass resources
  • residues
  • energy crops

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