Biomass for Energy: Agricultural Residues & Energy Crops
Bioenergy represents more than 60% of the renewable energy consumed in the EU28 and its contribution to the energy mix is pivotal to achieve a low carbon economy.
The capacity of agriculture to mobilise further unexploited potential will be crucial1 to meet the EU long term emissions reduction target. To this end, bioenergy-oriented agriculture development will be a key driver to determine the long-term potential available.
With 95% locally produced biomass, the growth potential of bio-energy relies essentially on the potential of sustainable biomass resources available in Europe.
This paper aims at communicating the environmental and economic benefits of these agrobiomass types and points out at possible solutions to the existing barriers to increase their use.
- See Straw briquetting and use of briquettes for heating webinar, a webinar scheduled for 24 October 2023, presented by Barbara Pokrzywa, Chair of the Bioenergy Europe Agro-biomass Working Group.