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Biomass availability in Europe, Anastasia Nikolaou - Centre for Renewable Energy Sources Michaela Remrova - BTG Czech Republic s.r.o and Ilian Jeliazkov - ESD Bulgaria Ltd, December 2003.

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Introduction

Biomass refers to all forms of plant derived material that can be used for energy: wood, charcoal, herbaceous, plant matter, agricultural wastes and forestry operations, etc. It is the 4th largest energy source worldwide accounting for approximately 15% of total energy supply and the predominant renewable energy source. However data and reliable and long term statistics concerning biomass are lacking and are difficult to collect since unlike many fuels, biomass fuels are often gathered by individuals for individual use. Furthermore a significant number of nonenergy uses of biomass brings extra pressure on supply and make the assessment of biomass resources difficult.

The purpose of this study has been to prepare supply curves for biomass fuels in terms of qualities, quantities and costs in Europe for the further assessment of the role of biomass in the European market. The European countries considered are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, UK, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain.

The work has been organized in four different tasks:

• Classification of biomass sources according to fuel quality and supply sector
• Analysis of potential supply quantities
• Analysis of delivery costs
• Analysis of the sectors that serve as biomass suppliers (i.e. agriculture, forestry, industry, wastes).

CRES collected information for EU 14; BTG CEE for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia and ESD Bulgaria for Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.