World wide biomass resources

Abstract

In a wide variety of scenarios, policy strategies, and studies that address the future world energy demand and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, biomass is considered to play a major role as renewable energy carrier. Over the past decades, the modern use of biomass has increased rapidly in many parts of the world and many countries have ambitious targets for further biomass utilization in the light of the Kyoto GHG reduction targets. Rising oil prices have also increased the level of interest in bioenergy.