INFORMATION NOTE ON THE USE AND POTENTIAL OF BIOMASS

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ENERGY IN OECD COUNTRIES

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

2003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction. 4

2. Overview of Biomass Conversion to Energy and Displaced Greenhouse Gas Emissions in OECD

Member Countries 7

2.1. Biomass Conversion to Electricity in the Transformation Sector 7

2.2. Biomass Conversion to Heat in the Transformation Sector 8

2.3. Domestic Biomass Conversion to Energy in OECD Member Countries . 10

2.4. Displaced Carbon Dioxide Emissions 12

3. The Evolution of Biomass Conversion to Electricity 13

3.1. Country Trends in Biomass Conversion to Electricity and Heat 13

3.2. Taxation and Other Support for Biomass Conversion to Electricity 15

3.3 The Bioenergy Potential of the European Community. 16

4. Summary of Specific Biomass Conversion to Liquid Fuels 17

4.1 Taxation Support for Biomass Conversion to Liquid Fuels . 19

5. The Potential for Biomass Conversion from Energy Crops with Different Conversion

Technologies. 20

5.1. Biomass Conversion Technologies for Electricity and Steam 20

5.2. Biomass Conversion Technologies for Transportation Fuels. 21

5.3. Dedicated Plantations of Energy Crops 22

6. Assessing the Incremental Benefits and Costs of Increased Biomass Conversion to Energy 24

6.1. Emission Reduction by Substitution of Biomass Conversion to Energy for Fossil Fuels 24

6.2. Biomass Production Costs 26

7. Summary and Conclusions. 29

BIBLIOGRAPHY 31