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different use

Liquid, solid and gaseous biomass play a different role among countries regarding the extent and the way they are used:
  • they only provide some 3% of total primary energy in the industrialised countries, while


  • they account for some 40% in developing countries.
Country wise, the contribution of biomass to energy production ranges…
  • from essentially zero in countries like Japan & The Netherlands,


  • …to over 95% of total energy use in countries like Nepal & Tanzania.
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