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INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES: TOP BIOMASS USERS


source: www.undp.org/seed/eap/
activities/wea/drafts-frame.html


www.ieabioenergy.com/media/
6_pospapa4.pdf


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industrialised countries

Among the industrialised countries, three countries have shown relatively high shares of modern biomass use:
  • Finland: 20% of its primary energy demand.


  • Sweden: 17% of national energy demand. In this country, biomass is projected to provide 40% of the national energy supply in 2020 largely by extending and improving the use of residues from production forests and wood processing industries.


  • Austria: modern biomass accounts for 11% of the national energy supply. Forest residues are used for (district) heating, largely in systems of a relatively small scale.
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