Bioenergy revisited: key factors in global potentials of bioenergy
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The growing use of bioenergy goes hand in hand with a heated public debate, in which conflicting claims are made regarding the amount of biomass that can be sustainably used for this purpose. This article assesses the current knowledge on biomass resource potentials and interrelated factors such as water availability, biodiversity, food demand, energy demand and agricultural commodity markets. A sensitivity analysis of the available information narrows the range of biomass potentials from 0–1500 EJ/yr to approximately 200–500 EJ/yr in 2050. In determining the latter range, water limitations, biodiversity protection and food demand are taken into consideration. Key factors are agricultural efficiency and crop choice. In principle, global biomass potentials could meet up to one third of the projected global energy demand in 2050.
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- Authors
- Dornburg, V., van Vuuren, D., van de Ven, G., Langeveld, H., Meeusen, M., Banse, M., van Oorschot, M., Ros, J., Jan van den Born, G., Aiking, H., Londo, M., Mozaffarian, H., Verweij, P., Lysen, E., & Faaij, A.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (NL)
- Venue
- Energy & Environmental Science
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 258
- ISSN
- 1754-5692 (ISSN-L)
- 1754-5706
- OpenAlex
- W2065308236
- Cited by
- 287
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 114.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Energy & Environmental Science (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- OpenAgrar (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Keywords
- bioenergy, water availability, biodiversity conservation, food demand, energy demand, agricultural commodity markets, agricultural efficiency, crop selection, sensitivity analysis, 2050 projections
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