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Expectations for Bioenergy considering Carbon Neutrality Tar-Gets in the EU
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: Received: 29 May 2023 / Approved: 30 May 2023 / Online: 30 May 2023 (09:44:04 CEST)
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Proskurina, S.; Mendoza-Martinez, C. Expectations for Bioenergy Considering Carbon Neutrality Targets in the EU. Energies 2023, 16, 5314. Proskurina, S.; Mendoza-Martinez, C. Expectations for Bioenergy Considering Carbon Neutrality Targets in the EU. Energies 2023, 16, 5314.
Abstract
The EU has set the ambitious target of raising the share of EU energy consumption produced from renewable resources to 32% by 2030 with a target of climate neutrality by 2050. The aim of this paper is to assess the role of biomass usage in the context of these targets. The paper identifies progress made between 2013–2022 by focusing on a selection of EU countries. The largest bio-energy increments of 130PJ, 77PJ and 60PJ were reported for Poland, Sweden, and the Nether-lands. This study valuates the crucial role in co-generation and heat in EU regions, with biomass usage between 55-80% of the combined heat and power (CHP) energy in Nordic countries. The future perspectives for bioenergy based on EU policies, biomass resources and technical issues were addressed. The EU possess around 9% of the global biomass supply, ensuring a certain level of biomass resource dependence. Thus, the biomass usage demand in energy production, non-energy sectors and transport is expected to rise leading to increments of 13%-76% on biomass imports. It appears that bioenergy development is mostly limited by economic issues and uneven support for bioenergy in different EU countries as well as environmental issues. The study shows a promising and sustainable potential of bioenergy in the EU as a renewable energy source while minimizing negative impacts on the environment and the economy. By 2050, liquid biofuels are likely to be increasingly used in the transport sector. Non-energy sector usage of biomass is still in an early stage of development, except for the pulp and paper industry, and significant use of biomass in non-energy sectors seems unlikely in the near future.
Keywords
European Union; renewable energy; bioenergy; woody biomass; carbon neutrality
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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