Global bioenergy potentials through 2050

Citation
G. Fischer et L. Schrattenholzer, Global bioenergy potentials through 2050, BIO BIOENER, 20(3), 2001, pp. 151-159
Citations number
22
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Biotecnology & Applied Microbiology
Journal title
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
ISSN journal
0961-9534 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
151 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-9534(2001)20:3<151:GBPT2>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Estimates of world regional potentials of the sustainable use of biomass fo r energy uses through the year 2050 are presented. The estimated potentials are consistent with scenarios of agricultural production and land use deve loped at the International institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria. They thus avoid inconsistent land use, in particular conflicts between the agricultural and bioenergy land use. As an illustration of the circumstanc es under which a large part of this potential could be used in practice, a global energy scenario with high economic growth and low greenhouse gas emi ssions, developed by IIASA and the World Energy Council is summarised. In t hat scenario, bioenergy supplies 15% of global primary energy by 2050. Our estimation method is transparent and reproducible. A computer program to re peat the calculation of the estimates with possibly changed assumptions is available on request. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.