Review of studies of supply of agricultural biomass for
energy purposes
There are several local markets for biomass energy with
corresponding supply and demand curves. Supply studies
therefore, have to be related to a specificlocal market. General
comparisons with fossil fuels are quite difficult to undertake,
because of considerable variation among local markets. This
explains that there are few published studies of general biomass
costs. The data available is typically based on casestudies
from specific countries.
Figure 2 shows that there are three main energy carriers
into which agricultural biomass is converted: liquid fuels,
solid fuels and gas.
The market for transportation fuels and liquid fuels, is
larger than for solid fuels and gas, and there are many
technological routes to produce liquid fuels from agricultural
biomass. In a study financed by EU in 1994 (Ruiz-Altisent et
al., 1994), three different categories of biofuels are identified:
Review of studies of supply of agricultural biomass forenergy purposesThere are several local markets for biomass energy withcorresponding supply and demand curves. Supply studiestherefore, have to be related to a specificlocal market. Generalcomparisons with fossil fuels are quite difficult to undertake,because of considerable variation among local markets. Thisexplains that there are few published studies of general biomasscosts. The data available is typically based on casestudiesfrom specific countries.Figure 2 shows that there are three main energy carriersinto which agricultural biomass is converted: liquid fuels,solid fuels and gas.The market for transportation fuels and liquid fuels, islarger than for solid fuels and gas, and there are manytechnological routes to produce liquid fuels from agriculturalbiomass. In a study financed by EU in 1994 (Ruiz-Altisent etal., 1994), three different categories of biofuels are identified:
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