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Agricultural vs forest biomass: production efficiency and future trends in Polish conditions
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Agricultural vs forest biomass: production efficiency and future trends in Polish conditions

M. Bloch-Michalik* and M. Gaworski

Department of Production Management and Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, PL02-787 Warsaw, Nowoursynowska str. 164, Poland
*Correspondence: marta_michalik@sggw.pl

Abstract:

Biomass is one of the main sources of renewable energy with rapidly growing trend in the European Union countries. The technical potential of biomass energy in Poland is one of the highest in Europe, estimated at approximately 900 PJ/year. Solid biomass is the primary Polish RES and the share in the structure of production in Poland amounted to almost 77% in 2015. The most common types of biomass are waste raw materials from crop fields and forests.
The paper presents current potential of the biomass of two basic types, i.e. agricultural and forest material, based on the analyses developed with the scenario forecast of future use in Poland. Detailed considerations include differences in efficiency of agricultural and forest biomass production. To develop the efficiency aspects some indices were proposed to compare potential of energy production basing on different kind of biological material.

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