Methodology for estimating biomass energy potential and its application to Colombia

Solid biofuels production from energy crops in Colombia: challenges and opportunities

“…16 In contrast, solid biomass has received less attention despite supply, diseases, and environmental analyses, among other factors. 33,34 Th e Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) published a 2013 report regarding climate change vulnerability and adaptation options for the energy sector. 17 Th is report discussed the Electricity Sector Expansion Plan (ESEP), which was to incorporate approximately 140 MW from biomass cogeneration plants associated with bioethanol production to the national interconnected system in 2015.…”

A general modeling framework to evaluate energy, economy, land-use and GHG emissions nexus for bioenergy exploitation

“…Based on discussion with experts a maximum annual capacity addition of 100 MWe is assumed for gas turbines at small-scale, coal power plants at small-scale and natural gas reciprocating engines, while 50 MWe is assumed for wind power given its slow-paced deployment. For biomass-based power generation technologies, the maximum annual capacity addition is related to the future technical biomass energy potential described in detail in Gonzalez-Salazar et al [49,61]. More details on this estimation can be found in Gonzalez-Salazar et al [29].…”

“…Thus, this analysis represents an extension of the work presented by authors in separate papers [29,49,61,62]. The following sections present specific assumptions used to apply the modeling framework to Colombia.…”

Scenario-based comparative assessment of potential future electricity systems – A new methodological approach using Germany in 2050 as an example

“…A high number of country-specific investigations on biomass potentials can be found (refer to e.g. [51][52][53][54][55]) as well as studies in the field of biomass usage for power generation, e.g. [56][57][58].…”