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Table 5 Determination of the maximum sustainable annual biomass potential that will be available in Germany by 2020

From: Evaluation of co-firing as a cost-effective short-term sustainable CO2 mitigation strategy in Germany

Biomass potential (PJ)

2020

Additional use of forest wood

137

Remaining forest wood & weak wood

230

Industrial wood residues

81

Waste wood

76

Landscape conservation wood

8

Straw

116

Others

19

Short rotational plantations

588

Maximum sustainable annual biomass potential available in Germany by 2020

1.254