Swedes Do It Better. Sweden uses 20 percent of the world's biomass supply; how, why do they do it?

2010-06-11 12:49:00

In Sweden, biomass power is estimated to represent 32% of all energy consumption and demand is leading to competition for pulp resources between paper and energy producers, pushing pulp prices to new highs, according to a new study. Between 2000 and 2009, biomass power consumption grew from 88TWh to 115TWh. During the same period, oil-based power consumption fell to 112TWh from 142TWh. Demand by competing sectors for biomass is steadily increasing prices. Q1 2010 saw pulplog prices up 20% from five years ago and 36% higher than 10 years ago.

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