Current status of bioenergy technologies in Germany

Rafal Strzalka, Dietrich Schneider and Ursula Eicker

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017, vol. 72, issue C, 801-820

Abstract: Bioenergy conversion technologies have been frequently described and analysed in the literature, but a comprehensive and detailed comparison between the complex individual characteristics of each technology is still lacking. Therefore, the paper contains a description of the technical, economic and environmental properties of each technology with a special focus on the German bioenergy sector. The study presents an analysis of different bioenergy applications with regard to their specifications, power/heat output range and their areas of application. Due to the fact, that biomass combustion applications are the most widespread and market proven renewable conversion technologies, a detailed analysis of decentralised, biomass-fired CHP plants is presented in the paper.

Keywords: Bioenergy; ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) process; Renewable cogeneration; Biomass conversion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.091

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