 Use of material flow accounting for assessment of energy savings: A case of biomass in Slovakia and the Czech RepublicRadoslava Kanianska, Tatiana Gustafíková, Miriam Kizeková and Jan Kovanda Energy Policy, 2011, vol. 39, issue 5, 2824-2832 Abstract: Anthropogenic material and energy flows are considered to be the major cause of many environmental problems humans face today. In order to measure material and energy flows, and to mitigate related problems, the technique of material flow and energy flow analysis has been conceived. The aim of this article is to use material and energy flow accounting approaches to quantify the amount of biomass that is available, but that so far has not been used for energy purposes in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and to calculate how much consumed fossil fuels and corresponding CO2 emissions can be saved by utilising this biomass. Based on the findings presented, 3544Â kt/yr of the total unused biomass in Slovakia could replace 53Â PJ/yr of energy from fossil fuels and 6294Â kt/yr of the total unused biomass in the Czech Republic could replace 91Â PJ/yr of energy. Such replacement could contribute to a decrease in total CO2 emissions by 9.2% in Slovakia and by 5.4% in the Czech Republic and thus contribute to an environmental improvement with respect to climate change. Keywords: Material; and; energy; flow; analysis; Biomass; Energy; savings (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enepol:v:39:y:2011:i:5:p:2824-2832 Access Statistics for this article Energy Policy is currently edited by N. France More articles in Energy Policy from Elsevier |
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