Nonconformity of policy ambitions with biomass potentials in regional bioenergy transition: A Dutch example

Evren Özcan and Maarten Arentsen

Energy Policy, 2014, vol. 65, issue C, 212-222

Abstract: Numerous regional authorities within the European Union are committed to meet renewable energy targets in line with the EU-20-20-20 strategy. Energy from biomass occupies a pivotal position in the renewable energy strategy of many regions. Effective bioenergy policy often depends on an assessment of the regional resource potential for energy from biomass. Using the Dutch province of Overijssel as a case study, this study presents a biomass resource potential assessment, based on existing statistics and a resource-focused methodology, to determine the region's theoretical and technical potential. Additionally, a methodological framework is provided to translate the outcome of this biomass resource potential assessment into the policy domain, to allow the region's bioenergy policy ambition to be evaluated. The results indicate that Overijssel's potential bioenergy target is a share of 8.3%, which does not match with the desired policy target of 14%. It is therefore clear that it is unlikely that the province's bioenergy ambition will be met with the current supply of biomass, in the absence of additional policy measures. The outcome of the biomass resource potential assessment has therefore been used to deduce and recommend multiple policy measures.

Keywords: Bioenergy policy; Biomass potential assessment; Regional bioenergy transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.046

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