Biomass Energy: An Overview of Biomass Sources, Energy Potential, and Management in Southeast Asian Countries

Maw Maw Tun, Dagmar Juchelkova, Myo Min Win, Aung Myat Thu and Tomáš Puchor
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Maw Maw Tun: Department of Power Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15, Ostrava-Poruba 70833, Czech Republic
Dagmar Juchelkova: Department of Power Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15, Ostrava-Poruba 70833, Czech Republic
Myo Min Win: Department of Chemical Engineering, Mandalay Technological University, Patheingyi, Mandalay 05072, Myanmar
Aung Myat Thu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mandalay Technological University, Patheingyi, Mandalay 05072, Myanmar
Tomáš Puchor: Department of Power Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 01026 Žilina, Slovakia

Resources, 2019, vol. 8, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Potential depletion of fossil fuel and climate change have globally accelerated the demand in renewable and alternative energy. Most of the Southeast Asian countries have an abundance of biomass sources for the energy sector due to their agriculture-based economy and enormous forest resources. Therefore, the study aimed at highlighting an overview of biomass energy in the Southeast Asia countries to convey the environmental and economic benefits from the available biomass sources in the region. In order to achieve the aim, the study synthesized and evaluated the biomass sources, energy potential, utilization, and management in the region, based on the published research papers, review papers, and country reports. It was found that the major biomass sources in this region were fuelwood, wood residues, rice husk, rice straw, sugarcane residues, oil palm residues, and coconut residues. The total annual quantity of the biomass potential from agriculture and forest sector in the region was estimated at more than 500 million tons per year and equal to over 8000 million gigajoules of total energy potential. In order to implement the sustainable utilization of biomass sources, the study specified the barriers and challenges of biomass utilization in these countries and proposed a sustainable approach of biomass energy, by comparing the way of traditional biomass utilization.

Keywords: biomass sources; biomass energy; utilization of biomass; renewable energy; Southeast Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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