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Origins

Germany sources biomass from

  • national resources from primary sectors. In 2015 these produced nearly 186 Million dry tonnes [1] of biomass (137 Mt agricultural biomass; 48 Mt forestry biomass (comprising 33 Mt forest raw materials and 15 Mt forest residues); and 0.7 Mt aquatic biomass) [2]
  • secondary biogenic resources (“waste” and residues - from e.g. reuse and recycling within the economy as well as by-products from primary resource extraction)
  • imports (including primary and secondary biomass).

Notes and references

  1. This refers to dry tonnes and differs to the used domestic extraction reported by Destatis in wet tonnes (or freshly harvested biomass; e.g. of 246 Mt in 2015)
  2. Iost et al. (2020). Setting up a bioeconomy monitoring: Resource base and sustainability. doi: 10.3220/WP1593762669000; See also the complete flow chart in Bringezu et al. (2021). Pilot report on the monitoring of the German bioeconomy. doi:10.17170/kobra-202201115406

AGricultural biomass.
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Agriculture, crops and livestock

Hanna Helander

University of Kassel – CESR

  

with contributions from

Margarethe Scheffler

Öko Institute

 

Martin Distelkamp

GWS

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Biomass from forests and wood.
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Forests and wood

Meghan Beck-O'Brien

University of Kassel – CESR

 

Klaus Hennenberg

Hannes Böttcher

Öko Institute

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Aquatic animals and plants

Simone Brüning

Johna Barrelet

Thuenen Institute

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Biomass from secondary resources.
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Secondary resources

Burkhard Wilske
DBFZ

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