Abstract
The biomass resource is abundant based on organic waste products and a wide range of energy crops. Many conversion technologies exist and are largely well understood. Currently preventing the bioenergy sector from reaching its full potential and therefore providing additional revenue for the agricultural community are the high biomass production costs; the difficulties in securing adequate fuel supplies at an early stage of project development; and the stringent planning constraints, partly from a lack of understanding by some of the stakeholders. Developing a bioenergy project is therefore usually a challenge. The future prospects for carbon trading, distributed energy systems and hydrogen, multi-product benefits from bio-refining of the biomass feedstock, and the Clean Development Mechanism should enable the sector to develop as originally envisaged by policy makers. For this to happen, the biomass industry will have to improve its image, ensure it is using only sustainable produced material, and become more efficient in biomass delivery and bioenergy conversion operations and less reliant on government incentives.
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