<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Biomass is an essential pillar of the bioeconomy as it serves as its main resource. Biomass energy plays an important role in energy sector. According to long wave theory, a sharp breakthrough in biotechnology is due over the next few years. As the price for energy wood increases, wood as a resource will not be sustainable in energy sector. In the case of Latvia, the price of energy wood as a resource is predicted to increase from 0.04 EUR/kWh to 0.12 EUR/kWh per unit of energy.</p></abstract>

Biomass is an essential pillar of the bioeconomy as it serves as its main resource. Biomass energy plays an important role in energy sector. According to long wave theory, a sharp breakthrough in biotechnology is due over the next few years. As the price for energy wood increases, wood as a resource will not be sustainable in energy sector. In the case of Latvia, the price of energy wood as a resource is predicted to increase from 0.04 EUR/kWh to 0.12 EUR/kWh per unit of energy.

When Bioeconomy Development Becomes a Biomass Energy Competitor

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Biomass is an essential pillar of the bioeconomy as it serves as its main resource. Biomass energy plays an important role in energy sector. According to long...

When Bioeconomy Development Becomes a Biomass Energy Competitor

Published Online: Dec 13, 2019

Page range: 347 - 359

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0100

Keywords
Bioeconomy, bioenergy, energy wood, LCOE, long waves theory

© 2019 Dace Lauka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

When Bioeconomy Development Becomes a Biomass Energy Competitor

Published Online: Dec 13, 2019

Page range: 347 - 359

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0100

KeywordsBioeconomy, bioenergy, energy wood, LCOE, long waves theory

© 2019 Dace Lauka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Bioeconomy, bioenergy, energy wood, LCOE, long waves theory