TY - JOUR
TI - The role of biomass to replace fossil fuels in a regional energy system: The case of west Sweden
AU - Kjärstad Jan
AU - Johnsson Filip
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 4
SP - 1023
EP - 1036
PT - Article
AB - This paper analyses the potential role of biomass to meet regional CO2  emission reduction targets up to year 2050 in two counties in the west of  Sweden. It is concluded that the region could double its production capacity  of solid biomass to 2030, from 6 to 12 TWh. Modelling of the electricity  sector in the region indicates that bio-based electricity generation in  combined heat and power plants could almost triple by 2050 while at the same  time replace fossil based generation in district heating. Biomass can also  contribute to fuel shift in the transport sector. Yet, the transport sector  requires a series of actions to significantly reduce demand in combination  with use of electricity and biofuels and its transformation is obviously  strongly linked to an overall transformation of the European transport  sector. The total need for biomass could potentially increase from 14 TWh in  2010 to 48 TWh already from 2040, considering the electricity and transport  sectors and under the assumption that large energy savings can be achieved in  the building sector and that all fossil based heat generation can be replaced  by biomass heating. Assuming that biomass also replace the fossil based raw  materials used by the industry, including three refineries, requires 170 TWh  biomass to be compared to the 130 TWh currently used for the entire Sweden.