Bioenergy in China: Evaluation of domestic biomass resources and the associated greenhouse gas mitigation potentials

Marginal lands for bioenergy in China; an outlook in status, potential and management

“…Biomass resources have been exploited extensively in China for electricity and biofuel generation, and the main sources of biomass include crop residues, forest residues with production potential of 300 each and municipal waste with production potential of 210 million tons. A total of 60% of current municipal waste produced in China has potential to produce about 1–2 billion cubic meter of methane if used in landfill methane applications (Kang et al., 2020; NBS, 2019; Zhang et al., 2010). Furthermore, increasing trends in forestry and forest product industries could increase forest and wood residues with a potential of 12,000 PJ per annum by 2020 (Drysdale et al., 2008).…”

Retrofitting coal‐fired power plants with biomass co‐firing and carbon capture and storage for net zero carbon emission: A plant‐by‐plant assessment framework

“…At the same time, China also has great potential in biomass resources (Nie et al., 2019). If bioenergy potential can be realized to replace fossil fuels during 2020–2050, the maximum GHG emission mitigation would be 5,859.56 Mt CO 2 ‐equivalent (Kang et al., 2020). Therefore, biomass–coal co‐firing with CCS is the key solution to achieve the goal of Paris Agreement (Maamoun et al., 2020).…”

Avocado-Derived Biomass as a Source of Bioenergy and Bioproducts

“…Because biomass is the only renewable source of carbon, bioenergy would reduce environmental pollution, meet climate targets, and replace fossil energy; it is the best alternative with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It has been the fourth largest energy source in the world after coal, oil, and natural gas, accounting for 9.5% of the world primary energy supply and 69.5% of the world renewable energy supply in 2016 [36]. Figure 6.…”