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Traditional Biomass Energy: Improving its Use and Moving to Modern Energy use (Pre-print version) By Stephen Karekezi, Kusum Lata and Suani Teixeira Coelho EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Biomass
energy is an important source of energy for the majority of the world’s
population. The use of biomass energy is expected to increase in the near
future, with growth in population. In many developing countries (particularly
sub-Saharan Africa), traditional biomass energy dominates national energy
statistics, leading to significant negative impacts on human health and the
environment. There are, however, opportunities for developing improved and
modern biomass energy technologies, which offer substantial benefits in terms of
enhanced quality of energy services and reduction in negative health and
environmental impacts. In addition, the sustainable harvesting of biomass
resources is essential for ensuring the continued availability of this important
energy source particularly for the world’s poor. This paper presents the global status of biomass energy use, as well as a range of plausible future biomass energy scenarios. It categorizes biomass energy use into three clusters, namely: traditional, improved and modern biomass. With special emphasis on developing regions (which rely on biomass to meet a substantial proportion of their energy needs), the paper proposes policy options targeted at increasing the further development and wider dissemination of improved and modern biomass energy
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