Wood Energy Catalogue

IRENA Bioenergy Simulator

2022
Region
Global

The Bioenergy Simulator is a web-based application developed to help policy makers, practitioners, and business developers estimate potential bioenergy and plan bioenergy development taking into consideration combinations of area, biomass resource, technology, and end-use.

The biomass resources include agricultural crops, featuring 14 dedicated bioenergy crops; agricultural residues, including 28 residue types; livestock waste, with 9 different animal manures; and forest plantations, which includes 52 different tree species.

The production processes include 25 different production processes for bioenergy development, covering 6 types of biofuels in liquid, solid, and gaseous states, and 19 types of biofuel conversion technologies

The simulator is not intended to be the basis for final technology choices or investment decisions. It allows the user to perform preliminary analysis to promote modern bioenergy production options for a given area, biomass resource and associated conversion technology.

This simulator was firstly released in 2017 and upgraded in 2022.

Keywords
Bioenergy, simulation, potential assessment, model, toolkit, agricultural residues, livestock waste, and forest plantations, online tool, IRENA
Type of initiatives
Sector review and study
Level of intervention
Global
Responsible agencies
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)