Wood Energy Catalogue

Sustainable bioenergy potential in Zambia – An integrated bioenergy and food security assessment

2018
  2020
Region
Africa
Countries of implementation
Zambia

The study assesses the potential to use bioenergy for (i) electricity generation in rural areas using off-grid solutions; (ii) cooking and heating in rural and urban areas; and (iii) the production of liquid biofuels for the transport sector.

This report outlines the viable feedstock options and sustainable bioenergy supply chains that can contribute to the sustainable use of biomass-based energy resources to diversify the energy mix and attain the Government’s long-term sector-wide targets.

Keywords
Bioenergy, sustainability, assessment, resource potential, biomass feedstock, cooking and heating, biofuel, Zambia
Type of initiatives
Sector review and study
Level of intervention
National
Responsible agencies
FAO; Ministry of Energy of Zambia