Open AccessApplication fields of wood as a renewable energy source in Europe
Author(s) -
Nándor Csatári
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta agraria debreceniensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2416-1640
DOI - 10.34101/actaagrar/47/2423
Subject(s) - renewable energy , sustainability , european union , production (economics) , environmental science , wood production , renewable resource , natural resource economics , constraint (computer aided design) , agroforestry , business , forest management , economics , engineering , ecology , international trade , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , biology
Fuelwood, and wood wastes provide almost half of the renewable energy production of the European Union. Enhancing the use of wood in renewable energy production has more constraint than wind- or solar energy. Forests in the EU member states are sustainably used, they are increasing both in terms of area, and growing stocks. There are possibilities to enhance the fallings and use more fuelwood. Short rotation coppices could fulfill the long term demand for fuelwood; because these plantations surpass the dendromass yield of forests.