Biomass Resources¶
Biomass energy is another potentially important renewable energy resource in the MESSAGE model. This includes both commercial and non-commercial use. Commercial refers to the use of bioenergy in, for example, power plants or biofuel refineries, while non-commercial refers to the use of bioenergy for residential heating and cooking, primarily in rural households of today’s developing countries. Bioenergy potentials are derived from the GLOBIOM model and differ across SSPs as a result of different levels of competition over land for food and fibre, but ultimately only vary to a limited degree (Fig. 6). The drivers underlying this competition are different land-use developments in the SSPs, which are determined by agricultural productivity and global demand for food consumption. (Fricko et al., 2017 [17])