Biomass Potential in Africa

Biomass Potential in Africa, a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ), compiles recent studies assessing bioenergy potential for the continent, compares their methodologies, benchmarks the results, and identifies the key parameters for those assessments. The report also highlights the need to develop standard methods to provide meaningful estimates of African bioenergy potential. This represents a first step to bring clarity to decision makers about the information available, which must continue to be expanded to make use of the continent’s considerable bioenergy resources in a sustainable manner.