As of: April 2009
National Biomass Action Plan for Germany
Biomass and Sustainable Energy Supply
Bioenergy now meets almost five percent of Germany’s primary energy demand. This share will increase significantly by 2020 as we implement the targets stipulated in the EU Climate and Energy Package announced in April 2009 and in the German government’s Integrated Energy and Climate Change Programme launched in August 2007.
This Biomass Action Plan sets out the potential for the use of biomass in Germany, quantifies the biomass share in meeting current demand and identifies available reserves. It also describes the German government’s strategies towards promoting bioenergy use in the heating, electricity and fuel sectors, and the measures it intends to take in implementing them.

