?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4198%2F&rft.title=Biomass+Scenarios%2C+Present+and+Future%3A+Evaluation+of+WEC's+and+Hall's+Projections+and+Comparisons+to+IEW+Poll+Responses&rft.creator=Swinehart%2C+S.&rft.description=Biomass%2C+renewable+plant+or+animal+material+used+for+energy+consumption%2C+is+currently+an+important+energy+source+in+many+countries+and+may+have+a+more+prominent+future+role+globally%2C+especially+if+greenhouse+gas+reduction+programs+are+implemented.+Quantitative+forecasts+are+difficult+because+present+and+past+biomass+usage+is+not+well+documented%2C+mainly+because+of+the+difficulty+of+measuring+the+amount+of+non-commercial+usage.+This+document+reports+current+usage+estimates+and+offers+possible+scenarios+for+future+usage+in+2020+and+beyond.+The+main+sources+of+data+are+the+two+World+Energy+Council+(WEC)+(1992)+reports+1992+Survey+of+Energy+Responses%2C+16th+Edition+and+Energy+for+Tomorrow's+World%2C+Hall's+(1991)+%22Biomass+Energy%22+in+Energy+Policy%2C+and+IEW+Poll+Responses+from+the+January+1993+overview+(Manne+and+Schrattenholzer%2C+1993).+%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen+looking+at+the+available+biomass+literature%2C+there+are+problems+in+performing+accurate+comparisons+between+different+sources.+Data+for+many+regions+were+incomplete%2C+and+much+of+the+available+data+was+less+useful+than+it+could+be+due+to+lack+of+clarity.+Problems+and+assumptions+that+were+needed+for+any+of+the+figures+are+listed%2C+so+that+the+reader+can+keep+these+imperfections+in+mind+when+viewing+the+projections.&rft.publisher=WP-94-011&rft.date=1994-01&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4198%2F1%2FWP-94-011.pdf&rft.identifier=++Swinehart%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2439.html%3E++(1994).++Biomass+Scenarios%2C+Present+and+Future%3A+Evaluation+of+WEC's+and+Hall's+Projections+and+Comparisons+to+IEW+Poll+Responses.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-011+++++