Global electricity generation from biomass totaled 685 terawatt-hours in 2020. Since the turn of the century, biopower generation has seen an increasing trend. Solid biomass was the main source of biomass electricity, followed by biogas and municipal waste.
Biomass electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2020
(in terawatt-hours)
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World Bioenergy Association. (December 19, 2023). Biomass electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2020 (in terawatt-hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/481743/biomass-electricity-production-worldwide/
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World Bioenergy Association. (2023). Biomass electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2020 (in terawatt-hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/481743/biomass-electricity-production-worldwide/
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