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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Bioenergy Country Notes

France

Municipal solid waste
quantity of raw material available	1 891	thousand toe
electricity generation	11 736	TJ
direct use from combustion	29 394	TJ
total energy production	41 130	TJ
Wood
quantity of raw material available	7 419	thousand toe
direct use from combustion	310 559	TJ
Forestry/wood processing
quantity of raw material available	1 935	thousand toe
electricity generation	4 888	TJ
direct use from combustion	4 748	TJ
total energy production	9 636	TJ
Agricultural residues – straw etc.
quantity of raw material available	78	thousand toe
direct use from combustion	3 265	TJ
Biogas from landfills
quantity of raw material available	127	thousand toe
electricity generation	1 422	TJ
direct use from combustion	251	TJ
total energy production	1 673	TJ
Biogas – other
quantity of raw material available	82	thousand toe
electricity generation	234	TJ
direct use from combustion	2 093	TJ
total energy production	2 327	TJ
Biofuels
quantityof raw material available	476	thousand toe
ethanol production	3 140	TJ
biodiesel production	16 785	TJ
total energy production	19 925	TJ

The above data relate only to metropolitan

France

and exclude overseas departments (DOM).

Sugar cane bagasse: in the DOM, the quantity of bagasse available in 2005 was 150 thousand toe; 1 494 TJ electricity was generated, 5 407 TJ was used directly from combustion and total energy production totalled 6 901 TJ.