Agricultural residues for energy - A case study on the influence of resource availability, economy and policy on the use of straw for energy in Denmark and Sweden

Denmark and Sweden have an annual cultivation of straw-producing crops on about 16,000 and 11,000 km2 respectively. However, the actual use of straw for energy differs considerably: 1.35 Tg y−1 in Denmark and 0.11 Tg y−1 in Sweden. The main objective of this study was to investigate why the use of straw for energy is much larger in Denmark than in Sweden. Differences and commonalities in the conditions for the production and use of straw were...