Korea

7.2.1 Amount of biomass resources in Korea

Major biomass resources available in Korea are organic wastes and the agricultural and forest residues. The potential and recoverable amounts of biomass for energy utilization are summarized in Table 7.2.1. According to the data in Table 7.2.1, the total amount of biomass resources available in Korea is about 80 million ton, only 30% of the potential biomass resources are currently utilized for energy production.

Resources

Potential, x 103 Mt/ year

Recoverable, x 103 Mt/ year

Forest residues

7,830

1,300

Agricultural residues

16,000

4,900

Food waste

5,100

5,100

Municipal waste

1,600

260

Animal wastes

47,000

Sludge

2,500

280

Total

S. C. Park et al. (2007).