Dataset of biomass waste of rice paddies and forest sectors supporting the assessment of the potential for bioenergy production in Taiwan

Abstract

Assessing the biomass-based bioenergy production potential of nations is heavily dependent on the import source of fossil fuels. Taiwan can alleviate its fossil fuel dependency and greenhouse gas emissions. Key information (including published statistics and calculations) on biomass waste production from rice paddies in Taiwan considering the full production of available rice paddies was included in this study. In addition, key information on biomass waste production from forest sectors in Taiwan considering enhanced domestic production and the imported sources of harvested wood products (HWP) was also included. The volumes of decayed HWP could be used to predict available biomass waste for bioenergy production. The results of this study assist with the recent evaluation of the potential of the most prevailing available sources of biomass waste, rice paddies and forest sectors, for bioenergy generation, e.g. for more insight please see “Potential of Bioenergy Production from Biomass Wastes of Rice Paddies and Forest Sectors in Taiwan” [1]. Keywords: Bioenergy, Biomass, Biomass waste, Harvested wood products (HWP), Rice paddy waste