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Bioenergy in Switzerland
Both products from forestry and agriculture and
from waste can be used in Switzerland as an energy-providing
biomass. It can be exploited to render solid, liquid
or gaseous energy sources.
Proportion of forest in the cantons'
surface area
This map shows the proportion of forest as a percentage
of the applicable canton's surface area. Tessin
is the canton with the most forest, followed by
the Jura Region and the Canton of Obwalden.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical
Office, Agriculture and Forestry Statistics, as
at 2002.
Current total usage of wood per area
of forest
This map shows the forests' current productivity:
The total quantity of trunk, industrial and fire
wood is shown that is used in the forests, expressed
as cubic metres of solid wood per year. This value
is related to the area of forest in hectares (1 ha
= 10,000 m²).
The highest productivity is shown by the Canton
of Zug's forests, followed by Freiburg, Aargau and
Thurgau. The inner-alpine Cantons of Wallis and
Uri are less productive, where the forests are by
nature hard to exploit. In the two most forested
Cantons of Tessin and Jura, productivity could still
be increased considerably. There and in many other
cantons, it would be possible to extract increased
quantities of firewood.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Agriculture
and Forestry Statistics, as at 2002.
Proportion of open arable land in
the cantons' surface area
For the production of bio-diesel from Rapeseed
oil Methyl Ester (RME), a sufficient area must be
available for growing oil seed rape. This map shows
the proportion of open arable land as a percentage
of the applicable canton's surface area.
It follows that arable land is hardly to be found
in the alpine region. The cantons with the most
arable land are Schaffhausen and Geneva, followed
by the rest of the Jura Region as far as Lake Constance.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Agriculture
and Forestry Statistics, as at 2002.
Production potential for Rapeseed
oil Methyl Ester (RME) per head of the population
This map shows the theoretical production potential
for RME bio-diesel per head of the population. It
was assumed that each year 10% of the available
arable land would be used for the production of
oil seed rape. – To achieve a better comparison,
the production figures have been converted into
kilowatt-hours per year.
Jura, Schaffhausen and Freiburg stand out as interesting
cantons.
Data on which this was based: As for Map 5-CH-201.
Additional literature by H. Hartmann / M. Kaltschmitt
"Biomasse als erneuerbarer Energieträger", Fachagentur
Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. , Gülzow / Germany, 2002.
Production potential for agricultural
biogas per surface area of the cantons
This map shows the theoretical production potential
for biogas from agricultural livestock husbandry.
The values are indicated in megawatt hours per year
and related to the surface area of the cantons in
square kilometres.
The Canton of Lucerne is clearly predestined for
biogas production, whilst the potential in the inner
and southern alpine cantons is very small
Data on which this was based: Swiss Federal Statistical
Office, Agriculture and Forestry Statistics, as
at 2002. Additional literature by H. Hartmann /
M. Kaltschmitt "Biomasse als erneuerbarer Energieträger",
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. , Gülzow
/ Germany, 2002.
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