Estimation of Biomass Utilization at Rural Area

Abstract

The objective of this commentary is to review the researches and/or methodologies for the estimation of biomass utilization at rural area. The purpose of the estimation is divided to the business of one stakeholder, the businesses of several stakeholders, the finding resource/conversion and consensus forming, the energy-economic model, and the ripple effect using Input/Output tables. Recently, the estimation of the effect for the policy purpose in Biomass Nippon Strategy is required. The estimation methodology should be developed for the several policy items.