PRIMES-Biomass computes the optimal use of biomass/waste resources and investment in secondary and final transformation, so as to meet a given demand of final biomass/waste energy products
The PRIMES-Biomass system model is linked with the PRIMES large scale energy model for Europe and can be either solved as a satellite model through a closed-loop process or as a stand-alone model. The biomass model follows the standards of the PRIMES model: it covers all the EU countries and other associated European countries; it performs dynamic projections to the future from 2000 until 2070 in 5-year time period step. It is an economic supply model that computes the optimal use of biomass/waste resources and investment in secondary and final transformation, so as to meet a given demand of final biomass/waste energy products, projected to the future by the rest of the PRIMES model. The biomass supply model determines the consumer prices of the final biomass/waste products used for energy purposes and also the consumption of other energy products in the production, transportation and processing of the biomass/waste products. Prices and energy consumption are conveyed to the rest of the PRIMES model. A closed-loop is therefore established.
