Prospects for the use of agricultural residues for energy production in Ukraine

Position Paper N7 by the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine is another one in a series of the planned publications on the major issues of bioenergy development in Ukraine. The Paper covers an issue of possibility of using plant residues of agriculture for energy production in Ukraine. Such points as generation of cereal straw, residues of grain corn (maize) production and sunflower production as well as existing areas of the residues utilization and preconditions for their use for energy production are analyzed in the Paper.