This thesis deals with the analysis of wood energy supply and demand in Bavaria as well as with the evaluation of selected environmental impacts due to an increased wood energy consumption. The key question is whether more wood energy can be used and how it can be consumed most efficiently in order to mitigate trade-offs. This analysis shows that the increased wood energy use can be environmentally beneficial and socially acceptable, but only if wood energy is used in an efficient and responsible manner and if technological development keeps up with an increasing resource demand.     «

This thesis deals with the analysis of wood energy supply and demand in Bavaria as well as with the evaluation of selected environmental impacts due to an increased wood energy consumption. The key question is whether more wood energy can be used and how it can be consumed most efficiently in order to mitigate trade-offs. This analysis shows that the increased wood energy use can be environmentally beneficial and socially acceptable, but only if wood energy is used in an efficient and responsibl...     »