EN
Each year in Poland a quantity of biomass from forestry and farm production equivalent to 150 million tons of coal is obtained. An extremely high energetic value is yielded by rye, rapeseed and pulse straw whose average yearly yield - about 27,2 mln tons - is equivalent to 18 mln tons of coal (454 PJ). The possibilities of straw utilization for power-producing purposes are limited only by the needs of animal production. Research has shown however, that since 1983 the production of straw has exceeded these needs. If these tendencies persist, then in the year 2000 we could get from straw about 237 PJ of energy, covering about 5 percent of our national economy needs.