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Biomass and waste potentials in CROSS 2025

Package version
DescriptionBiomass and waste potentials for energy use including wood, manure, green and fossil waste and sewage sludge, 2015-2060. JASM-Biosweet estimation. Potentials in mass and energy units
Last changesNot documented
Geographical scopeSwitzerland
Geographical resolutionBiomass categories and waste
Temporal scope and resolution2015-2060 (5 years resolution)
DownloadData package (zip)
cross-biomass-potentials-cross-2025-06-06.zip(3 kB)

Individual data files
biomass-potentials-energy-cross.csv (9 kB)
biomass-potentials-mass-cross.csv (8 kB)
biomass-costs-cross.csv (2 kB)
Meta dataREADME.md
datapackage.json
SourcesGuidati, G. A. Marcucci, T. Damartzis, V. Burg, T. Schildhauer, D. Giardini and O. Kröcher (2021). Biomass and Waste Potentials and Conversion Pathways for Energy Use, JASM-Biosweet paper
V. Burg, G. Bowman, M. Erni, R. Lemm and O. Thees, 2018. Analyzing the potential of domestic biomass resources for the energy transition in Switzerland. Biomass and Bioenergy 111, 60-69.
O. Thees, V. Burg, M. Erni, G. Bowman, R. Lemm, 2017. Biomass for Swiss Energy Transition SCCER-BIOSWEET. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
Data licensesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
ContactGianfranco Guidati, Energy Science Center, ETH Zurich
Adriana Marcucci, Energy Science Center, ETH Zurich
Institution/ProjectCROSS
Cite asGuidati, G., Marcucci, A.(2025). Biomass and waste potentials in CROSS 2025. CROSS. https://sweet-cross.ch/data/biomass-potentials-cross/2025-06-06/


Field documentation
Biomass and waste potentials in energy units (biomass-potentials-energy-cross.csv)
Field NameType (Format)Description
ScenariotextScenario: Reference, High or Low, corresponding to the population scenarios
CategorytextBiomass category
FeedstocknumberBiomass Feedstock (subcategory)
2015_PJ...2060_PJnumberPotential in 2015 to 2060 (PJ)
Biomass and waste potentials in mass units (biomass-potentials-mass-cross.csv)
Field NameType (Format)Description
ScenariotextScenario: Reference, High or Low, corresponding to the population scenarios
CategorytextBiomass category
FeedstocknumberBiomass Feedstock (subcategory)
2015_kton...2060_ktonnumberPotential in 2015 to 2060 (kton)
Biomass costs by category and potential (biomass-costs-cross.csv)
Field NameType (Format)Description
CategorytextBiomass category
FeedstocknumberBiomass Feedstock (subcategory)
Sustainable Potential (PJ)numberSustainable Potential (PJ)
Cost (CHF/GJ)numberCost (CHF/GJ)