BIOMASS ENERGY POLICY

The Policy Vision for Biomass is:

To transform traditional biomass energy to modern energy in order to use the available biomass resources sustainably

The policy goal for Biomass is:

To increase the modern use of biomass energy from 10% to 86% of total energy consumption in Uganda by the year 2020

Table of Contents

BIOMASS POLICY 4

1.0 Introduction 4

1.1 Biomass 5

1.1.1 Biomass energy flows 6

1.1.1.1 Forestry 6

1.1.1.2 Agriculture 7

1.1.1.2 Agricultural residues 7

1.1.1.4 Live stock 8

1.1.2 Biogas through anaerobic digestion 10

1.1.3 Biofuels for Transport by fermentation 11

1.1.4 Direct combustion for generation of electricity 12

1.1.5 Pyrolysis 12

1.1.6 Gasification 13

1.1.7 Transesterification 13

1.2 Benefits of using biomass 13

1.3 Barriers to efficient use of Biomass 14

1.4 Advantages of Biomass Energy 15

2.0 THE POLICY VISION, GOAL, PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND TARGETS 17

2.1 The Policy Vision 17

2.2 The Policy Goal 17

2.3 The Key Policy Principles 17

2.4 The Policy Objectives 18

2.5 The Policy Strategies 19

2.5.1 Legal and Institutional Framework 19

2.5.2 Data Acquisition, Information Dissemination (Awareness) and Capacity Building, Monitoring and Evaluation 20

2.5.3 Financing and Fiscal Policy 20

2.5.4 Poverty Eradication, Equitable Distribution, Social Services and Gender 21

2.5.5 Research and Development, International Co-operation, Technology Transfer and Adoption of Standards in Biomass Energy Technologies 22

2.5.6 Biomass Resource Base Management 23

2.5.7 Biofuels Promotion and Production 24

2.5.8 Wastes to Energy 25

3.0 Policy Actions 26

3.1 Modern Energy Service program 26

3.2 Biofuels Program 29

3.3 Wastes to Energy Program 30

3.4 Energy Efficiency