Demand for biomass fuel in Peru, by province
This map shows the spatial distribution of biomass consumption for biofuel, calculated by province. It illustrates as the biomass demand is concentrated in the dry forests of the northwest region and in the neighboring provinces of Cuzco and Junin. In the southern highlands instead, less consumption of biomass is reported because is poor the biomass production in this area. The province with the highest consumption of biomass is Viru (La Libertad) with more than 500 000 tonnes per year followed by Chota (Cajamarca), Morropon (Piura) and Tarma (Junín), among others. On the other side, the province with lower demand for biomass is Huancayo (Junin) with 658 t per year, followed by Tarata (Tacna) with 719 tons of annual consumption.
The consumption of firewood and charcoal in Huancayo is traditional but is decreasing by the presence in the market of liquefied petroleum gas. This situation is not reflected in this result because the information provided by the corresponding authorities did not reveal this consumption. All values in this map are considered residential and commercial demand, not industrial. No data consumption of firewood and charcoal were found in the latter sector. It is presumed that there are informal brickworks which use in their processes fuelwood and charcoal. It is known that many brickworks utilize gas, but the location and the consumption of these factories have not been identified.
The coal and firewood that Peru imports are used by some industries (calcium carbide, cyanide, and activated carbon, steel). The total imported by the country is known but since the statistics do not provide information as to spatially locate its consumption, it has not been considered in analyzing the imported quantities.
Source data:
- INEI, 2008. Perfil socioeconómico del Perú. 2da. Edición. Census Nacionales 2007. XI de población y VI de vivienda. Lima.
This dataset is part of the result of the Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) analysis for Perú on land and agro-climatic suitability and availability for crops. All BEFS results have been reported in the FAO publication “Bioenergía y seguridad alimentaria - El análisis de BEFS para el Perú - Compendio técnico Vol I y II†and the final products made available in this catalogue.
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Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) website
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Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) website
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Bioenergía y seguridad alimentaria - El análisis de BEFS para el Perú - Compendio Técnico Vol I
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Bioenergía y seguridad alimentaria - El análisis de BEFS para el Perú - Compendio Técnico Vol I
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Bioenergía y seguridad alimentaria - El análisis de BEFS para el Perú - Compendio Técnico Vol II
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Bioenergía y seguridad alimentaria - El análisis de BEFS para el Perú - Compendio Técnico Vol II
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resultados_ll_54468.zip
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Demand for biomass fuel by province
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resultados_ll_54468
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Demand for biomass fuel by province
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