Energy generation from biomass is a promising alternative to fossil fuels since biomass resources are available in most parts of the world and offer great flexibility through their capacity for use in different forms of energy carriers. However, its cost-competitiveness remains difficult to assess due to the large variability of bioenergy costs, to which the cost of biomass feedstock contributes disproportionately. To address this issue, this paper evaluates the production cost of primary energy production from ligno-cellulosic biomass based on a literature review covering 106 references in academic and grey literature from 45 countries. Our data relate to five types of ligno-cellulosic biomass: managed forest, wood energy crops, grass energy crops, agricultural residues and forest residues. Our results provide insight into the variability of feedstock costs within and between biomass types. We found that the cost of residues from forestry and agriculture is significantly lower than the other biomass types. We did not find any significant difference between the cost of grass energy crops, wood energy crops and managed forest. Biomass grown in Europe is significantly more expensive than in other regions, while biomass grown in Latin America is significantly cheaper.

生物质发电是化石燃料的一种有前途的替代品，因为生物质资源在世界大部分地区都可用，并且通过它们用于不同形式的能源载体的能力提供了极大的灵活性。然而，由于生物能源成本的巨大可变性，其成本竞争力仍然难以评估，而生物质原料的成本对此贡献不成比例。为了解决这个问题，本文根据涵盖 45 个国家的 106 篇学术和灰色文献中的参考文献的文献回顾，评估了木质纤维素生物质生产一次能源的生产成本。我们的数据涉及五种类型的木质纤维素生物质：管理森林、木材能源作物、草能源作物、农业残余物和森林残余物。我们的结果提供了对生物质类型内部和之间原料成本可变性的洞察。我们发现林业和农业废弃物的成本明显低于其他生物质类型。我们没有发现草能源作物、木材能源作物和管理森林的成本有任何显着差异。欧洲种植的生物质能比其他地区贵得多，而拉丁美洲种植的生物质能便宜得多。