France – 2018 update - Bioenergy policies and status of implementation - Country Reports

o The “Dynamic wood” (Dynamic bois) call for expressions of interest, launched in March 2015, allows for the provision of support for the mobilization of wood resources, in association with the Heat Fund (Fonds chaleur). [...] The first PPEs (for continental metropolitan France and non-interconnected areas) shall concern electricity, gas and heat and all aspects of this energy until 2023: improvement of energy efficiency and energy savings, support for the exploitation of renewable energy sources and security of supply for the grids. [...] A detailed description of all fiscal and non-fiscal supports for bioenergy development is available at: TOTAL PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY (TPES) AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF BIOENERGY The total primary energy supply of France in 2016 amounted to 10,227 petajoule (PJ) with an export surplus of electricity of 149 PJ (1.5% of TPES). [...] Figure 2: Total primary energy supply of Renewable Energy Sources in France in 2016 (Source: World Energy Balances © OECD/IEA 2018) Most of the bioenergy consumed in France comes from solid biomass; their share accounts for 67% or 465 PJ in 2016. [...] 3 Figure 3: Total primary energy supply from bioenergy in France in 2016 (Source: World Energy Balances © OECD/IEA 2018) The share of bioenergy in total primary energy supply went from 4% in 1990-2005 to 6.8% in 2016.