Production of Energy from Biomass: Near or Distant Future Prospects?

The article is devoted to assessing the prospects for the production of energy from biomass. Based on the experience of European countries Europeans are studying the conditions for successful implementation of such projects, analyzing the government's plans to develop the market in Russia. In Russia, on basis of SWOT-analysis perspectives for the production of energy from waste timber industry, set off those that are environmental factors and internal properties of the technologies that should be considered when developing the widespread use of biomass for energy production strategy. The study draws conclusions about the competitiveness of energy production from biomass technologies among substitutes and the need for governmental support for their developments.