## 3 Results
### Feedstock Potential
Biomass potentials were assessed in the context of research and innovation improvements across the supply chain. Moreover, it accounts for the sustainability criteria as set within the REDII. The Concawe study focused on the feedstocks of agricultural, forest, and waste origin included in Annex IX of RED II (Part A and B). Food and feed crops were not included in this study. The estimated agricultural biomass availability ranged from 109 to 164 Mtoe. The biomass availability for oil feedstocks which can be used for biodiesel/HVO and HEFA are estimated as follows:  
* from 22 to 25 Mtoe from rapeseed, sunflower, and soy, as well as from 2 to 3 Mtoe of utilised cooking oils for 2030 in the JRC ENSPRESSO,
* from 1 to 2 Mtoe from oil crops and 1 Mtoe of utilised cooking oil for 2030, in the DG RTD study and
* from 2 to 3 Mtoe of utilised cooking oils for 2030 in the study conducted for Concawe. It is worth mentioning here that the DG RTD and the Concawe study did not analyse the so-called first-generation crops, the category where rapeseed, sunflower and soy are included. **Forestry feedstocks**: The JRC study in the high scenario assumes that stemwood and forestry residues are available for energy production, that there is increased woodland productivity, increased mobilisation of wood from small private forest owners, reduced competing demand for non-energy purposes, and increased mobilisation of primary forestry residues because of the increased demand for biomass for energy which results in increased stump and residue removal. The estimated biomass availability ranged from 90 to 217 Mtoe for 2030. Figure 1: Feedstock potentials (Mtoe) from the three selected studies for 2030. The DG RTD study adopted more conservative assumptions on the use of stemwood for energy and took into account an increased demand from biobased industries. The estimated biomass availability ranged from 108-154 Mtoe for 2030. The Concawe study acknowledged the current debate and increasing concerns over the use of forest biomass for energy purposes. For this reason, and although current uses of stemwood are shared almost equally between biobased products and energy use, this study assumed that only 25% of the stemwood would be used for energy purposes in the low scenario, 30% in the medium, and 50% in the high scenario. The estimated biomass availability ranged from 81 to 148 Mtoe for 2030. **Biowastes**: The JRC ENSPRESSO study assessed the waste feedstock potentials using the Eurostat waste generation (NACE--Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community) and waste treatment data from 2010 as input. For the medium scenario, it was assumed that the collected waste per category developed over the years according to the population growth for household waste and according to the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate for the NACE waste categories. In the high scenario, the percentage going to energy increased 10% as compared with the medium level, due to a decrease in competing use and disposal and incineration. In the low scenario, the amount of waste sent for energy decreased by 10% as compared with the medium situation, due to an increase in competing use. The estimated biomass availability ranged from 13 to 25 Mtoe for 2030. The work in the DG RTD study focused on similar categories to those in the JRC ENPRESSO. The study assumed ambitious advances in the separation, collection, and energetic usage of UCO/FOG, and the organic waste fraction and the estimated biomass availability ranged from 23 to 41 Mtoe for 2030. The Concawe study considered the Circular Economy Package (Commission recently adopted ambitious new Circular Economy Packages) which states that 55% of municipal waste needs to be reused and recycled by 2025, 60% by 2030, and 65% by 2035. The amount of municipal waste landfilled must be reduced to 10% or less of the total amount of municipal waste generated by 2035. This study applied the above rates to 2030 and to 2050 (the 65% announced for 2035) in the low scenario.