Files
Abstract
The paper presents a concept for a digital platform model for the biomass logistics network for local
communities. This concept refers to the strategy for the development of renewable power engineering
in Poland to the year 2020, adopted by the Polish government. The status and prospects for biomass
production are presented, from which it results that plant production for energy purposes may in the
nearest future constitute an important alternative to food production. In turn, main problems
connected with the organization of biomass market at the local and regional levels are also discussed.
In the proposed model the digital platform would be available on the Internet for all links of the
logistics chain, starting from producers and ending with buyers (processors) of biomass. Primary
benefits of the implementation of such a system include the development of local energy biomass
markets and maintenance of their effective operation; comprehensive utilization of local energy
biomass resources for the production of green energy; initiation of an appropriate development of
biomass power engineering as an element of sustainable rural development.