Last year, some 6.6 million tons of biomass was used for energy production in Hungary, 10.7% more than the year before, the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI) said in a report on Tuesday.
In 2025, Hungarian power plants, heating plants and industrial boiler operators using biomass feedstock primarily relied on wood chips — hat is, forest chips, sawdust and bark — for energy production.
This accounted for 38.8% of all fuel burned, totaling 1,240,300 metric tons, representing a 23% annual increase. Firewood consumption rose by 105% to 736,000 metric tons, accounting for 23% of total consumption. The remainder was supplied by wood industry byproducts, industrial and other raw materials, and grain straw, the report stated.
A total of 3.4 million metric tons of biomass was used for biogas production, of which 44.7% consisted of sludge recovered from wastewater treatment plants.
Raw materials, byproducts, and waste from the manufacturing industry accounted for 31.4%. Of this, 26.8% came from byproducts of the brewing industry, and 15.4% from raw materials derived from dairy production. Animal manure accounted for 18.6% of total consumption, or 625,400 metric tons.
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