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The global biomass power market was valued at USD 149.70 Billion in 2025. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.40% during the forecast period of 2026-2035 to reach a value of USD 278.38 Billion by 2035. Rising renewable energy investments, growing efforts to reduce fossil fuel dependence, and increasing utilization of agricultural and forestry residues for power generation are some of the key factors that are driving the overall growth in the market. Utilities and energy producers are investing in efficient biomass conversion technologies and integrated waste-to-energy systems. Government incentives for renewable energy are also supporting project development in several regions.
Compound Annual Growth Rate
6.4%
Value in USD Billion
2026-2035
| Global Biomass Power Market Report Summary | Description | Value |
| Base Year | USD Billion | 2025 |
| Historical Period | USD Billion | 2019-2025 |
| Forecast Period | USD Billion | 2026-2035 |
| Market Size 2025 | USD Billion | 149.70 |
| Market Size 2035 | USD Billion | 278.38 |
| CAGR 2019-2025 | Percentage | XX% |
| CAGR 2026-2035 | Percentage | 6.40% |
| CAGR 2026-2035 - Market by Region | Asia Pacific | 9.2% |
| CAGR 2026-2035 - Market by Country | India | 9.2% |
| CAGR 2026-2035 - Market by Country | China | 8.8% |
| CAGR 2026-2035 - Market by Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | 9.0% |
| CAGR 2026-2035 - Market by Feedstock | Biogas | 9.1% |
| Market Share by Country 2025 | India | 4.1% |
The two major drivers of the biomass power market are expected to remain growing government support and incentives for renewables, and environmental concerns about climate change. Government policies and subsidies across the globe encourage biomass energy as a substitute for fossil fuels-a cleaner alternative-thus boosting growth in the market. In addition to that, the impetus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and hitting sustainability targets increases the adoption of biomass power. This growing focus on greener sources of energy reflects the global commitment to fighting climate change through shifting to renewable sources of energy and ultimately aid in bolstering the biomass power demand.

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The demand for biomass power will grow due to increasing biomass energy generation for heating solutions.
Contributions of bioenergy to the worldwide production of renewable power from 2015 to 2020 depict an increasing trend, well explaining its important role in the renewable energy industry. From the results in 2015, it is clear that approximately 500 TWh of electricity was produced from bioenergy, with this steadily increasing in each subsequent year. In 2020, this contribution increased to more than 600 TWh, reflecting huge growth in its application for the production of electricity. This increase is due to the diversification of sources, such as biomass, biogas, and waste-to-energy technologies that have found more and more applications in different regions, pushing the global biomass power demand growth.
The share of bioenergy in the overall mix of renewable power remained relatively stable across the period, fluctuating from 7 to 9% between 2015 and 2020. That means that while other renewable sources, such as wind and solar, rapidly expanded, the growth of bioenergy was maintained as a stable source of electricity. This steady percentage thus indicates parallel growth in the field of bioenergy at par with the global expansion of renewable energy capacity.
Chubu Electric Power and its project partners commenced commercial operation of Green Power Sakaiminato, a wood-fired biomass power plant in Sakaiminato, Japan. The facility has an output capacity of 28,110 kW and is expected to generate approximately 200 million kWh of electricity annually. The project company is jointly backed by six companies, including Chubu Electric Power, New Circle Energy, Inabata, Chubuplant Service, NX Sakaiminato Kairiku and Sanko. The project demonstrates continued investment in dedicated biomass generation using wood-based fuel and expands Japan's portfolio of dispatchable renewable electricity facilities.
SAEL Industries commissioned a 14.9 MW agri-waste-to-energy plant in Bhadra, Rajasthan, through its subsidiary VCA Power. The facility became SAEL's 11th operational agri-waste-to-energy plant, taking the company's total operational capacity from such facilities to 164.9 MW. The plant processes agricultural residues including paddy straw, mustard stubble and cotton stalks, converting crop waste into baseload electricity under a long-term power purchase agreement. The project illustrates the commercial deployment of biomass plants designed around regionally available agricultural residues and provides an organised energy-use pathway for crop waste that might otherwise require disposal or open-field management.
Chubu Electric Power, Inabata and Furusato Mokuzai Logistics commenced commercial operation of the Yahaba Biomass Power Station in Japan. The wood-fired facility has an output capacity of 1,990 kW and is expected to generate approximately 14.5 million kWh of electricity annually. The project was developed through a joint venture between the three companies and is designed around wood biomass utilisation. Its commissioning adds a smaller distributed biomass-generation facility to Japan's renewable-energy infrastructure and highlights continued deployment of biomass plants at different capacity scales. The project also demonstrates the participation of industrial and logistics companies alongside utilities in biomass electricity generation, thus shaping trends in the biomass power market.
GI Capital Management announced the start of commercial operations at the Aso Biomass Power Plant in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The facility was developed through Aso Biomass GK and uses unused domestic timber sourced locally and from neighbouring prefectures as its primary fuel. Construction was completed at the end of February 2026, followed by commercial operation on 11 March 2026. The project is planned to generate electricity for 20 years and has an additional resource-utilisation component, the operator is considering the use of residues for biochar production and the use of thermal energy for agricultural activities. This broadens the project beyond electricity generation toward integrated biomass-resource utilisation.
Biomass power project developers are now incorporating agriculture-based wastes like paddy straw, rice husk, wheat straw, corn stover, and other farm wastes in their designs. This way there is a direct linkage between electricity production and the management of agricultural wastes especially in areas where disposal of agricultural wastes has always been an issue. In India, the Biomass Program of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy provides monetary support for biomass power and cogeneration projects utilizing biomass sources. The programme also supports briquette and pellet manufacturing, strengthening the fuel supply chain required by biomass power plants. This is encouraging project developers to build generation capacity around locally available, regularly replenished agricultural feedstocks.
The use of biomass power plants is being portrayed as a way of delivering dispatchable renewable power so that operators can be able to produce power based on needs of the grid, not the weather. The feature becomes more important as the share of solar and wind power grows since biomass plants can help offset intermittent energy production. The case of Drax Group in the UK is clear evidence; the company’s future plans include the dispatching of 2.6 gigawatts of biomass power. The trend is encouraging developers and utilities to assess biomass not only as renewable generation but also as a source of controllable electricity and broader electricity-system support.
The new biomass power plants are now utilizing wood residues, wood that is not utilized, forestry products, and other types of wood that do not have much economic use other than burning for fuel. This will enable the power producers to generate electricity from the wood that does not have much economic value otherwise. Japan has been developing wood biomass power plants utilizing locally available wood sources, while some projects like Aso Biomass Power Plant are using unused wood from within the country for fuel generation. The availability of local woody residues can also reduce dependence on imported biomass fuels and support regional forestry industries. Consequently, biomass power development is increasingly linked with local resource utilisation and regional circular-economy models.
Project developers are paying more attention to finding means for adding value through cogeneration, heat use, ash handling, and secondary biomass production. Combined heat and power systems could offer a way to produce valuable heat for industrial processes while producing electricity, increasing the efficiency of fuel use. Some projects under development may even make use of combustion waste or by-products from biomass processing. The Aso Biomass Power Plant, for example, is considering using residues for biochar production while also exploring the use of thermal energy for agricultural activities. Such configurations can create additional revenue streams and improve the overall resource utilisation of biomass plants, thus shaping the biomass power market growth.
The expansion of biomass power capacity is creating greater emphasis on fuel collection, processing, pelletisation, storage, transportation, and long-term feedstock contracts. Unlike solar and wind projects, biomass plants require a continuous physical fuel supply, making feedstock logistics a critical part of plant economics. India's MNRE Biomass Programme specifically supports briquette and pellet manufacturing plants, with financial assistance linked to production capacity. This is encouraging investment not only in power-generation facilities but also in upstream fuel infrastructure. As biomass projects become larger, developers are increasingly establishing structured procurement networks with agricultural producers, forestry operators, biomass aggregators, and fuel-processing companies to maintain consistent feedstock availability.
Surging Environmental Consciousness to Augment the Market Growth of Biomass Power
The market is currently being driven by the abundant availability of biomass or raw material, reduced dependency on fossil fuels, absence of harmful emissions, and increased focus on the use of clean energy. The increasing environmental consciousness is driving countries across the globe to expand their renewable energy usage, which is surging the demand for biomass power. Major countries across the globe including China, Germany, the UK, and France, have announced their plans to become carbon-neutral nations in the future, which is resulting in the implementation of favourable policies and regulations that aim to reduce the consumption of coal and promoting the use of bio-based alternatives like biomass for energy generation. Furthermore, the growing demand for biomass power solutions in the generation of bioelectricity is expected to support the market growth in the forecast period. Also, another trend in the biomass power industry is the economic viability offered by biomass power solutions is anticipated to bolster their adoption in the forecast period.

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“Global Biomass Power Market Report and Forecast 2026-2035” offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:
By technology, the market can be divided into:
On the basis of feedstock, the market is segmented into:
Based on end use, the market is categorised into:
Based on region, the market is divided into:
Heightened Utility in the Industrial Sector to Prove Beneficial for the Market Growth of Biomass Power
As per biomass power market analysis, the market is currently being driven by the growing demand for biomass power solutions in the industrial sector, spurred by the increasing focus of various companies on reducing their dependency on fossil fuels. In addition, the growing adoption of clean energy solutions to reduce the overall CO2 emissions is anticipated to support the demand for biomass power in the forecast period. Further, many industries are also installing biomass power plants on-site to burn the waste generated at the site, thereby minimising the cost of waste disposal as well as the energy costs.
Europe to Account for a Significant Share in the Global Market for Biomass Power
The biomass power industry in Europe currently represents the largest market, accounting for 35% of the total production of biomass power, followed by North America. Biomass for energy is the main source of renewable energy in the European Union, accounting for a share of around 60%, which is majorly utilised in the heating and cooling sector. Forestry such as wood-processing residues, fuelwood, and logging residues, among others, represents the main source of biomass energy in the region. In the forecast period, the heightened deployment of biomass power solutions across industry verticals to meet the EU’s renewable energy targets for 2030 is anticipated to prove beneficial for the market growth in the coming years. Meanwhile, the market is also expected to witness considerable growth in regions like the Asia Pacific. This can be attributed to the increasing focus of governments across emerging countries like India and China on curbing the pollution levels and promoting the adoption of green energy sources.
| CAGR 2026-2035 - Market by | Country |
| India | 9.2% |
| China | 8.8% |
| Canada | 8.3% |
| Australia | 6.3% |
| France | 6.3% |
| USA | XX% |
| UK | XX% |
| Germany | XX% |
| Italy | 5.6% |
| Japan | XX% |
| Saudi Arabia | XX% |
| Brazil | XX% |
| Mexico | XX% |
Major companies in the biomass power market have been investing in advanced technological innovations, increasing their operational capacities by growing their units, increasing their efficiency rates, and forming strategic partnerships to scale up their production capacities toward setting new records on the ground of increasing demands for renewable energies.
Vattenfall Group is another one of the independent companies established in 1909 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The company is one of the big players in the biomass power sector due to the added contribution from co-firing biomass with coal and further developments in the field of dedicated biomass power plants. Vattenfall is working on sustainable biomass solutions using wood pellets and agricultural residues to reduce carbon emissions, hence paving the way for renewable energy.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc., a biomasse power technology company based in Akron, Ohio and was founded in 1867, comprises a team of engineers leading-edge biomass power technologies that make the production of greener and more sustainable energy possible. Babcock & Wilcox presents solutions such as its biomass boilers, gasifiers, and combustion systems, which are designed to turn a wide variety of biomass feedstocks into energy. Babcock & Wilcox focuses on improvement in the efficiency and reliability of biomass power plants through better engineering and innovative technology.
Ameresco, Inc., a Framingham, Massachusetts-based company, founded in the year 2000, designs and constructs, while also operating biomass power systems as part of the different biomass energy solutions it has on offer. The firm thus stresses more on renewable development projects and furthering energy efficiency by having sustainable, proficient biomass technologies. This means the production of renewable energy and provision of energy efficiency through anaerobic digestion and combustion systems.
*Please note that this is only a partial list; the complete list of key players is available in the full report. Additionally, the list of key players can be customized to better suit your needs.*
Other key players profiled in the global biomass power market report are Ørsted A/S, Ramboll Group A/S, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., among others.
*While we strive to always give you current and accurate information, the numbers depicted on the website are indicative and may differ from the actual numbers in the main report. At Expert Market Research, we aim to bring you the latest insights and trends in the market. Using our analyses and forecasts, stakeholders can understand the market dynamics, navigate challenges, and capitalize on opportunities to make data-driven strategic decisions.*
The biomass power market grew at a CAGR of 6.40% between 2026 and 2035.
The major drivers of the industry, such as abundant availability of biomass or raw material, rising awareness of the alternative fuel, reduced dependency on fossil fuels, absence of harmful emissions, and increasing focus on use of clean energy, are expected to aid the market growth.
The key market trends guiding the industry growth include the rising competition and ongoing R&D activities.
The major regions in the industry are North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, with Europe accounting for the largest share in the market.
The major sources of the product in the industry are solid biomass, biogas, municipal waste, and liquid biomass.
The leading end use sector of the product is the industrial sector.
The major players in the industry are Vattenfall Group., Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., Ameresco, Inc., Ørsted A/S, Ramboll Group A/S, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and others.
In 2025, the global biomass power market reached an approximate value of USD 149.70 Billion.
The market is expected to attain approximately USD 278.38 Billion by 2035.
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