Department of Energy

Division 07:31 AM, Jan 04, 2023

January 4, 2023

Dear Ms. Cabataña,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 03, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Breakdown of waste biomass by region in the Philippines in 2020-2022.

We received your request on Jan 03, 2023 and will respond on or before Jan 24, 2023 09:49:37 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://2018midyear08242018-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPRS01Njk4ODIyNjMyMTEM, for request with ticket number #DOE-569882263211.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

DOE - Records Management Division
FOI Receiving Officer

Bureau 02:50 PM, Jan 20, 2023

January 20, 2023

Dear Ms. Cabataña,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 03, 2023 09:49:37 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Breakdown of waste biomass by region in the Philippines in 2020-2022.

Response to your request

We wish to inform you that biomass resources common in the Philippines are by-products and wastes/residues from agricultural production such as rice husk, livestock manure, sugarcane bagasse, coconut wastes, forestry residues and urban wastes. 

However, the Department of Energy has no available data on the annual biomass production of each region in the country. Nonetheless, we recommend you to refer to the data published by the Philippine Statistics Authority accessible through OpenSTAT with links listed below. From these, the annual biomass production/resources may be estimated using the attached main assumptions in resource calculation of biomass resources:

Crops:

https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2E__CS/?tablelist=true&rxid=bdf9d8da-96f1-4100-ae09-18cb3eaeb313 

Livestock:

https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2E__LP/?tablelist=true&rxid=bdf9d8da-96f1-4100-ae09-18cb3eaeb31


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Respectfully,
Renewable Energy Management Bureau
FOI Officer