Biomass as an answer to sustainable energy. Opportunity versus challenge

Current world economic development is heavily dependent on fossil fuels that are nonrenewable and are main emitter of the greenhouse gases, leading to resources to be exhausted on one side, and the earth being warmer on the other. This in turn creates a shrinking bottleneck to economic development and wealth generation. Therefore, in pursuit of a sustainable future, a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy should be taken essentially. Biomass is an indispensable element for development of sustainable energy because it is the only renewable energy source that can be used to produce liquid fuel. In the paper, the sustainability of energy from biomass has been discussed, with the focus on an identification of its benefits and challenges. The necessity of deployment of biomass energy and its progress in China and Poland have also been described.