The IEA Task 40 Country Report 2011 Germany [3,319 KB] (by Daniela Thrän, Uwe R. Fritsche, Christiane Hennig, Nadja Rensberg, Alexander Krautz) highlights the state and prospects of bioenergy utilization in Germany, covering all bioenergy sources and applications. Section 2 gives a brief overview of the German energy system, and Section 3, briefly describes the German policies on bioenergy. Section 4 presents bioenergy potentials in Germany, while Section 5 presents the current markets of bioenergy, including production and key market segments, and Section 6 introduces future market projections for bioenergy use. Section 7 gives a brief overview to bioenergy prices and consumption, and Section 8 provides data on crossborder trade of biomass. Section 9 presents barriers and opportunities regarding emerging bioenergy markets and trade in Germany Work for this report was carried out within ongoing research activities on bioenergy of Oeko-Institut and DBFZ, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Environment, and the Federal Ministry for Agriculture through their respective Agencies FNR and UBA.