Strengths

Weaknesses

Flexible in land choice

Large amount of agricultural and industrial biomass

High value of natural heritage that favors clean energies development

High interest in energy management discipline in Universities

Improved cultivation practices that increase biomass productivity

Mature technologies in Energy production derived from agro-byproducts.

Lack of proper quality biomass in certain regions for energy production

Limited installed biomass derived electrical generation

Renewable energy business sector is weak

Absence of lack of sufficient financial mechanisms to endeavor RES penetration

Low quality of electricity on determined areas

Insufficient infrastructure for biomass distribution

Low sensitiveness to energy saving

Controllability system is low (control by private parties)

Translation “do more good” is limited

Expensive (administration is expensive for companies and therefore difficult to apply for small holders)

None or low individual awareness for Renewable Energy utilization

Dependency on electricity network