The term bioenergy indicates energy produced from biomasses (excluding municipal solid waste), biogases and bioliquids. The number of systems using bioenergy in Italy at the end of 2014 amounted to 2,482 with an installed capacity of 4,044 MW (8% of the entire installed renewable capacity). In 2014, the number of systems increased by 3%, while the installed capacity grew only by 0.3% over the previous year. If one considers the installed capacity, 39.8% comes from systems burning solid biomasses, 34.8% from biogas systems and 25.4% from bioliquid systems. 
75.1% of systems are situated in northern Italy and, in particular, Lombardy is the region with the highest number of systems (26.5%), followed by Veneto (13.9%). Central Italy accounts for 14.3%, while southern Italy for 10.7%.
As regards electricity production from bioenergy, in 2014 this increased by 9.6%, from 17,090 GWh in 2013 to 18,732 GWh in 2014. The contribution of bioenergy to national electricity production in 2014 amounted to 5.6%.