Chapter 1 Introduction; Daniela Thrän -- Chapter 2 Demand for the flexible provision of bioenergy carriers - an overview of the different energy sectors in Germany; Martin Dotzauer, Karin Naumann, Eric Billig, Daniela Thrän -- Chapter 3 Biomass resources and sustainability issues for a flexible bioenergy provision; Stefan Majer, Daniela Thrän -- Chapter 4 Flexible power generation from solid biofuels; Andreas Ortwein, Volker Lenz -- Chapter 5 Flexible power generation from biogas; Jan Liebetrau, Jaqueline Daniel-Gromke, Fabian Jacobi -- Chapter 6 Flexible Heat Provision from biomass; Volker Lenz, Daniela Thrän -- Chapter 7 Liquid and gaseous biofuels for the transport sector; Franziska Müller-Langer, Marco Klemm -- Chapter 8 Intermediate biofuels to support a flexible application of biomass; Eric Billig, Janet Witt, Marco Klemm, Claudia Kirsten, Jan Khalsa, Daniela Thrän -- Chapter 9 The potential of flexible power generation from biomass - a case study for a German region; Philip Tafarte, Subhashree Das, Marcus Eichhorn, Martin Dotzauer, Daniela Thrän -- Chapter 10 Conclusion and outlook; Daniela Thrän.