IEA Bioenergy Task 40: Deployment of biogenic value chains and carbon management, commonly abbreviated Task 40, was established under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Implementing Agreement in December 2003 with the aim of focusing on international bioenergy technology potential, barriers, and trade as well as its wider implications.
News and Highlights
New format, fresh insights: Task 40 Newsletter relaunched!
Stay up to date with IEA Bioenergy Task 40! In this issue: explore synergies between biomass and hydrogen, dive into the Final Triennium Report 2022–2024, discover new insights on BECCUS, and learn about our 2025–2027 work programme. Plus, meet our new leadership team and get highlights from the kick-off meeting in Stockholm.
Task 40 Focus article about “BECCUS Deployment Perspectives”
The newest edition of IEA Bioenergy News (Volume 37(1), August 2025) is out!
This time, Task 40 takes the spotlight with a focus article on “Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage or Utilisation: Deployment Perspectives”.
Check out pages 4–5 to dive into the details.
Task 40 Final Trienium Report 2022-2024
Every year, IEA Bioenergy’s working groups share their key achievements in the Annual Report — a comprehensive overview of progress, publications, and contributions to workshops and conferences. In addition to the Annual Report, Task 40 has released its Final Triennium Report, summarizing the full scope of work carried out from 2022 to 2024. This document offers an in-depth review of the key findings, activities, and results from the past three years.
2025_Final Report 2022-2024 Task 40 final publish
Start of the new Triennium 2025-2027
The new triennium 2025-2027 has officially started, and we are excited to continue working together with Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA, and – for the first time – Switzerland.
The Task has updated and expanded its name to Deployment of Biogenic Value Chains and Carbon Management, reflecting a broader focus on sustainable carbon solutions.
The new leadership team includes Christiane Hennig (DBFZ, Germany) as Task Lead, with Christian Bang and Sara Shapiro-Bengtsen (Ea Energy Analyses, Denmark) serving as Co-Leads.
The photo shows all members gathered at our Kick-off meeting, which took place in Stockholm on 9-10 April 2025. Stay tuned—more details coming soon!
Events
Workshop “Biomass and Hydrogen – Allies for Net Zero”
Task 40 substantially contributed to the conception and implementation of this WS, held on 15 May 2025 at the IEA Headquarters in Paris, co-organized by the IEA Hydrogen and Bioenergy TCPs with support from the IEA.
6 May 2025
This webinar is part of a webinar series within the IEA Bioenergy Inter-task project Synergies of green hydrogen and bio-based value chains deployment. While the first webinar presented the status of technologies and highlighted selected case studies, this webinar covers the assessment of promising (synergy) value chains (Task 40 leading the workpackage). The presentations and the recording of the webinar can be accessed via link.
The Netherlands plays an active role within the IEA Bioenergy, contributing to 10 themes spread over four tasks. For the period 2025-2027, the programme focuses on four priority themes: sustainable biomass supply, biomass conversion technologies, markets and implementation, and system aspects. In cooperation with the Platform Bio-Economy (PBE), the Ministry of Climate and Green Growth (KGG) and the Rijksdienst Voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) are organising the first of a series of seminars on Wednesday 19 February 2025, this time at Utrecht University. Ric Hoefnagels, the Dutch NTL of Task 40 gave a presentation on Regionalization or commoditization? Supply chains and future markets
BBEST & IEA Bioenergy Conference 2024
At the BBEST – IEA Bioenergy Conference on October 2024, in São Paulo, Brazil, Task 40 was actively represented by three members who delivered insightful presentations covering a number of key topics: “Bioeconomy Synergies 2.0 – Biobased Value Chain Networks Enabling Multi-Sector Coupling” (Fabian Schipfer, TU Wien), “Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage or Utilization (BECCUS): From Innovation to Deployment” (Christiane Hennig, DBFZ), and “Mobilizing Feedstocks and Setting up Supply Chains” (Damon Hartley, INL). All presentations are now accessible on the Task 40 website.
Utilisation and storage of captured biogenic CO2 – Deployment in selected EU countries
A number of full-scale BECCUS projects have recently been initiated, with the majority of these projects being focused on CO2 storage. Just a few years ago, some of the actors involved in these same projects were more focused on potential utilisation of the captured CO2 rather than storage. This webinar attempts to shed light on the driving factors behind this shift, by focusing on recent BECCUS deployment in Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Latest publications
Case study report – IEA Bioenergy Task 40 Regional Transitions project 2.0
We’re excited to share a new case study from the Regional Transitions 2.0 project! It highlights Sweden’s potential for bioelectro- and electrofuels production, pinpointing cost-efficient locations and comparing innovative supply chain solutions for electricity and hydrogen.This is one of five case studies showing how regionalization and commoditization can drive the energy transition together.
Inter-Task Project (ITP) Management of biogenic CO2: BECCUS Phase 2
Contribution of IEA Bioenergy Task 45 & Task 40: BECCUS Science & Policy. WP7 Summary Report
Building on key themes from the BECCUS 1.0 Inter-Task Project (Olsson et al., 2022b), this new report from the IEA Bioenergy Inter-Task Project (2022–2024) delves deeper into the carbon accounting and policy dimensions critical to the deployment of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (BECCUS). Drawing on case studies and simulation models, it focuses on three main areas: the evolving climate effects of BECCU and BECCS over time, international and national policy frameworks, and a dynamic life cycle assessment case study.
Inter-Task Project (ITP) Management of biogenic CO2: BECCUS Phase 2
Contribution of IEA Bioenergy Task 36: Full-scale Waste-to-Energy CCS in Norway: Oslo CCS Hafslund Celsio, WP2 Case Study Report
This short case study report presents the latest developments regarding the Hafslund Celsio full-scale CCS project at their Klemetsrud WtE plant in Oslo, Norway. The first-of-its-kind project has been initiated in 2015 and has progressed despite numerous challenges. Key lessons learnt include the importance of perseverance, patience, and thorough evaluation.
Task 40 Report
Bioeconomy Synergies (BioSyn) Initiative 2022-2024
Synergies for bioenergy supply chains in bioeconomy networks
The report develops the previously linear value chain perspective into a network-based approach for bioenergy and bioeconomy systems, focusing on key integration dynamics such as resource exchange, efficiency, and resilience. The results of workshops on supply chain risks and cases studies on innovative biorefinery technologies are presented in detail, offering valuable strategies to strengthen system stability. A scientific publication emphasizes the importance of the circular bioeconomy and its potential to address climate and societal challenges. The report is complemented by a proposal of a biomimicry-inspired assessment framework adapted to ecological modelling to assess the synergies of bioeconomy network synthesis.
Open access publication
Bioeconomy Synergies Project
The circular bioeconomy: a driver for system integration
What exactly did Aristotle mean by “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts?” Our latest article reveals the pertinence of this question for circular bieoconomy planning. This is another important result of our Task 40 Bioeconomy Synergies activity within the Task 40 work programme jointly with Task 44 over the past two years.
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