{"id":5476,"date":"2019-06-12T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newtask40.ieabioenergy.com\/?page_id=5476"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:24:30","slug":"on-going-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/task40.ieabioenergy.com\/on-going-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects 2019-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Our project focuses on regional biomass mobilization strategies of low value-high diversity biomass streams and their transition effects on existing bioenergy markets.<\/p>\r\n
Starting from an overview of current and future solid biomass markets in the EU, the competitiveness of regional feedstocks vs. imported \u2018commodities\u2019 (e.g. pellets) is discussed for different markets. Such as; electricity, heat, transport and biomaterials\/biorefineries.<\/p>\r\n
Next current regional deployment strategies are investigated to assess the rationale behind their different rates of success, speed of development and impact on market trade. Key qualitative parameters for successful strategy deployment are identified; with special attention for regional specifics. This with the ambition to exchange this know-how on an international level.<\/p>\r\n
Finally, the adoption of bioenergy by existing biomass feedstock suppliers in the US is investigated by examining the adoption of new practices and how this changes in relation to changing market, economic and social forces.\u00a0 An Agent-Based Model will assess producer willingness to adopt scenarios for energy crops production and mobilization of low-value forest resources.<\/p>\r\n
Our project will run from October 2019 till August 2021 and foresees liaison with the Task43 Biohub-project to exchange knowledge and refine project results. Project results will be shared via report (scheduled August 2021), a webinar (scheduled May 2021) and a workshop (to be planned).<\/p>\r\n
Contact:\u00a0Ric Hoefnagels, <\/strong>Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, r.hoefnagels[at]uu.nl<\/strong><\/p>\r\n —————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\r\n Biomass mainly contains carbo-hydrates and carbon-based building blocks such as sugars and fibres. A circular & biobased economy with decreasing shares of \u201clinear\u201d, fossil-based value chains will have to efficiently deploy sustainable available biomass for food, feed, materials and energy purposes. An interconnection between the supply chains into supply networks based on competitively used densified biogenic carbon carriers and the inter-sectoral valorisation of by-products and post-consumer\/secondary feedstocks is expected.<\/p>\r\n This Task 40 project will kick-start the discussion on synergy effects between the different sectors. In the first step we are comparing the metabolism of our current economy with a possibly relevant metabolism of a circular bio-based economy, derived from quantitative impact discussions of fossil fuel phase-outs, significantly increasing renewable electricity shares, efficiency and circularity improvements, nutritional transformation and changing economic valorisations of carbon in general.<\/p>\r\n In the second step, we aim to describe examples and key findings regarding current and future synergies for forestry, agricultural, secondary and third generation raw materials. Also, the impact of changing carbon economics due to market measures and changing reference systems\/price drivers will be elaborated.<\/p>\r\n Finally, we will build upon this discussion to derive recommendations for (1) policy makers, also taking into consideration current developments on EU and global levels with regard to e.g. circularity, biobased sectors, trade, investment and innovation, (2) the IEA Bioenergy TCP communities next triennium (2021-2024) regarding possible strategic orientation and intertask works and (3) for the scientific community with regard to bioeconomy modelling.<\/p>\r\n The project runs from September 2020 – September 2021. Project results will be shared via report and a webinar.<\/p>\r\n Contact: Fabian Schipfer<\/strong>, Technical University Vienna, Austria, schipfer[at]eeg.tuwien.ac.at<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n —————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Recent years have seen some very positive trends in deployment and cost reductions in renewable energy technologies, perhaps most notably solar photovoltaics and Li-ion batteries. However, in terms of prospects for reducing the risk of catastrophic climate change, decarbonization of the energy sector is a necessary but not sufficient. One sector where drastic greenhouse gas emission reductions will be particularly challenging is industry, where large amounts of fossil fuels are used for both process energy and as chemical reactants.<\/p>\r\n Tests in controlled environments such as labs or pilot facilities have shown that biomass-based fuels have the potential to play important roles as substitutes for traditional fossil-fuel based options. However, implementation of such solution in full-scale commercial facilities is another question and one that presents many new challenges not only in terms of technological performance reliability, but also in logistics and especially cost efficiency. The latter can be especially difficult in the light of how non-fossil options often are more expensive. Furthermore, the risk of carbon leakage can make policy makers unwilling to introduce e.g., carbon pricing in industrial sectors.<\/p>\r\n In the strategic inter-task IEA Bioenergy project on Bioenergy for High Temperature Heat in Industry, IEA Bioenergy Tasks 32, 33, 34, 36 and 40 collaborate on analysis of the techno-economical and institutional challenges and opportunities when it comes to implementation of biomass-based fuels as alternatives to fossil fuels when it comes to provision of industrial process heat. The role of IEA Bioenergy Task 40 is to analyze the market- and policy environments that can enable or hinder deployment of biomass-based solutions. This analysis will draw both literature review, stakeholder consultations and information gathered in a series of case studies carried out by tasks 32, 33, 34 and 36.<\/p>\r\nCircular Bioeconomy Synergies Project<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n
WP2: Industrial Heat and Processes<\/h3>\r\n
Intertask Project: Bioenergy for High Temperature Heat in Industry<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n