Title:
BioTrade2020plus Project: Supporting a Sustainable European Bioenergy Trade Strategy
Author(s):
Del Campo, I., Sánchez, D., Janssen, R., Rutz, D., Fritsche, U., Iriarte, L., Diaz-Chávez, R., Junginger, M., Mai-Moulin, T., Elbersen, B., Nabuurs, G.J., Elbersen, W., Pelkmans, L.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The BioTrade2020plus project has the aim of providing guidelines for the development of a European Bioenergy Trade Strategy for 2020 and beyond. This strategy aims to ensure that imported biomass feedstock is sustainably sourced and avoids distortion of other markets. It will also be important to find a basis for a balanced approach between promoting the use of domestic biomass, while also keeping EU markets open for sustainable imports. The project will focus on lignocellulosic biomass (woody resources, agricultural residues and cellulosic crops), from the following sourcing regions: North America (Southeast United States), South America (Brazil, Colombia), East Europe (Ukraine), Southeast Asia (Indonesia/Malaysia) and East Africa (Kenya/Mozambique). This paper presents the first outcomes and lessons learnt during the first half of the project. This also includes some preliminary results of the analysis of the potentials from some of the above mentioned sourcing regions and key sustainability indicators of current and future lignocellulosic biomass and bioenergy carriers (wood chips, pellets, torrefied biomass and pyrolysis oil).
Keywords:
biomass, lignocellulose, sustainability, trade, potential, market
Topic:
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Subtopic:
Markets, Investments & Financing
Event:
23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4AV.1.8
Pages:
1468 - 1474
ISBN:
978-88-89407-516
Paper DOI:
10.5071/23rdEUBCE2015-4AV.1.8
Price:
FREE
