Title:
Bioenergy 4 Business - Solid Biomass for Heat Purposes in Business Sector - Barrieres and Opportunities
Author(s):
Schmidt-Baum, T., Bloche-Daub, K., Thrän, D.
Document(s):
Paper
Slide presentation
Abstract:
Heating and cooling in buildings, businesses and industry consume around half of the energy produced and used in the European Union. Most heat is required in residential sector 45%, but also the industrial sector and service sector represent with 37% and 18% a significant share. Round about 90% [1] of the heat is produced based on fossil energy sources, which led to a dramatically increase in greenhouse gas emissions on the past decades. Bioenergy could contribute to the decarbonisation and so to achieve the climate targets of the EU. Thus solid biomass is one alternative to satisfy the European heat demand, but so far the utilization of this renewable for heat purposes in the business sector is under-represented. European project Bioenergy4Business, supported by the European Framework Program HORIZON 2020, has the main objective to increase the use of solid biomass sources for heat purposes in the commercial sector in the 11 participating countries across the EU. Existent barriers hindering the increased use of solid bioenergy and possible approaches to overcome them were identified by conducting stakeholder interviews and expert discussions on organized workshops. Main result of the research are the identification of barriers and first approaches to overcome them and finally to increase a co-operation between stakeholders from the demand and supply side as well as policy makers to create an appropriate legal framework and/or promotion conditions. There are still a lot of barriers and uncertainties regarding the usage of solid biomass in the promising market segments. A close co-operation of stakeholders from the demand and supply side as well as policy maker is crucial to create an appropriate legal framework and/or promotions conditions. Also a successful education program removing the existing gaps of knowledge is necessary and can only be elaborated by concerted action of the EU Member States.
Keywords:
heat, policy, solid biofuels, promotion, policies, stakeholder, barriers
Topic:
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Subtopic:
Biomass strategies and policies
Event:
24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4CO.10.4
Pages:
1373 - 1376
ISBN:
978-88-89407-165
Paper DOI:
10.5071/24thEUBCE2016-4CO.10.4
Price:
FREE
