Paper details

Title:

The Role and Impact of Biomass Heating Support Policies

Author(s):

Kranzl, L., Müller, A., Hummel, M., Bürger, V., Beurskens, L., Connor, P.M., Giakoumi, A., Iatridis, M., Ericsson, K., Steinbach, J.

Document(s):

Abstract:

Within the EU­27 biomass heating covers about 90% of all renewable energy sources in the heating sector (RES­H). According to the NREAPs of EU member states, biomass heating should further increase from 49 Mtoe (2005) to 87 Mtoe (2020). Yet, several questions are open regarding required support policies and the expected technological, economic and system change. In this paper we develop scenarios for the heating sector in selected EU­countries based on the models Invert/EE­Lab (for the buildings) and RESolve­H/C (for the industry) up to 2030. For regions with a currently high share of biomass heating it will be essential to address the large stock of partly inefficient wood log stoves and boilers. In all regions and scenarios, wood chip and wood pellet systems as well as biomass district heating show a significant higher growth than the overall biomass heating sector. According to our scenarios biomass could cover a share between more than 80% (LT), more than 30­40% (AT, PL) and up to 10­20% (GR, DE, UK, NL) of the energy consumption for space heating and hot water. Effective combination of policy elements is crucial for the further development of the sector and integration of efficiency measures with biomass deployment.

Keywords:

bioenergy, heat, modelling, policies

Topic:

Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability

Subtopic:

National plans and strategies

Event:

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

OD9.2

Pages:

2491 - 2504

ISBN-13:

978-88-89407-55-4

ISBN-10:

88-89407-55-7

Paper DOI:

10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-OD9.2

Price:

FREE