Title:
Comparing Costs, Emissions and Emission Abatement Costs for Heat, Power, Fuels and Materials
Author(s):
Gerssen-Gondelach, S.J., Wicke, B., Faaij, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
The increasing demand for biomass will intensify the competition between various applications, including applications for energy and materials. To be able to optimize and develop biomass utilization in a sustainable way, this study reviews the status and prospects of biomass value chains for heat, power, fuels and materials, assesses their current and long term economic and environmental performance, and compares their greenhouse gas abatement costs. At present, the economically and environmentally preferred options to utilize biomass are wood chip and pellet combustion for heat and co¬firing for power, and sugarcane fermentation for ethanol and ethylene production. In the longer term, large scale gasification and fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass are expected to be key technologies to improve the economic and environmental performance of biomass value chains for both energy and materials.
Keywords:
biomass, economics, emissions, supply chain, competitiveness
Topic:
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Subtopic:
Competition between various types of biomass use
Event:
20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
5AV.3.28
Pages:
2394 - 2398
ISBN:
978-88-89407-54-7
Paper DOI:
10.5071/20thEUBCE2012-5AV.3.28
Price:
FREE
