IEA Bioenergy News 20(2)

Courtesy Tore Filbakk
Bioenergy in Croatia
Guest Editorial by Dr Julije Domac, ExCo Alternate Member for Croatia
Forestry in Croatia accounts for 47% of land use, or 0.51 hectares per capita. Croatia has a wellestablished wood and wood processing industry and also ranks as a country with significant wood
energy potential. The forestry industry has supported the development of a woody biomass industry
as a complementary business activity, with the added value of being an environmentally friendly and
locally available source of renewable energy.
When Croatia joined IEA Bioenergy in 1998, biomass utilisation was still in its infancy and
mostly limited to fuelwood use in rural areas. Today we face a completely new situation where
bioenergy is considered an important part of all future Croatian development strategies,
where new and exciting projects are being developed and existing energy legislation is
providing a very supportive framework for further development.
Bioenergy production today comes mainly from forest-based fuels - district heating,
individual stoves and small boilers, as well as combined heat and power. However,
more and more effort is being put into the utilisation of agricultural residues and
production of liquid biofuels.
Recent restructuring of the market for grid-based energy systems in Croatia, has
significantly affected the possibility of introducing bioenergy and of enhancing its
use. The ratification of an Energy Law, Energy Market Laws and an Energy Activity
Regulation Law has required the production of numerous sub-legislative documents. These
were completed in 2007, and now Croatia has all the necessary state policy instruments
for renewable electricity production, a financial support mechanism and a statement of the
obligations and responsibilities of players in the energy sector. Existing feed-in tariffs for
bioelectricity are among the highest in Europe and very stimulating under Croatian market
conditions.
Another very important instrument supporting bioenergy development in Croatia has been
the establishment of an Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund in 2004.
Today the fund has become central to raising extra-budgetary funds and distributing them to
programmes and projects on environmental protection, energy efficiency and renewable energy
sourcing. To-date, the Fund has co-financed 300 projects and provided almost 20 million euro of
direct support. This instrument has been especially important to the development of district heating
and pellet production plants.
Croatia is now facing the triple challenges of energy shortages, socio-economic and
environmental issues. Bioenergy and biomass utilisation could play an important role in
the promotion of a number of Croatian goals. The development of a successful bioenergy
sector could in the long run contribute to diversification of energy production and
security of supply; increased domestic production and decreased import of energy;
significant reduction in environmental influences from the energy sector and creation
of new jobs and investment in rural areas (eg. in areas of special interest to the
state, in coastal regions and islands).
The road ahead is full of opportunities and challenges. Like most transition
economies, Croatia, has gone through severe changes to its labour market since
the 1990’s. The unemployment rate in Croatia at one point ranged between 15 and
35%, depending on the region. Today, Croatia is a country with a promising economic
outlook and is a candidate to join the European Union (EU). As part of its integration
into the EU, Croatia will have to comply with the EU regulations relating to the security
of energy supply, promotion of biofuels utilisation, renewable electricity targets and reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions. There is great potential for a number of exciting projects and
it is encouraging that the current Croatian government recognises the
importance of this bioenergy deployment.
For more information contact Julije Domac at jdomac@regea.org
Contents
Images courtesy: North-West Croatia Energy Agency
FROM THE SECRETARIAT
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NOTICE BOARD
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PUBLICATIONS
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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KEY CONTACTS
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V OLUME
IEA Bioenergy
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D ECEMBER
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From the Secretariat
ExCo62, Cavtat, Croatia
John Tustin
The 62nd meeting of the Executive Committee was held in Cavtat, Croatia on 14-16 May, with Josef Spitzer as Chairman
and John Tustin as Secretary. The meeting was hosted by the Energy Institute ‘Hrvoje Pozar’ and the North-West Croatia
Energy Agency. The Chairman expressed the appreciation of the ExCo to Julije Domac for the excellent meeting and study
tour arrangements. Some of the outcomes of the meeting are detailed below.
Changes in the Executive Committee
New Executive Committee Member is Mr Petter Nilsen, Norway. New Alternate Members are: Mr Hans-Juergen Froese,
Germany; Mr Koji Kobayashi, Japan; Mr Wouter Schaaf, The Netherlands and a second Alternate Member for the EC, Mr
Mihai Tomescu. After the meeting Sweden advised a new Alternate Member, Mrs Åsa Karlsson.
Contracting Parties
Italy is set to rejoin the Agreement.
Gerardo Montanino, Gestore Servizi
Elettrici and Vito Pignatelli, ENEA,
provided a comprehensive overview
of the bioenergy framework in Italy
and key RTD&D activities. They
proposed that Italy participate in
six of the current Tasks, ie. Tasks
30 (Agriconsulting), 32 (ENEL
Produzione), 33 (ENEA), 39 (ETA
Renewable Energies), 40 (API Nova
Energia), and 42 (ENEA). The ExCo
unanimously approved that Italy be
invited to rejoin IEA Bioenergy from
1 January 2009.
Gerardo Montanino, Italy (left) and colleague Vito Pignatelli (right), with
Chairman Josef Spitzer
New Strategic Plan
The IEA Bioenergy Strategic Plan will be updated and revised for the new triennium. As part of this process the Secretary
undertook a questionnaire survey of ExCo Members and Task Leaders. There was an excellent response. Overall, 36% of
the respondents felt the plan was satisfactory in its current form, and 64% felt it required minor amendment. General
comments on the plan included that updating should reflect the Kyoto targets; scenario examples and figures on the
potential of bioenergy could be included and sustainable production, social responsibility, and security of supply should
be given more emphasis. Other comments included that the strategy should acknowledge that bioenergy expansion takes
place in the context of conflicting environmental and development objectives and that IEA Bioenergy should aim to be the
leading global organisation in bioenergy expertise. There was general acceptance that the questionnaire results should be
reflected in the new plan.
Prospects and Potential for Bioenergy
Ralph Sims, a guest speaker from IEA Headquarters, attended the internal planning workshop. He provided a
global picture of the potential role of bioenergy in world energy demand and commented on IEA Bioenergy’s
role. He said the strengths of IEA Bioenergy were considerable. They included that the Implementing
Agreement (IA) was well-established, well-managed; has good websites and institutional knowledge and
provides technology leadership to the Tasks. Other positives were that socio-economic, trade, and sustainability
issues are all covered. In addition valuable contributions have been made to the GHG debate; bioenergy
education was emphasised and information dissemination was extensive. He concluded that if the potential
of bioenergy was to be fully realised, the focus of the IA should now move more strongly in the direction of
industry involvement, policy support, and deployment.
Results from the Planning Workshop
The main aim of the internal workshop was to review the structure of the Tasks in view of the strategic
direction of the Agreement and to define the objectives, priorities, and content of the Task work for the 20102012 triennium.
Jim Richardson, Canada (left),
with Ralph Sims, guest speaker
from IEA HQ
The workshop programme included the following elements: discussion of the Strategic Plan; priorities for policy-related
outputs; an overview of the global bioenergy scene; parallel sessions for the ExCo and Task Leaders and a plenary session
with rapporteurs’ presentations, final discussion, and formal decisions.
From the ExCo, there was support for retaining much of the existing Task structure, especially for the ‘conversion/
technology’ Tasks. Opportunities for merging Tasks were seen especially in the ‘biomass resources’ area. There was some
support for a new Task in the area of ‘policy’ or alternatively project work in this area supported by the Strategic Fund or
the Task 41 mechanism. A proposal to undertake some programmes on a ‘value-chain’ basis was new and the interest of
Member Countries in picking up on this needs to be explored. More use of project work generally was well supported.
The Task Leaders believed that there was the need to continue work in their areas, and presented ideas on priorities for
each Task. They also discussed ideas for improving coordination between Tasks to meet the ExCo’s requests for policyrelated outputs. It was agreed that the Tasks should work together during the development of the Task programmes to
identify additional joint events and projects to improve synergy and avoid duplication. It was also agreed it would be useful
to plan more joint meetings between Tasks with a common focus and that the Tasks would collaborate to produce strategic
deliverables for the ExCo using the Strategic Fund. They could also provide resource material on a short-term ‘Task Force’
basis for rapid responses to urgent issues confronting IEA Bioenergy.
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Finally, in the plenary session, it was agreed that there would be two new Tasks in the formal call for proposals. These would be
in the ‘biomass resources’ area (Tasks 30 and 31 plus agricultural crops) and in the ‘value-chain’ area (forestry and others at the
instigation of the proposer). There was unanimous agreement that the call for Task proposals should proceed for Tasks 30, 31, 32,
33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, and 42, plus these new Tasks. It was also agreed that the proposals should be prepared and available
for ExCo63 in Rotterdam and that the Operating Agents and Task Leaders involved with preparing the proposals should record their
expression of interest with the Secretary by 31 January 2009.
New Task Proposal: Pyrolysis of Biomass
A new proposal for Task 34 prepared by Douglas Elliott, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA was approved. The new
format includes leadership by the USA; participation by individual countries (no longer via an EC contract) and an initial term of
one year, plus three years. The preliminary topics for the work programme are: catalysts in pyrolysis; chemical recovery from biooil; a bio-oil database; biorefineries with pyrolysis; analysis methods and protocols; a pyrolysis database; establishment of norms
and standards; and country updates. A kick-off meeting with the participants will take place around March/April 2009. Initial
participants are Australia, Finland, Germany, and USA. Canada has also expressed interest.
Bioenergy Technology Review
The principal contractor, ECN, reported good progress with this major contract. The review will provide a global perspective of the
future potential for bioenergy, the main opportunities for deployment in the short and medium term and the principal issues and
challenges facing the development of the sector. A final report is expected in early 2009.
Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (RETD)
The Agreement will collaborate in a project with RETD titled ‘Better Use of Bioenergy for Energy’. Kyriakos Maniatis, Göran
Berndes, and Kees Kwant will be the contacts for IEA Bioenergy with Maniatis and Kwant on the Steering Group. The contribution
from IEA Bioenergy will be in-kind support of expert information, in particular the ‘Bioenergy Technology Review’ and co-financing
to a limit of US$20,000.
Bioenergy and Land Use Change
The ExCo approved that a project ‘Bioenergy and Land Use Change’ should proceed. It will focus on the climate benefit of
bioenergy and how this can be affected by the possible direct and indirect emissions from converting land to bioenergy use. This
aspect features prominently in the present debate, but until recently has rarely been considered. The project will be co-financed
with the Swedish Energy Agency. The deliverables will be one report written for the scientific community and one report for policy
makers.
ExCo63 Workshop
The theme for the next workshop will be ‘Indirect Land Use Change’. It is a current hot topic and cuts across the work of a number
of Tasks. The workshop will follow a Task 38 meeting on the same subject planned for Finland in April 2009. The organising
committee will be Brown (Convenor), Kwant, Telenius, Kerckow, Schenkel and Grabowski.
ExCo62 Study Tour
In conjunction with ExCo62, 24 attendees participated in a most interesting
study tour, designed to demonstrate sustainable links between the local natural
environment and its inhabitants.
At the first stop, high in the hills above Dubrovnik, Mr Ivan Jasak outlined the
practices and challenges of forestry in the region. Wildfires are a constant threat
and regularly cause significant loss of forest and property. Modern techniques
of detection and suppression are deployed. Major programmes of revegetation,
species trials, and silviculture are undertaken.
The second stop was at the Trsteno Arboretum located 20 km north of Dubrovnik. It covers an area of 26 hectares and was
established at the end of the 15th century as a park and summer residence of the local patrician family, Gucetié-Gozze. It is widely
acknowledged as one of the finest gardens in this part of Europe. Since 1950 it has been managed by the Croatian Academy of
Sciences and Art. Mrs Maja Kovač ević led a most illuminating tour which included the beautiful Renaissance garden, the baroque
Neptune’s fountain, a variety of subtropical vegetation including magnolia, black bamboo, laurel, Eucalyptus spp., palm and
camphor trees, plus two gigantic 500 year old plane trees.
The final stop was at Ston, a beautiful fortified town located at the entrance of the Peljesac Peninsula. It is famous for its protective
walls and for the cultivation of mussels and oysters. The group visited the historical complex of salt pans which cover an area of
4,500 m2. Mr Svetan Pejić , Director of Solana Ston, provided a wealth of historical and practical information on the development
and management of the salt pans.
Study tour group at the Trsteno Arboretum
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Tat Smith,
Canada (left)
with Sandra
Hermle,
Switzerland and
Julije Domac,
Croatia at Mali
Ston, Peljesac
Peninsula
Notice Board
Obituary - Bernhard Schlamadinger
International Renewable Energy Agency
(IRENA)
Bernhard Schlamadinger, a tireless champion of climate change
mitigation specifically using land use change, forestry and
bioenergy, died suddenly on 28 August 2008.
From 23-24 October 2008, 51 countries met in Madrid,
Spain, for the final conference for the foundation of the
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). At this
meeting, participants finalised the statute, procedures and
criteria for selecting IRENA’s interim Director-General and
interim headquarters, in preparation for a founding conference
on 26 January 2009 in Bonn, Germany. A Preparatory
Commission has been established as the interim body of
IRENA.
Bernhard had an illustrious but unfortunately brief career which
began in 1992 when he received an MSc from Graz University
of Technology. Between 1992 and 2007, with the exception of
1997-99 when he was a visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Bernhard was a research scientist at Joanneum
Research in Graz. His career culminated in the position of Group Leader:
Energy, Land use and Climate Change in the Institute of Energy Research.
With a thesis on carbon balances of bioenergy and forest strategies he
received a PhD from Graz University of Technology in 1996. Since Oct.
2007, Bernhard was a managing director of Terra Carbon LLC and
research director of Climate Strategies.
Bernhard
Schlamadinger
Bernhard was a highly respected scientist. He worked on many national
and international projects. Bernhard authored or co-authored numerous
publications and served as review editor or co-ordinating lead author for
many UNFCC reports. He was most proud of his work for the UNFCCC
as lead author of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group III, Energy Supply. Bernhard
was part of the IPCC Team who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007
along with Al Gore.
Participants at the Madrid conference also expressed general
agreement on the scope of IRENA’s initial activities. The work
programme will be further developed between the Founding
Conference and the second meeting of the Preparatory
Commission in June 2009. Emphasis will be placed on
providing policy advice for national governments on request,
and facilitating technology transfer and capacity building.
The agency will work in close coordination with other related
international organizations.
Visit www.irena.org for more information on the IRENA
process, or download a copy of the IRENA brochure at: www.
irena.org/downloads/IRENA_brochure_EN.pdf
Task 29
Bernhard was very active in IEA Bioenergy. From 1995 to 2007, he
was Task Leader of Task 38 ‘Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and
Bioenergy Systems’.
Bernhard loved both the nitty-gritty of technical work and the wider world
of policy. He gave of himself intensively in all areas but was perhaps most
deeply engaged in helping create land-use change projects with greenhouse
gas benefits. Bernhard was also a visionary. He was already thinking about
ways to improve the suggestions for a post-Kyoto climate change agreement
in 2005. In that year he organized a workshop on the subject in Graz,
followed by a second workshop in 2006. These workshops brought together
leading thinkers on land-use and climate change issues, particularly the
issue of reducing emission from deforestation and degradation. The ideas
and collaborations that grew out of these workshops will continue to
influence climate policy long into the future.
Task 29 held their autumn 2008 management meeting in
Hiroshima, Japan. Topics of discussion included best practice
developed through case studies from the past two triennia
and the results of a questionnaire targeting attitudes and
perceptions within the bioenergy community. Dr Tadashi
Kohno, ExCo member for Japan, joined the Task for the
whole programme.
The meeting was followed by field trips within the Yamaguchi
prefecture, including inspection of biomass collection systems
and co-generation at Iwakuni-City. Members also participated
in a conference on biomass energy hosted by Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology, Chugoku, and toured its
state of the art facilities investigating second generation
biofuels.
Bernhard is survived by two children, Lisa and Christoph, and wife,
Eftichia.
Task 29 in Japan
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Task 37
The last meeting of Task 37 took place on 5-8 October
2008 in Ottawa, Canada. This business meeting included an
information exchange with colleagues at NRCan and a study
tour. The participants visited the landfill site Lafleche which
includes a fully engineered biocell and a full upgrading plant
for the leachate, and an agricultural biogas plant which codigests manure and waste from the food industry.
Task 30
The annual Task 30 meeting was held in Minneapolis in
August 2008. Participants from 15 countries met to discuss
opportunities for the integration of the science and application
of producing both agricultural and forest short rotation
crops for biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts. They also
looked at methods for overcoming barriers to the economical
and sustainable production of large quantities of biofuels,
bioenergy and bioproducts feedstocks from short rotation
systems. Meeting materials, abstracts, and presentations can
be downloaded at: www.cinram.umn.edu/srwc/index.html
Task 37 in Ottawa
Task 39
Tasks 31, 38 & 40
A very successful joint workshop involving Tasks 31, 38 and
40 was held in the English Midlands from 14-19 September
2008. ‘Woodfuel supply chain – sharing experience’ was
organized by the Biomass Energy Centre of the UK Forestry
Commission and attracted more than 130 participants from
16 countries. Two days of field visits explored the West
Midlands’ experience of the woodfuel supply chain and the
workshop concluded with lively woodfuel discussion at an
Industry Day. Presentations from the workshop are available
at: www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk
Task 32
On 15-16 September 2009, Task 39 held a very successful
meeting at the University College Cork symposium,
‘Commercializing 1st and 2nd Generation Liquid Biofuels
from Biomass’. This meeting was jointly organized with the
great support of University College Cork, Ireland.
Over 150 attendees were present at the UCC Symposium.
A range of topics were discussed, including biofuel policies
and practices, the challenges facing biofuel producers,
the development of biofuels in the Irish context and R&D
initiatives within Ireland as related to 2nd generation biofuels.
Members of Task 39, Irish academic representatives and
industrial concerns were engaged in these discussions, which
ended with a lively ‘biofuels-good or bad’ debate.
In October 2008, Task 32’s Amsterdam meeting included
workshops on increasing cofiring percentages in existing
coal fired power plants and new developments in small scale
combustion technologies. Presentations are available on the
Task 32 website (www.ieabioenergytask32.com).
As part of the meeting, a field trip was made to the recentlybuilt, poultry litter-fired DEP power plant in Moerdijk, The
Netherlands. The initiative for this 36 MWe power plant was
taken to address the problem of secure disposal of a surplus
of chicken litter. The plant was built by Austrian Energy,
has been operational since March 2008 and is now in the
commissioning phase. A second field trip was organized to the
Amer pulverized coal-fired power plant where over 600 ktons/
yr of biomass (mainly wood pellets) can be cofired directly
in both units and another 150 ktons/yr of wastewood can be
cofired indirectly through a CFB gasifier.
Task 39 in Cork
Biofuels & Bioenergy: A Changing Climate
An all Task conference is being organised for 24-28 August
2009, in Vancouver, Canada. The conference will create an
opportunity to synthesize and share leading edge knowledge
in biofuels and bioenergy research, demonstration and
commercialization. The programme will include: bioenergy
and biofuels in a changing socio-political and business climate
and as a response to changing natural resource management;
technical and policy issues around biofuels and bioenergy
production; social issues and community development and
certification of sustainable biofuels. For more information
or to register, contact Emmanuel Ackom of Task 39 at:
emmanuel.ackom@ubc.ca or visit www.task39.org
DEP poultry litter-fired power plant, Moerdijk,
The Netherlands
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Publications
Gaps in the Research of 2nd Generation Transportation Biofuels
This study analyses the future steps needed to achieve a major increase in production of liquid transportation fuels from renewable resources,
including consideration of the impact of improved reaction rates, product selectivity, and yields. The study introduces widely commercialised
biofuel technologies, as well as all currently developed second-generation liquid transportation biofuel technologies, but its focus is on those
technologies that still require more R&D. Download a copy at: www.ieabioenergy.com/LibItem.aspx?id=5955
From 1st- to 2nd-Generation Biofuel Technologies: An overview of current industry and RD&D activities
This extended executive summary looks at the technical challenges facing 2nd-generation biofuels, evaluates their costs and examines related current
policies to support their development and deployment. The potential for production of more advanced biofuels is also discussed. Although progress
continues to be made to overcome the technical and economic challenges, 2nd-generation biofuels still face major constraints to their commercial
deployment. Policy recommendations are given as to how these constraints might best be overcome in the future. Download this summary at:
www.ieabioenergy.com/MediaItem.aspx?id=6060
Biofuels for Transport: Part of a Sustainable Future?
This publication provides the summary and conclusions from a workshop held in conjunction with the 61st meeting of the IEA Bioenergy ExCo in
Oslo, Norway in May 2008. The workshop, a joint event with Nordic Energy Research, was organised to inform the ExCo about recent results
and trends in the rapidly evolving international biofuel sustainability debate. Download at: www.ieabioenergy.com/MediaItem.aspx?id=6066
Innovation in Bioenergy Business Development
This publication provides the summary and conclusions from a workshop held in conjunction with the 60th meeting of the IEA Bioenergy ExCo in
Munich, Germany in October 2007. The topic of the workshop was in tune with recent developments in the work of the Bioenergy Implementing
Agreement, which is increasingly concerned with business and implementation issues and their inter-relationship with policy development.
Download at: www.ieabioenergy.com/MediaItem.aspx?id=6052
World Energy Outlook 2008
This latest edition of the Outlook provides new energy projections to 2030, region by region and fuel by fuel. It focuses on the prospects for future
global oil and gas supply, assesses scenarios for post-2012 climate change policy and examines energy poverty in resource-rich Sub-Saharan
African countries. Order a copy from the IEA Online Bookshop at: www.iea.org/w/bookshop/add.aspx?id=353
Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies
This analysis illustrates good practices by applying effectiveness and efficiency to renewable energy policies in the electricity, heating and
transport sectors. It highlights barriers to accelerating renewables penetration, and argues that the great potential of renewables can be
exploited more rapidly and to a much larger extent if good practices are adopted. It also provides recommendations on key principles for
policy design as a template for decision makers. Order a copy from the IEA Online Bookshop at: www.iea.org/w/bookshop/add.aspx?id=337
Renewables for Heating and Cooling
This report examines the technologies, markets and relative costs for heat and cold production using biomass, geothermal and solar-assisted
systems and evaluates a range of national case studies and relevant policies. The report can be downloaded at:
www.iea.org/textbase/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=1975
Highlights of the International Transport Forum 2008: Transport and Energy
OECD Publishing
The transport sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in most countries and it is likely that most countries will
have to include the transport sector in achieving future greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The International Transport Forum 2008 discussed
the cost-effective technology and policy instruments required to improve energy efficiency and curb carbon emissions across transport modes.
This publication summarises the main findings and looks at the research carried out by the Forum in areas such as biofuels, ecodriving, the impact
of high energy prices and the effectiveness of fuel efficiency policies. Purchase a copy from:
www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?k=5KZG5B2D48JG&lang=en
Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2008
UNEP, July 2008
This analysis shows a surge in renewable energy investments in 2007, driven by oil prices and concerns about both climate change and energy
security. The report also highlights the increasing proportion of investment in China, India and Brazil. Download a copy at:
sefi.unep.org/english/globaltrends.html
Assessment of Energy Policy and Practices
This paper examines energy policies around the globe and how they have worked in practice. This assessment is driven by stakeholders in over 90 World
Energy Council national committees, with the goal of accelerating the achievement of economic and environmental sustainability through solutions best
suited to specific countries and regions. Download a copy at:
www.worldenergy.org/publications/assessment_of_energy_policy_and_practices/default.asp
Utility Use of Biomass
This report provides an overview of biomass, the potential of biomass-fuelled generation and how utilities are adding biomass-fuelled generation to their
electric resource portfolios, eg. owning their own plants, signing long-term agreements for biomass-derived electricity, purchasing biogas to fuel gas-fired
plants, and producing feedstocks. Purchase a copy of the report at: www.researchreportsintl.com/products/product.cfm?report_ID=157
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Calendar of Events
IEA Bioenergy Meetings
Task 30 will hold its 2009 annual meeting in New
Zealand in December 2009. Contact Göran Berndes
Email: goran.berndes@chalmers.se
Task 31 are organising a planning meeting in
Hamburg, Germany from 16-17 February 2009.
Contact Jim Richardson
Email: jrichardson@on.aibn.com
The next meeting of Task 32 will be combined with
the European Biomass Conference in Hamburg from
29 June – 3 July 2009. The Task will run a workshop
on new concepts for coal fired power plants that
enable high percentage biomass cofiring. Contact
Jaap Koppejan
Email: jaapkoppejan@PROCEDE.NL
Task 33 will hold its first meeting in 2009 in May in
Karlsruhe, Germany. The theme will be ‘Gas cleanup’. Contact Suresh Babu
Email: suresh.babu@gastechnology.org
Task 36 will meet in Borås, Sweden on 11-13 May
2009. Contact Grace Gordon
Email: grace.gordon@aeat.co.uk
Task 37 has scheduled two meetings in 2009. The
first will take place in Jyväskylä, Finland on 27-28
April, including an international seminar conjointly
with TEKES. The second and final meeting of the
triennium will take place in Vienna in October 2009.
Contact Arthur Wellinger
Email: arthur.wellinger@novaenergie.ch
Task 38 is organising an international conference on
‘Land Use Changes due to Bioenergy - Quantifying
and Managing Greenhouse Gas and other
Environmental Impacts’ in Helsinki, Finland from
30 March – 1 April 2009. Contact Susanne WoessGallasch
Email: susanne.woess@joanneum.at
Task 39 will organize a business meeting on 2 May
2009 and a special session at the 31st Symposium
on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (San
Francisco, USA) on 3-6 May. Task 39 will also hold
a policy workshop on 3-5 June 2009 in Potsdam,
Germany. Contact Emmanuel Ackom
Email: emmanuel.ackom@ubc.ca
Task 40’s first meeting in 2009 will be on 28
January 2009 in Brussels, Belgium, followed by a
workshop on sustainability certification for biofuels
and bioenergy on 29-30 January 2009. Contact
Katrien Bultynck
Email: katrien.bultynck@vito.be
The second meeting of Task 40 in 2009 will be held
in San Francisco, USA on 2-3 May 2009 to coincide
with the 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels
and Chemicals. Contact Martin Junginger
Email: H.M.Junginger@uu.nl
All Task Meeting – ‘Biofuels & Bioenergy:
A Changing Climate’
An international conference for all members of
IEA Bioenergy is being organised by Task 39 for
24-28 August 2009 in Vancouver, Canada. Contact
Emmanuel Ackom
Email: emmanuel.ackom@ubc.ca
ExCo63 will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
on 12-14 May 2009.
ExCo64 will be held in Liege, Belgium on 30
September - 2 October 2009.
ExCo65 will be held in Japan in May 2010.
ExCo66 will be held in UK in October 2010 (to be
confirmed).
ExCo67 will be held in Finland in May 2011.
ExCo68 will be held in Australia in October 2011.
Other Events
World Future Energy Summit
19-21 January 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel:
+44 870 950 3313
Fax: +44 870 125 4991
Email: info@WorldFutureEnergySummit.com
Web: www.worldfutureenergysummit.com
Founding Conference of the Intl Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA)
26-27 January 2009, Bonn, Germany
Contact: Monika Frieling
Tel:
+49 30 18 305 3642
Email: info@irena.org
Web: www.irena.org/index.htm
CEP (Clean Energy Power)
29-31 January 2009, Stuttgart, Germany
Tel:
+49 7121 30 16 – 0
Fax: +49 7121 30 16 – 100
Email: redaktion@energie-server.de
Web: www.cep-expo.de/index.php?id=7&L=1
World Biofuels Markets
16-18 March 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Contact: Valerie Giblin
Tel:
+44 20 7099 0600
Email: info@greenpowerconferences.com
Web: www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com/
National Biodiesel Conference & Expo 2009
1-4 February 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA
Contact: BBI
Tel:
+1 800 258 6094
Fax: +1 866 483 0164
Email: info@biodiesel.org
Web: www.biodieselconference.org
ENREG 2009 (Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficient Construction and Renovation)
26-28 March 2009, Arad, Romania
Contact: REECO GmbH
Tel:
+49 7121 3016 – 0
Fax: +49 7121 3016 – 100
Email: redaktion@energie-server.de
Web: www.enreg-expo.com/
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2009
Seminar: Cogeneration and an integrated approach to
energy use and energy efficiency in 2020
9 February 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Contact: Stefan Craenen
Tel:
+32 2 772 82 90
Fax: +32 2 772 50 44
Email: stefan.craenen@cogeneurope.eu
Web: www.cogeneurope.eu/events/EUSEW_2009.html
5th Intl Congress for South East Europe Energy Efficiency
6-8 April 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact: Via Expo Ltd
Tel:
+359 32 945459
Email: office@viaexpo.com
Web: www.viaexpo.com/congress-ee-vei/eng/
congress.php
BiomassWorld 2009: Commercialising biomass to
power, liquid fuels and chemicals
9-10 February 2009, Jakarta, Indonesia
Contact: Mimi Berro
Tel:
+65 6346 9145
Email: mimi@cmtsp.com.sg
Web: www.cmtevents.com/aboutevent.aspx?ev=090210&
Green Energy Expo
8-10 April 2009, Daegu, Korea
Contact: Expo Secretariat
Tel:
+82 53 601 5375
Fax: +82 53 601 5372
Email: energy@energyexpo.co.kr
Web: www.energyexpo.co.kr/eng/
3rd European Renewable Energy Policy Conference
9-11 February 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Contact: EREC
Tel:
+32 2 546 1933
Fax: +32 2 546 1934
Email: events@erec.org
Web: www.erec.org/policyconference2009
Energy Farming Summit 2009
12-13 April 2009, New Delhi, India
Contact: Growdiesel Climate Care Council
Tel:
+91 11 65803335
Fax: +91 11 42404335
Email: info@growdieselevents.com
Web: www.growdieselevents.com/
energyfarmingsummit2009
BioPower Generation: Sustainable large scale
power generation from biomass
12-13 February 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Contact: Green Power Conferences
Tel:
+44 207 099 0600
Fax: +44 207 900 1853
Email: info@greenpowerconferences.com
Web: www.greenpowerconferences.com/
biofuelsmarkets/biopower.html
Intl Conference on Renewable Energy
17-19 February 2009, Eilat, Israel
Contact: Amnon Ben-Dahan
Tel:
+972 54 661 0334
Email: eilat.energy@hi-tech.co.il
Web: www.eilatenergy.com/
Energy from Waste 2009: Maximising residue
efficiency for a low carbon future
17-19 February 2009, London, UK
Contact: Kate Dare
Tel:
+44 1722 717035
Fax: +44 1722 716926
Web: www.recyclingwasteworld.co.uk/conferences
European Pellet Conference 2009
25-26 February 2009, Wels, Austria
Contact: O.Ö. Energiesparverband
Tel:
+43 732 7720 14386
Fax: +43 732 7720 14383
Email: office@esv.or.at
Web: www.wsed.at/wsed/index.php?id=2088&L=1
ReTech 2009 (Renewable Energy Technology
Conference & Exhibition)
25-27 February 2009, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Contact: Rob Church
Tel:
+1 202 393 0001
Email: church@acore.org
Web: www.retech2009.com/
Crew (Canadian renewable energy workshop)
10-12 March 2009, Regina, SK, Canada
Contact: BBI International
Tel:
+1 519 576 4500
Fax: +1 519 576 7620
Email: crew@bbiinternational.com
Web: www.crew2009.com
Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo
North America
10-12 March 2009, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Contact: Jan Simpson
Tel:
+1 918 831 9736
Fax: +1 918 831 9875
Email: rewna-conference@pennwell.com
Web: //rewna09.events.pennnet.com
The European Fuels Conference:
10th Anniversary Meeting
10-12 March 2009, Paris, France
Contact: Violeta Dragodan
Tel:
+44 20 7067 1800
Email: v.dragodan@theenergyexchange.co.uk
Web: www.wraconferences.com
Ignition 09: The UK Woodfuel Expo
11-12 March 2009, NewcastleGateshead, UK
Contact: Kate Hutchinson
Tel:
+44 845 643 1403
Email: enquiries@ignition09.co.uk
Web: www.ignition09.co.uk/
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Alternative Fuels & Vehicles
National Conference & Expo 2009
19-22 April 2009, Orlando, FL, USA
Contact: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute
Tel:
+1 702 254 4180
Fax: +1 702 254 4630
Email: customer service@afvi.org
Web: www.afv2009.com/
3rd Intl Trade Fair on Renewable Energy
& the Environment in Africa
21-25 April 2009, Dakar, Sénégal
Tel:
221 33 865 66 68
Fax: 221 33 864 14 57
Email: info@sinergie-afrique.com
Web: www.sinergie-afrique.com/eng_index.php
International Biomass Conference & Trade Show
28-30 April 2009, Portland, OR, USA
Contact: BBI International
Tel:
+1 719 539 0300
Fax: +1 719 539 0301
Email: biomassinfo@bbiinternational.com
Web: www.biomassconference.com
2009 Waste-to-Fuels Conference & Trade Show
17-19 May 2009, San Diego, CA, USA
Contact: Heather Bellamy
Tel:
+1 800 441 7949
Fax: +1 850 386 4321
Email: heather@swix.ws
Web: www.waste-to-fuels.org/
World Renewable Energy Congress 2009 – Asia
9-22 May 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Contact: WREC Secretariat
Tel:
+662 470 8309 - 10 ext 4133
Fax: +662 872 9805
Email: secretariat@wrec2009asia.com
Web: www.wrec2009asia.com
European Future Energy Forum 09
9-11 June 2009, Bilbao, Spain
Tel:
+44 870 950 3313
Fax: +44 870 125 4991
Web: www.europeanfutureenergyforum.com/
17th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition:
From Research to Industry and Markets
29 June – 3 July 2009, Hamburg, Germany
Contact: ETA – Renewable Energies
Tel:
+39 055 5002174
Fax: +39 055 573425
Email: eta.fi@etaflorence.it
Web: www.conference-biomass.com/index.htm
3rd Renewable Energy India 2009 Expo
10-12 August 2009, New Delhi, India
Contact: Rajneesh Khattar
Tel:
+91 11 4279 5054
Fax: +91 11 4279 5098
Email: rajneeshk@eigroup.in
Web: www.renewableenergyindiaexpo.com/index09.html
Bioenergy 2009
31 August - 4 September 2009, Jyväskylä, Finland
Contact: FINBIO
Tel:
+358 207 639 602
Fax: +358 207 639 609
Email: bioenergy@finbio.fi
Web: www.bioenergy2009.finbioenergy.fi/
Objectives of
IEA Bioenergy
IEA Bioenergy is
an international
collaborative
agreement set up
in 1978 by the
International Energy
Agency (IEA) to
improve international
cooperation and
information exchange
between national
bioenergy RD&D
programmes. IEA
Bioenergy aims to
accelerate the use
of environmentally
sound and costcompetitive bioenergy
on a sustainable
basis, and thereby
achieve a substantial
contribution to future
energy demands.
Key IEA Bioenergy Contacts
Postal Address: PO Box 6256, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND. Website: www.ieabioenergy.com
Secretary
John Tustin
Tel:
+64 7 348 2563
Fax: +64 7 348 7503
Email: jrtustin@xtra.co.nz
Technical Coordinator
Adam Brown
Tel: +44 1235 511331
Fax: +44 7723 315441
Email: adam.brown@energyinsights.co.uk
Newsletter Editor
Niki Carling
Tel:
+64 7 345 7868
Fax: +64 7 348 7503
Email: nikicarling@clear.net.nz
Webmaster
Heather McKenzie
Tel:
+64 7 357 2674
Fax: +64 7 357 2260
Email: webmaster@ieabioenergy.com
AUSTRALIA
Dr Stephen Schuck
Bioenergy Australia Manager
c/o Stephen Schuck & Associates Pty Ltd
7 Grassmere Road, Killara
SYDNEY, NSW 2071
Tel:
+61 2 9416 9246
Fax: +61 2 9416 9246
Email: sschuck@bigpond.net.au
DENMARK
Mr Jan Bünger
Energy R&D and Joint Implementation
Danish Energy Authority
Amaliegade 44
DK-1256 COPENHAGEN K
Tel:
+45 33 927 589
Fax: +45 33 114 743
Email: jbu@ens.dk
SWEDEN
Dr Björn Telenius
Division for Energy
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
103 33 STOCKHOLM
Tel:
+46 8 405 4032
Fax: +46 8 543 56977
Email: bjorn.telenius@enterprise.ministry.se
AUSTRIA
Dr Josef Spitzer
Joanneum Research
Elisabethstrasse 5
A-8010 GRAZ
Tel:
+43 316 876 1332
Fax: +43 316 876 1320
Email: josef.spitzer@joanneum.at
FINLAND
Professor Kai Sipilä
VTT
PO Box 1000
ESPOO, FIN 02044 VTT
Tel:
+358 20 722 5440
Fax: +358 20 722 7048
Email: kai.sipila@vtt.fi
JAPAN
Dr Tadashi Kohno
Director of Biomass Group
NEDO
New Energy Technology Development Dept
Muza Kawasaki Central Tower 18F
1310 Ohmiyacho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
KANAGAWA 212-8554
Tel:
+81 44 520 5271
Fax: +81 44 520 5275
Email: kohnotds@nedo.go.jp
BELGUIM
To be announced
FRANCE
Mr Jean-Christophe Pouet
Head of Bioresources Department
ADEME
2, Square Lafayette BP 90406
49004 ANGERS Cedex 04
Tel:
+33 02 4120 4328
Fax: +33 02 4120 4301
Email: jean-christophe.pouet@ademe.fr
Executive Committee
BRAZIL
To be announced
CANADA
Mr Ed Hogan
Manager, Thermochemical Conversion
Industrial Innovation Group
Bioenergy CETC – Ottawa
Natural Resources Canada
580 Booth Street
OTTAWA, Ontario K1A 0E4
Tel:
+1 613 996 6226
Fax: +1 613 996 9416
Email: ehogan@nrcan.gc.ca
CROATIA
Dr Branka Jelavic
Head Dept for Renewable Resources
Energy Institute ‘Hrvoje Pozar’
Savska 163, PB 141
10001 ZAGREB
Tel:
+385 1 632 6117
Fax: +385 1 604 0599
Email: bjelavic@eihp.hr
GERMANY
Mr Birger Kerckow
Fachagentur Nachwachsende
Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
Hofplatz 1
18276 GÜLZOW
Tel:
+49 3843 6930 125
Fax:
+49 3843 6930 102
Email: B.Kerckow@fnr.de
IRELAND
Mr Pearse Buckley
Project Manager – Biomass
Sustainable Energy Ireland
Glasnevin
DUBLIN 9
Tel:
+353 1 808 2540
Fax: +353 1 808 2330
Email: pearse.buckley@sei.ie
NETHERLANDS
Ir Kees Kwant
SenterNovem
Catharijnesingel 59
PO Box 8242
3503 RE UTRECHT
Tel:
+31 30 239 3458
Fax:
+31 30 231 6491
Email: k.kwant@SenterNovem.nl
NEW ZEALAND
Dr Elspeth MacRae
Scion
Private Bag 3020
ROTORUA
Tel:
+64 7 343 5899
Fax: +64 7 343 5528
Email: elspeth.macrae@scionresearch.com
NORWAY
Dr Petter Nilsen
The Research Council of Norway
Division for Innovation
PO Box 2700, St Hanshaugen
OSLO, N-0131
Tel:
+47 98 09 48 60
Email: pn@rcn.no
SWITZERLAND
Dr Sandra Hermle
Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)
Energy Research, Biomass and Combustion
BERN, CH-3003
Tel:
+41 31 325 8922
Fax: +41 31 323 2500
Email: sandra.hermle@bfe.admin.ch
UNITED KINGDOM
Mr Trevor Raggatt
Deputy Director - Bioenergy Technologies
Dept for Business, Enterprise
and Regulatory Reform
Bay 234, 1 Victoria Street
LONDON SW1H 0ET
Tel:
+44 207 215 2204
Fax: +44 207 215 0139
Email: trevor.raggatt@berr.gsi.gov.uk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mr Paul Grabowski
US Department of Energy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Office of the Biomass Program, EE-2E
1000 Independence Ave., SW
WASHINGTON, DC 20585-0121
Tel:
+1 202 586 0478
Fax: +1 202 586 1640
Email: paul.grabowski@ee.doe.gov
SOUTH AFRICA
To be announced
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Dr Kyriakos Maniatis
DG Energy & Transport
European Commission
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 BRUSSELS
Tel:
+32 2 299 0293
Fax: +32 2 296 6261
Email: Kyriakos.Maniatis@ec.europa.eu
Task 38: Greenhouse gas balances of biomass
and bioenergy systems
Neil Bird
Joanneum Research
AUSTRIA
Tel:
+43 316 876 1423
Fax: +43 316 876 1423
Email: neil.bird@joanneum.at
Web: www.ieabioenergy-task38.org
Task 41: Bioenergy systems analysis
Sven-Olov Ericson
The Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and
Communications
SWEDEN
Tel:
+46 8 405 24 02
Fax: +46 8 755 58 04
Email: svenolovericson@spray.se
Tasks
Task 29: Socio-economic drivers in
implementing bioenergy projects
Keith Richards
TV Energy Ltd
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:
+44 1635 817420
Fax: +44 1635 552779
Email: keith.richards@tvenergy.org
Web: www.Task29.net
Task 30: Short rotation crops for bioenergy
systems
Göran Berndes
Chalmers University of Technology
SWEDEN
Tel:
+46 31 722 3148
Fax: +46 31 722 3150
Email: goran.berndes@chalmers.se
Web: www.shortrotationcrops.org
Task 31: Biomass production for energy from
sustainable forestry
Jim Richardson
CANADA
Tel:
+1 613 521 1995
Fax: +1 613 521 1997
Email: jrichardson@on.aibn.com
Web: www.ieabioenergytask31.org
Task 32: Biomass combustion and co-firing
Sjaak van Loo
Procede Group BV
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel:
+31 53 7112 500/502
Fax: +31 53 7112 599
Email: sjaakvanloo@procede.nl
Web: www.ieabcc.nl
Task 33: Thermal gasification of biomass
Suresh Babu
Gas Technology Institute
USA
Tel:
+1 847 768 0509
Fax: +1 847 544 3470
Email: suresh.babu@gastechnology.org
Web: www.gastechnology.org/iea
Task 34: Pyrolysis of biomass
Tony Bridgwater
Bio-Energy Research Group
Aston University
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:
+44 121 204 3381
Fax: +44 121 204 3680
Email: a.v.bridgewater@aston.ac.uk
Web: www.pyne.co.uk
Task 36: Integrating energy recovery into
solid waste management systems
Niranjan Patel
Partnerships UK
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:
+44 207 238 4857
Email: Niranjan.Patel@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Web: www.ieabioenergytask36.org/
Task 37: Energy from biogas and landfill gas
Arthur Wellinger
Nova Energie GmbH
SWITZERLAND
Tel:
+41 52 365 4320
Fax: +41 52 365 4320
Email: arthur.wellinger@novaenergie.ch
Web: www.iea-biogas.net
Task 39: Commercialising 1st and 2nd
generation liquid biofuels from biomass
Jack Saddler
University of British Columbia
CANADA
Tel:
+1 604 822 9741
Fax: +1 604 822 9104
Email: saddler@ubc.ca
Web: www.task39.org
Task 42: Biorefineries: co-production of
fuels, chemicals, power and materials from
biomass
Ed de Jong
Avantium Technologies BV
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel:
+31 20 586 8080
Fax: +31 20 586 8085
Email: ed.dejong@avantium.com
Web: www.biorefinery.nl/ieabioenergy-task42
Task 40: Sustainable International Bioenergy
Trade – Securing Supply and Demand
Peter-Paul Schouwenberg - Admin
Duferco Energy International
SWITZERLAND
Email: p.schouwenberg@home.nl
Web: www.bioenergytrade.org
Andre Faaij - Technical
Copernicus Institute for Sustainable
Development
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel:
+31 30 2537643
Fax: +31 30 2537601
Email: a.p.c.faaij@uu.nl
Web: www.bioenergytrade.org
For full Task contact details please visit
www.ieabioenergy.com
This newsletter was produced by the Implementing Agreement on Bioenergy, which forms part of a programme of international energy technology
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