Bioenergy

Social impacts (both positive and negative) are currently not addressed in REDII and EU national legislation. However, the public debate shows a keen interest in social issues for all supply chains, including biomass production and processing. Social risks are specific to local and regional conditions. How can we learn from the experience of other supply chains to find a practical and impactful way to address social risks and promote benefits?

The COASTAL Biogas project objective is to provide solutions based on anaerobic digestion of cast seaweed to coastal regions to tackle eutrophication, contribute to the transition to a circular bio-economy and improve prosperity.

What timeframes are acceptable for bioenergy systems to deliver climate benefits compared to fossil energy systems? How can these timeframes be determined (with a simple set of rules for a wide variety of settings)? The role for certification schemes, such as SBP, in guaranteeing climate benefits

The Commission adopted its 2018 Fuel Quality Report based on the data submitted by EU countries.

A team of experts has assessed the transport sector and its projected development up to 2030 and 2050 for a number of countries. The objective of the assessment was to quantify the role that renewable transport fuels play in decarbonising the road transport sector, and to provide insights to policy makers on how individual countries differ from one another, which options for decarbonisation they have, and best practice examples for successful policies. This webinar will present the main conclusions and recommendations of this work.

The objective of the National Energy Technology Cluster (CTN) which, in its fourth year of life, has reached 75 associates, is studying, developing and transferring innovative technologies, devices, products and services to strengthen sustainability and competitiveness of Italian companies in the energy sectors of greatest interest, involving public and private stakeholders.

While biodiversity safeguards are an integral part of both REDII and all voluntary certification schemes, questions remain over whether these criteria are sufficient and whether they can be implemented effectively.

This call aims to support innovative, collaborative pan-European, R&D&I projects, which should contribute to safe, environmentally friendly, reliable and economical bioenergy production. The focus is on technology readiness levels 2-7 (at the end of the funded project). The projects should address new implementation pathways supporting decarbonisation of industry and demonstration of best practice examples. Furthermore, the linkage to circular economy especially in industry sectors has to be stressed more, e.g. by using biomass based waste as fuel or feedstock.

Work is under way to develop a novel plant to purify biogas to be used in electricity production.

The Commission adopted the 2020 State of the Energy Union Report and its accompanying documents focused on different aspects of EU energy policy. This year's Report is the first one since the adoption of the European Green Deal, and looks at the Energy Union's contribution to Europe's long-term climate goals.

EIB signs €30 million agreement with Asper Investment Management for its Dorothea investment vehicle, which will acquire and build at least four district heating projects in the Netherlands.

How do forest owners, biomass producers and end-users, as exporting and importing countries, view the REDII criteria? Observations on Article 26, para 5 sustainability criteria for forest biomass (LULUCF. Perspectives from countries not ratifying the Paris Agreement.

Key data from two new reports on sustainable bioeconomy and smart specialization value chain mapping in the Baltic Sea Region.

Variation in the implementation of sustainability safeguards between Member States; how wide is the gap and what can be done to minimise it? What makes good regulation for biomass; what lessons have been learnt?

The COASTAL Biogas project objective is to provide solutions based on anaerobic digestion of cast seaweed to coastal regions to tackle eutrophication, contribute to the transition to a circular bio-economy and improve prosperity.

Heavy industries both facilitate and complicate the transition to a net-zero emissions energy system

Please save the dates for a series of joint workshops by SBP, IEA Bioenergy and ETIP Bioenergy devoted to exploring REDII implementation and delivering good woody biomass.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will support The Navigator Company, a major Portuguese industrial group and Europe’s leading pulp and paper manufacturer, with a €27.5 million loan for the construction and operation of a new biomass boiler at their integrated mill facility located in Figueira da Foz, a cohesion region in Portugal.

The objective of the workshop was to examine, synthesize and disseminate information from recent studies that investigate how bioenergy and associated technologies may contribute to achieving the reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are needed to meet the WB2 target and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

This study is based on nine case studies from Africa, Asia, South America and Europe, where landscape governance has been adopted to manage the resources and land uses with the participation of the different stakeholders from government organisations, the private sector and non-governmental organisations.