Pellets@las workshop with IEA Task 40 contributions

23 June 2008 - On June 17th, 2008, the Copernicus Institute organized a workshop on the international wood pellet trade - barriers and opportunities, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. A total of 45 experts (industry actors and academia) from over 10 countries, including several Task 40 members were involved. The workshop covered the entire chain, from global pellets supply, ovber lgoistical issues up to demand analysis, and overarching topcius such as certification and support policies. All presentations are available at the Pellets@las website.

2nd announcement Task 30/31/40 workshop in Warwick, UK in September 2008

9 June 2008 - Task 31, 38 and 40 jointly organize the international Workshop: "Woodfuel Supply Chain – Sharing Experience", to be held in Warwick, England, 14-19 September 2008. See the Second call for papers [1.666 KB] for information for the detailed programme and on how to register.

"Recent other publications" section added to website

9 June 2008 - with so many relevant reports being published which have overlap with typical Task 40 topics such as international biomass trade, bioenergy markets, biomass supply chains, biomass sustainability criteria & certifications systems, modelling of bioenergytrade, bioenergy trade statistics etc., from now on we present a selection of them on the Task 40 website. If you want to have your publication added to this list, send an email to H.M.Junginger "at" uu.nl

Norwegian country report online

9 June 2008 - The updated Norwegian country report [264 KB] provides an overview of ongoing Norwegian biomass trade trends.

Two task 40 workshops in Jonkoping,

9 June 2008 - Task 40 (co)organized two workshops during the World Bioenergy conference in Jonkoping, Sweden. The first workshop by Task 40 focussed on 'how to speed up bioenergy trade and make things happen", the second workshop (co-organized with T30 and 32) was on future European supplies - domestic short rotation crops or free trade? All presentation are available online.


Austria and Japan join Task 40

22 May 2008 - Breaking news: At the ExCo 61 in Oslo last week, Austria and Japan have announced that they will join Task 40. This brings the total number of country members in Task 40 to 12!

Proceedings available

10 March 2008 - On the 25th of February, a workshop was held at the IEA in Paris France on the development of meaningful bioenergy trade statistics. Click here for the full programme, all presentations and the workshop proceedings.

Task 40 leaflet updated

02 January 2008 - The Task 40 leaflet [1.474 KB] has been updated, and now contains an overview of the latest deliverables (such as studies and workshops) and full & up-to-date contact details of all current members as of January 2008.

Comprehensive global pellet and sawdust resource assessment

14 November 2007 - Prepared for IEA Bioenergy Task 40, this comprehensive study “Global Wood Pellets Markets and Industry: Policy Drivers, Market Status and Raw Material [3.558 KB] " covers the recent market and industry developments over the last decade for most existing and emerging wood pellets markets, with the special focus on the most relevant pellet rpoducers and the present situation (July 2007). Also, the global technical availability of sawmill residues as feedstock for wood pellets is analyzed.

A reliable supply of biomass and a reliable demand for bio energy is vital to develop stable market activities, aimed at bio-energy trade. Task 40, a task under the IEA Bio-energy Agreement (see http://www.ieabioenergy.com/), will contribute to the development of sustainable biomass markets on short and on long term and on different scale levels (from regional to global). The future vision of this task on global biomass trade is that it develops over time into a real “commodity market” which will secure supply and demand in a sustainable way; sustainability brings a key factor for long-term security.

These webpages provide information about the activities of task 40 and her members. For an overview see our work programme and the Task 40 information leaflet [1.474 KB] Copernicus Institute and Peter-Paul Schouwenberg of Essent, assisted by Martin Junginger (Utrecht University).

If you have any comments, suggestions or questions regarding this website please contact Martin Junginger (H.M.Junginger "at" uu.nl)