Joint Task 40 & EUBIONET2 workshop on trading, legislation and biomass use

On 19-20 February 2007, IEA Bioenergy Task 40 and EUBIONET organised a joint workshop on biomass policies and trade in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The aim of the workshop was to look for improvement of bio energy policies in Europe by discussing arising issues and by learning from experiences in other countries. Workshop topics included trade of solid biomass and trends in the market, sustainability certification for bio-energy and chain management, new developments in bio energy policies and the potential for energy from (biogenic) waste.

A summary of the workshop is available here [1,185 KB] . Below, all visual presentations of the workshop are available for download.

Next to presentations, the workshop featured a tour through the harbour of Rotterdam and (on tuesday) an excursion to the Essent Amer power plant [397 KB] , where large quantities of biomass are co-fired. A summary of both tours is given here [480 KB] .

Visual presentations:

Trade

Rotterdam Bio-Hub [1,447 KB]
Pieter van Essen, the Port of Rotterdam

Pellets trade and pellets policies [222 KB]
Christian Rakos, Propellets

CEN-standards for solid biofuels and feedback from market actors – EUBIONET study [347 KB]
Eija Alakangas, VTT


Waste to energy

Potential of energy from (biogenic) waste for GHG reduction and energy security by high efficiency waste treatment [3,295 KB]
Marcel van Berlo, Waste and Energy Company Amsterdam

Use of Olive Oil production residues [1,029 KB]
Ioannis Eleftheriadis, CRES


Sustainability

The need for biomass sustainability certification [983 KB]
Jean-Philippe Denruyter, WWF Europe

Biomass sustainability certification in Belgium [935 KB]
Yves Ryckmans, Electrabel

Dutch sustainability criteria for biomass developed by the Commission Cramer [91 KB]
Ella Lammers, Commission Cramer

An overview of sustainability certification systems for biomass [189 KB]
Martin Junginger, University of Utrecht


Policy

Trends in Dutch bioenergy policies [148 KB]
Erik Eijkelberg Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

Trends in Austrian bioenergy policies [1,382 KB]
Heinz Kopetz, Austrian Biomass Association


Visit tot the Essent Amer power plant

Essents biomass activities [1,584 KB]
Rob Remmers, Essent