A joint workshopby EUBIONET III and IEA Bioenergy Task 40:
Barriers and opportunities for bioenergy trade and increased utilisation

as side-event during the 17th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Thursday, July 2nd 2009, Hamburg, Germany

Chair: Eija Alakangas, (VTT)

During this workshop, results were presented from several international projects focussing on European and global bioenergy trade. Special focus was on the development of solid biomass trade (mainly wood pellets, also wood chips and agricultural residues). The aim was to highlight current developments and opportunities of solid biomass trade, as well as the main barriers hampering further growth. A workshop summary [540 KB] is available for download.

All Presentations are also available for download:

Opportunities and barriers for trade of solid biomass and use in new industries – Results from EUBIONET III (Part 1) [438 KB] and IEA Bioenergy Task 40 (Part 2) [118 KB]
Martin Junginger, Utrecht University, Utrecht University

Transparency for the European Pellets Market. Project results: Pellet trade [855 KB]
Wolfgang Hiegl (WIP)

Experience with the development and exploitation of international markets for wood pellets [739 KB]
Michael Gudera (GEE)

One million tons of biomass per year for BTL production in Germany [2,197 KB]
Michael Deutmeyer (CHOREN)

Price indexes for large- and medium-scale use of pellets [236 KB]
Matti Sihvonen (Foex Indexes)

Challenges in trading solid biofuel [275 KB]
Max Nitschke (Dong Energy)