Joint workshop: International trade of bioenergy commodities: Experiences with certification and setting up sustainable supply chains

EUBIONETIII and IEA Bioenergy Task 40 jointly organised a workshop in Rome, Italy on the 21st of October 2010. The aims of this workshop were:

1) To provide an overview of experiences and regarding sustainability certification, including the current status of legislation in the EU and elsewhere.
2) To show concrete case studies of ongoing sustainable international supply chains – both for solid and liquid biomass.
3) To identify and discuss both opportunities to develop sustainable international bioenergy supply chains and identify (policy) barriers to be overcome.

The morning session focussed on ongoing development of sustainability certification systems of solid and liquid bioenergy commodities and effects on international trade. In the afternoon session, a number of concrete case studies of sustainable biomass production were highlighted, as were numerous aspects regarding the impelemntation of sustainability certification systems.

Please download the final programme [165 KB] and the workshop summary [516 KB] for an overview of the entire event.
Individual presentations:

The National Renewable Energy Action Plan and the role of Sustainable Biomass to achieve the Italian RE targets [1,710 KB] Gerardo Montanino (GSE)

The importance of bioenergy trade to meet Italian RE targets, National forecasts of biomass/bioliquid imports. [870 KB]
Maurizio Cocchi (ETA Florence)

Application of sustainability criteria for Italy according to the RED – the development of a sustainability scheme for Italy [700 KB]
Leonardo Nibbi (CREAR University of Florence)

Overview bioenergy sustainability certification systems and European stakeholder views, Part 1 [113 KB] , Part 2 [101 KB] , Part 3 [95 KB]
Aino Martikainen (FNR) and Martin Junginger (Copernicus Institute)

Ongoing developments on sustainability certification of solid and liquid biomass and biofuels in the European Union [507 KB]
Fanny Langue (DG Energy, European Commission)

Sustainability requirements for liquid biofuels in the US [1,148 KB]
Julie Sibbing (National Wildlife Federation)

Sustainable Brazilian ethanol production and export [3,966 KB]
Glaucia Mendes Souza (FAPESP)

WTO regulations and bioenergy sustainability certification – synergies and possible conflicts [46 KB]
Robert Ackrill (Nottingham Trent University)
For this presentation, also a more comprehensive working paper has been published.

GBEP work on sustainability criteria and indicators [50 KB]
Michela Morese (GBEP)

Development of sustainable supply chains for Jatropha from Mozambique [28,027 KB]
Alessandro Berti (Api Nova Energia)

General overview of experiences with sustainable biofuel imports under the RTFO [528 KB]
Keeley Bignal (RFA)

Setting up sustainable biofuel supply chains under the RTFO [344 KB]
Kate Bottriell (ProForest)

Sustainability certification of Liquid biofuels in GermanyAndreas Feige (ISCC) [2,927 KB] Verifying the sustainability of solid biomass resources for electricity production: case study [408 KB]
Catherine Neve (SGS Belgium, Environmental Services)

Sourcing of sustainable solid biomass for large-scale co-firing in NW Europe [1,808 KB]
Peter-Paul Schouwenberg (RWE - Essent)

Experiences with certification in the Netherlands Program of Sustainable Biomass [962 KB]
Kees Kwant (Ministry of Economic Affairs, NL Agency)

Sustainability indicators of different regional wood fuel chains: small-scale DH heat, CHP, biorefineries and pellet factories in Finland [155 KB]
Katja Lähtinen (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE))