Reports published regarding modellding bioenergy trade and scenario analysis by members of Task 40:

Birger Solberg, Veronika Dornburg, Torjus F. Bolkesjø, André Faaij, Martin Junginger, Erik Trømborg. Bioenergy and biomass trade: Evaluation of models’ suitability for analysing international trade of biomass and bioenergy products [212 KB] .

This report evaluates existing international economic models of the forest sector, the agricultural sector and/or the energy sector in order to assess their strong and weak points for analysing international trade of biomass and bioenergy products. The overview is mainly focused on public models used by academia, based on publicly available data sources. These models usually have a time horizon of several decades. Commercial trade models, which typically have a time horizon of month or a few years, are not considered.


Jussi Heinimö, Virpi Pakarinen, Ville Ojanen and Tuomo Kässi: INTERNATIONAL BIOENERGY TRADE - scenario study on international biomass market in 2020 [672 KB] , Lappeenranta University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Research report 181, 2007.

The markets of biomass for energy are developing rapidly and becoming more international. A remarkable increase in the use of biomass for energy needs parallel and positive development in several areas, and there will be plenty of challenges to overcome. The main objective of