Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques – Rapport de mission
Centre wallon de
Recherches
agronomiques
Rapport de mission
Date(s) de mission
Lieu de la mission
Ir Aurélie Vannerom
U11
Francini
081/627.146
a.vannerom@cra.wallonie.be
18-22 juin 2012
Milan
Objectifs de la mission
20th Biomass Conference et exhibition
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Détail de la mission
Contexte général
The 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition ended on Friday, June 22, 2012.
Conference General Chairman, Dr.-Ing. B. Krautkremer Fraunhofer Institute IWES, Head of
Bioenergy System Technology concluded at the EU BC&E Closing Session: “Biomass is multiusable for energy as well as for material use. The technologies are quite advanced and the industry
well-established. This gives hope to come up with the challenges we are facing in these times of
transition of our energy system. Biomass will obviously play a key role towards a sustainable
supply”.
The Conference Programme was defined and structured under the guidance of the Technical
Programme Coordination group Dr. Heinz Ossenbrink, Dr. David Baxter and Dr. Jean-Francois
Dallemand, all from the European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre. Dr. David Baxter
highlighted in his summary: “Biomass conversion technologies have progressed rapidly in the last
year. In some cases technologies have made giant steps forward and expect to achieve commercial
reality well with the next 5 years, way ahead of the 2020 target in Europe. The best example of the
latter is lignocelluloses ethanol where commercial-scale plants are already under construction. This
is not to say there are many challenges and R+D will be needed for a long time to come. So, the
European Biomass Conference will need to focus on supporting exploitation of new ideas as well
as refining the technologies close to market”.
“Primary energy supply from biomass could triple by 2050 in a scenario compatible with an
increase of average world temperature by two degrees Celsius” said Dr. Paolo Frankl, Head of the
Renewable Energy Division of the International Energy Agency, during his presentation of the
IEA Roadmap on Bioenergy for Heat and Power at the 20th European Biomass Conference and
Exhibition held in Milan this week. “Modern bioenergy technologies would also play a crucial
contribution for the achievement of the objectives of the UN Secretary General initiative
“Sustainable Energy For All” presented and discussed at the Rio+20 conference”, he added.
The European Biomass Conference ranked on top level of the world's leading events in the
biomass sector. 332 keynote, plenary, oral and parallel events presentations, 12 parallel events
were held during the week, covering all aspects of biomass and bioenergy. The Exhibition showed
the newest products and technological developments in the biomass sector with 64 exhibitors and
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28 exhibitors’ presentations. The discussions focused on current topics like Biomass Resources,
R&D on Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Electricity and Chemicals R&D on
Processes for Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels from Biomass, Industrial Demonstration and
Business Concepts, Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability.
Agenda des réunions
Monday 18 June
Morning Conference Opening
Planning tools for bioenergy plants
- Optimal plant size and feedstock supply radius : minimize the production costes or maximize the
profits ? M. Monteleone, University of Foggia, Italy
- Location optimization of decentralized, medium-sized bioenergy devepments through spatial
modeling – a case study in scotland, TK Kurka, University of Abertay, UK
- Planning future biomass to energy facilities on a GIS offer/demand basis : A study for Tuscany,
L. Nibbi, CREAR, University of Florence, Italy
- Spatial analysis of the potential of district heating from existing bioenergy installations in
germany, S. Das, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Suitainable biomass potentials and availability assessments (1)
- Status and future of biomass assessment for energetic use in Eureope, M. Dees, University of
Freiburg, Germany
- Common methodological tooles to be used for integrated forest and agriculture biomass
assessments, F. Labalette, GIE Arvalis, France
- Establishing ecologically sustainable forest biomass supply chains in the boreal forest of canada,
E. Thiffault, University of Toronto, Canada
- Assessing the potential of the state of Veracruz, Mexico to produce Bioethanol and Biodiesel, J
Uresti-Gil, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Mexico
- Estimating sustainable bio-energy potentials on a global and regional scale, M. Tum,
International institute for applied systems analysis, Austria
Suitainable biomass potentials and availability assessments (2)
- A review of truly sustainable bioenergy potential estimates, SYS Searle, Internationale council
on clean transportation, USA
- Local availability of lignocellulosic biomass and animal wastes, V. Motola, ENEA, Italy
- Review and quantification of biomass from agricultural origin for sustainable bioenergy
production on Argentina, J. Menendez, INTA, Argentina
- Agro-energy chains and energy potential from dedicated crops, agricultural and agro-indistrial
residues : the comparative study of two south european regions in a 2020 perspective, M.
Monteleone, university of Foggia, Italy
- Estmation of changes in regional competition of forest fuels and impacts on the fuel supply of a
biomass power plant, OJ Korpinene, Lappeenranta University of technology, Finland
Tuesday 19 June
Market ans sustainability issues
- Tools to perform RED-conform clacultation of CHG emission for bioenergy, H Fehrenbach,
IFEU, Germany
- Socio-economic assessment of biorefinery projects. A methodological review, R Diaz-Chavez,
Imperial college London, United Kingdom
- Impact of oxidized biodiesel/fresh biodielsol on determination of induction period by EN 14112,
VF Silva, Inmetre National Institute of metrology, Quality and technology, Brazil
- Global wood pellet markets industry and trade study – final results, M Cocchi, ETA Florence
Renewable Energies, Italy
- The sustainability criterion, S. Schweitzer, Bse engineering, Germany
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Belgian biomass stakeholders presentation
- Cluster TWEED
- De Smet Engineers & contractors
- Biobase Europe
- Green Watt
- Balteau
- Xylowatt
Biomass cost assessments and logistics issues
- Economic evaluation of forest biomass production : a scenario assessment based on spatial
analysis tool, S. Sacchelli, University of Florence, Italy
- Energy crops and woody biomass production cost comparison, S Marsac , GIE Arvalis, France
- Composite container logistics, K. Karttunen, Lapeenranta university of technology, Finland
- Biomass conditioning minimization of the storage related loss of biomass, S Heinek, alpS,
Austria
Visit of the exhibition hall
Wednesday 20 June
Energy crops and energy grasses
- Switchgrass a perennial grass with sustainable biomass yields that can be cultivated in most
European areas, E. Alexopoulou, CRES, Greece
- Effect of land slope on biomass production of cynara cardunculus, MD Curt, Polytechnic
university of Madrid, Spain
- Economic and energetic analysis of biomass production systems by means of web application :
the giant reed case
- Sustainable biomass production on marginal lands using a novel legume/grass mixture, VN
Owens, South Dakota State University, USA
Biofuels from algae
- Low-cost, high net energy ratio and sustainability : is this achievable for microalgae biofuel ?, F.
Delrue, CEA, Grenoble, France
- Potential use of entire microalgae for biofuel application : experimental results, R. Calabria,
Istituto Motori, CNR, Naples, Italy
- A critical review on microalgae hydrothermal liquefaction : state of the art and evaluation for
different algal strains, D. Lopez Barreiro, Ghent university, Belgium
- Application of municipal domestic wastewater for microalgal biomass propagation for biofuels
production, T. Mutanda, Durban university of technology, South Africa
- Algae- LCA, cost, potential and duture directions, A. Bauen, Imperial college London, UK
Sorghum production for energy use
- Main chemical components of lignocellulosic biomasses and their evolution according to the
harvest date, B. Godin, CRAW, Belgium
- Sweet sorghum potentials as biofuel feedstock in two European growing areas, R. Ruggeri,
Tuscia university, Italy
- Effect of field drying by conditioning and windrowing on the quality of sorghum biomass, R.
Barro, CIEMAT, Spain
- Sweet, Fiber and forage sorghum resilience to varying seeding time in view of supplying biomass
for energy uses
- Growth and biomass productivity of fiber sorghum under different agricultural inputs and
management practices in central Greece, DF Beslemes, University of Thessaly, Greece
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Thursday 21 June
Torrefaction and carbonisation
- Hydrothermal carbonization – solid fuel from wet biomass and wast sludge-industrial
implementation and economics, M. Buttmann, TerraNova Energy, Germany
- Mass loss and gas release during torrefaction of woody biomass and its constituents, T. Nocquet,
CEA, Grenoble, France
- Approach and progress in relation to challenges with the pelletizing of torrefaction material,
Nielsen, Danish technological institute, Denmark
- Torrefied biomass pellets as coal substitute in power, FJ Lemus, CENER National Reneweble
energy centre, Spain
- Biocoal in Minutes – Biomass steam processing on pilot plant scale, D. Reichert, Karlsruhe
Institute of technology, Germany
Key developments in fuel technologies
- New commercial enzymes for lignocellulosic biomass degradation, JB Kristensen, Novozymes,
Denmark
- The BioDME project – Demonstration of a sustainable transport fuel for the future, P.
Salomonsson, Volvo, Sweden
- Torrefaction – State of the art overview, A. Nordin, Umea University, Sweden
- Overview of biomethane grid injection in the German market, E. Billig, German Biomass
Research Center, Germany
- Characterizing self-heating and off-gassing potential of biomass pellets during storage, J. Dahl,
Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
Sustainability assessment and criteria
- Energy from biomass : a life cycle and economic analysis, C. Henning, German biomass research
center, Germany
- Future bioenergy pathways : the case of wheat straw pellets, J. Giuntoli, European commission,
DG JRC, NL
Perennial grasses : environmental benefits and constraints of its cultivation in Europe
Poster session and visit of posters halls
Friday 22 June
Biogas and other renewable energies produced on farms
- Stimulating on-farm renewable energy production in the EU : Why farmers are (not) involved
and ways to improve this, W. Steeneveld, Wageningen UR Alterra, NL
- Mitigation capacity of renewable energy production at EU farms, B. Elebersen, Energy Research
center of Netherlands
- GERONOMO II_BIOGAS. A focused strategy for enabling european farmers to tap into biogas
opportunities, M. Pinilla, IRIS, Spain
- Analyzing the image of biogas plants in Germany, U. Ehrenstein, Fraunhofer UMSICHT,
Germany
- Biogas policy roadmap for central and eastern urope based on market stakeholders consultation,
A. Kojakovic, Energy institute, Croatia
Biomass policy, sustainability and markets
- Keynote presentations, G. Volpi, European Commission, DG ENER, Belgium
- How much can biomass contribute to meet the demand for 2020 and wich market segments are
more promising ?, C. Panoutsou, Imperial college London
- The financial and ghg cost of avoiding ILUC in biogass sourcing. A comparison between
switchgrass produced with and without ILUC in Ukraine, HW Elbersen, Wageningen UR Alterra,
NL
- Turning biomass into a global commodity : the activities and position of the initiative wood pellet
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buyers group, PP Schouwenberg, RWE Essent, NL
- IEA Bioenergy roadmap, P. Frankl, IEA, Paris
Conference closing
Conclusions
Cette conférence est l’événement incontournable du monde de la biomasse. D’un côté, l’exhibition
permet d’avoir un aperçu des différents acteurs économiques et scientifiques spécifiques à ce
domaine. D’autre part, les conférences et les posters permettent de condenser en assez peu de
temps l’ensemble des recherches internationales menées dans les différents domaines liés à la
biomasse énergétique. Cet événement permet de se tenir informé des recherches et avancées
parfois avant que les travaux ne soient publiés, l’interaction avec les différents auteurs est
également possible et favorisée.
Cet événement a également été l’occasion de présenter les résultats de l’outil SIGENERBIOM
développé au cours du projet ENERBIOM et de rencontrer des chercheurs dans les mêmes
domaines de recherche : Thomas Kurka (outil de gestion de la biomasse et pour le développement
des bioénergies), Université de Dundee en Ecosse ; Arvalis Institut du végétal Sylvain Marsac ;
Frédéric Douard, rédacteur en cher bioénergie promotion ; Philippe Mengal, chief executive
officer GreenWatt ; …
Le proceeding contentant les posters, présentations et articles sera mis à disposition en aout ou
septembre. Les posters dont la thématique se rapproche des domaines de recherches menés au
Craw ont été pris en photo et sont disponibles sur demande.
Fait à Gembloux, le 29/06/2012
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