BIOENERGY FOR EUROPE: WHICH ONES FIT BEST?

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Dr. Andreas Patyk: Co-ordinator (one of two), Senior Scientist at the IFEU Institute. He studied
chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, PhD in Chemistry at Heidelberg University and PosDoc at
the University of Gothenburg. Since 1992 at the IFEU Institute working in the fields of life cycle assessment
(LCA), transport and environment, and ecological assessments of fossil and regenerative energy
conversion systems and primary industry. Main author, co-author and project leader of numerous
scientific studies. Retained as expert consultant by the UNECE work group preparing the convention on
persistent organic pollutants. He has published two books and a number of contributions to journals,
books, and scientific conferences. Beside co-ordinating the project he has been involved in collection of
life cycle input data related to Germany, the compilation of the common base data bank and the calculation
of the fossil life cycles for all chains and partners, the validation of the input data for all countries
and the assessments on costs and employment for Germany.
Dr. Guido A. Reinhardt: Co-ordinator (one of two), Scientific Director of the IFEU Institute. He studied
chemistry, math, and biology at the University of Heidelberg, PhD in Chemistry at Heidelberg University.
Since 1991 at the IFEU Institute working in the fields of life cycle assessment (LCA), transport
and environment, and ecological assessments of food, energy, and industrial crops. He has been involved
in numerous research and consultancy activities including several European programs like AIR,
FAIR, and ALTENER. He is a member of standardisation panels and advisory committees such as VDI.
In the last 10 years he has published several books and has made more than hundred contributions to
journals, books, scientific conferences and expert hearings. He is the main author, co-author and project
leader of numerous scientific studies. Beside co-ordinating the project he has been involved in
methodological issues, interpretation and most conceptual issues including the final report.
INRA – National Institute of Agronomic Research (France)
Dr. Ghislain Gosse: Head of the research unit "Environment and Arable Crops" of INRA (Grignon), is
an agronomist specialised in atmospheric physics and crop modelling. He is also Scientific advisor of
ADEME in the area of Agriculture and Environment. He has been engaged for 20 years in bio-energy
production in France and at the EU level (co-ordination of Sorghum network especially) and was expert
in France in the environmental evaluation of liquid biofuels (RME, ETBE) in the Levy Mission for
example. Involved in this FAIR project since its beginning, he directed the data collection and verification
of all chains studied in France and contributed to the redaction of the French results.
Dr. Bruno Leviel: Engineer for INRA: He studied physics and chemistry for environment at the polytechnic
institute of Toulouse (INPT). For 5 years, at Unit Environment and Arable Crops of INRA Versailles-Grignon,
he has been involved in several projects concerning environmental balances, analyses
of risks for environment of energy crops -especially sugar beet, wheat, rape seed and sweet sorghum-
and life cycle assessments. Involved in this FAIR project since its beginning, he collected and checked
the data of all chains studied in France and contributed to the redaction of the French results.
TUD – Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)
Dr. Nina Caspersen: MSc Chem. Eng, PhD, 6 years experience in life cycle assessment, especially
materials and energy systems. Co-reviewer of a large Danish LCA-project on electricity and combined
power systems. Involved in the large Danish LCA-project: EDIP (Environmental design of industrial
products) and in the national methodology project on LCA in Denmark. Main tasks in the methodology
project: allocation and future forecasting in LCA. Involved in simplification of LCA in connection to
small and medium size enterprises and development of tools for quick environmental assessment in
connection with product development.
Dr. Bo Pedersen Weidema: Born in 1956, 28 years of experience in environmental issues, since joining
the emerging environmental grassroots movements in 1972. In 1984, with a M.Sc. in horticulture
from the Royal Agricultural University of Copenhagen, he initiated an interdisciplinary, inter-university
course on environment of which he became the first administrator and lecturer. As private consultant