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BIOMITRE Objectives The aims of the BIOmass-based Climate Change MITigation through Renewable Energy (BIOMITRE) Project are to assist propagation of biomass energy technologies throughout the European Union as a cost-effective means of providing commercial renewable energy supplies, which mitigate global climate change through greenhouse gas emissions savings. There are six objectives of this work. Existing methodologies will be reviewed to determine their basic nature and any deficiencies in evaluating the benefits of prominent biomass energy technologies. Existing data will be collated by means of case study material. Methodologies will be unified to establish a standard methodology for assessing biomass energy technologies. This will enable a complete technical specification of the standard methodology to be documented. A user-friendly software tool and a user guide will be developed and tested with case study material. Finally, the standard methodology and software tool will be publicised and disseminated by means of a dedicated website and established networks. Standard assessment of biomass energy benefits Challenges Diverse biomass energy technologies present considerable potential for the large-scale exploitation of renewable energy sources in the European Union. These technologies also offer significant prospects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, which are associated with global climate change. However, in order to help the promotion of these important technologies, it is essential that their greenhouse gas benefits are widely understood and appreciated. Consequently, as an accompanying measure, the BIOMITRE Project will make a standard methodology and software tool available as a routine means of analysing the greenhouse gas balances and emissions-saving costeffectiveness of biomass energy technologies. A substantial body of work exists on the development of methodologies and tools for analysing the greenhouse gas balances of biomass energy technologies. However, these methodologies and tools have a number of limitations which prevent their widespread use as an efficient means of promoting biomass energy technologies. These limitations include application to only certain technologies and incorporate certain assumptions that affect the meaning of the results produced. Hence, there is a vital need for a standard methodology and software tool which can cover the diversity of biomass energy technologies in a consistent, transparent and user-friendly manner so that results can be produced easily, can be understood clearly and can be communicated confidently to a broad audience. 196 Project structure The BIOMITRE Project Partnership consists of six organisations; Joanneum Research Froschungsgesellschaft mbh in Austria, the Technical Research Centre in Finland (VTT Processes), the University of Utrecht’s Department of Science, Technology and Society in the Netherlands, Mid Sweden University, Forest Research and Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. Each partner is responsible for a major work package. The project coordination is provided by Sheffield Hallam University. Dissemination is undertaken by Joanneum Research, which also provides an important formal connection with International Energy Agency Task 38 on ‘Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems’. A steering group, consisting of leaders of each work package, is responsible for overseeing progress and effective collaboration between the partners. Expected impact and exploitation It is intended that the standard methodology and software tool produced by the BIOMITRE Project will have a range of important applications. First, their use can raise awareness of greenhouse gas emission savings by deriving sound case study material on typical examples of biomass energy technologies of relevance to the European Union. Secondly, they can contribute to the demonstration of good practice in the design and operation of biomass technologies. Thirdly, they can address the evaluation with means of improving biomass energy technologies to maximise greenhouse gas benefits, and to increase emissions-saving cost-effectiveness. Fourthly, they can be applied
to determining the consequences for biomass energy technologies, of current and future mechanisms, for promoting renewable energy technologies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. Finally, they can assist with the targeting of research, development and technological demonstration on biomass energy technologies in terms of greenhouse gas emissions savings. It is expected that the standard methodology and software tool will find opportunities for exploitation by a variety of potential users, including industry practitioners, scheme developers, policy-makers and interested citizens throughout the European Union. The standard methodology and software tool will be generally applicable to all major commercial biomass energy technologies, including agricultural and forestry residues, energy crops and wastes. By adopting a modular approach, the standard methodology and software tool will reflect all the important components of these technologies, including production (cultivation, harvesting, recovery, etc.), processing (chipping, pelletisation, baling, etc.), transportation (by road, rail, waterways, etc.), conversion (direct combustion, co-firing, gasification, pyrolysis, digestion, etc.), and end product utilisation (heat, power, combined heat and power, liquid and gaseous biofuels, etc.). Harvesting of biomass. Progress to date The BIOMITRE Project began on 17 April 2003 and the ‘Kick-Off’ meeting has been held in Utrecht. Work has begun on the review of existing methodologies and this has involved creating a database of literature, initially consisting of 500 references. A procedure for screening this literature is being established to identify key references on important methodologies. Additionally, criteria for assessing these methodologies are being assembled. Some case study material has been chosen and this is being collected, assessed and summarised. A draft scoping matrix for all prominent biomass energy technologies relevant for the European Union has been formulated and circulated for consideration. A preliminary modular approach to the description of biomass energy technologies has been devised and all this early work contributes to the development of the standard methodology. The possible basis for a software tool has been outlined and the planning of dissemination activities is underway. 197 Carbon cycle in forest-based bioenergy use. INFORMATION References: NNE5-69-2002 Programme: FP5 - Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Title: BIOmass-based Climate Change MITIgation through Renewable Energy – BIOMITRE Duration: 18 months Contact point: Nigel Mortimer Sheffield Hallam University N.D. Mortimer@shu.ac.uk Partners: Sheffield Hallam University (UK) Mid-Sweden University (S) VTT (FIN) Forest Research (UK) University of Utrecht (NL) Joanneum (A) EC Scientific Officer: Kyriakos Maniatis Tel: +32-2-2990293 Fax: +32-2-2966261 kyriakos.maniatis@cec.eu.int Status: Ongoing
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PROJECT SYNOPSES European Bio-Energ
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