Biomass Energy Europe – BEE - Project Overview -

1. Biomass Energy Europe – BEE- Project Overview - Matthias Dees, University of Freiburg, Germany International symposium and workshop on biomass assessment methods Brussels, 15 April 2010 BEE project is funded by the European Commission under the Framework Programme 7 FP7 GRANT AGREEMENT N˚: 213417

2. BEE – Biomass Energy Europe • FP7, Coordination and Support Action • March 1st, 2008 – Nov 30th, 2010 • www.bee-eu.info • Coord.: FELIS Dept, University of Freiburg, 16 Partners: • University of Freiburg • Utrecht University • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - IIASA • European Forest Institute - EFI • Technical Research Centre of Finland • Chalmers University of Technology • BTG biomass technology group BV • Ifeu-Institute • Scientific Engineering Centre “Biomass” • Macedonian Geothermal Association • Institute for Fuels and Renewable Energy - iPiEO • National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine • Faculty of Forestry University of Zagreb • University of Hamburg • Centre for Renewable Energy Sources • Finnish Forest Research Institute

3. BEE Objective To contribute to an increase of the accuracy and reliability of biomass resource assessments With focus on: • All biomass categories • Both national & European scope • All methodological approaches • All types of potentials • All types of categories your logo

4. Work packages & status WP 3 Status of biomass resource assessment WP 2 Dissemination & Networking WP 4 Analysis of biomass resource assessments WP 5 Harmonisation of biomass resource assessment WP 6 Illustration cases Status 04/ 2010 WP 7 Integration, evaluation & recommendation

5. BEE major deliverables • Political Framework and User Requirements of Biomass Resource Assessments for Energy • Status of Biomass Resource Assessments • Methods & Data for Biomass Resource Assessments for Energy • Harmonization of biomass resource assessments: • Volume I: Best practices and methods handbook • Volume II: Data sources handbook • Illustration Case Reports • Updates of reports 1-4 • Biomass Energy Europe: Executive Summary, Evaluation and Recommendations Status 04/2010 your logo

6. WP 3 Results • Political Framework and User Requirements of Biomass Resource Assessments for Energy • Status of Biomass Resource Assessments your logo

7. BEE: Structure of WP 3 Main pillar I Task 3.1: General baseline and principles IFEU Main pillar II Task 3.3: Task 3.4: Task 3.5: Task 3.2: Forestry and Energy crops Agric. Political frame - forestry on agric. & residues and work and user residues marg . Land organic waste requirements EFI EC - BREC CRES VTT Task 3.6: Total biomass potentials for energy Chalmers Task 3.7: Synthesis and conclusions IFEU

8. User requirements Total 84 responses your logo

9. Type of the organisation of the respondent

10. Type of biomass assessments used

11. Use of assessments

12. Relevant biomass categories

13. Time frame

14. Geographical coverage

15. Type of potential and data

16. Quality of the current biomass assessments Do the assessments you currently use in general meet your requirements?

17. Data sufficiently up-to-date?

18. How often the assessments should be updated?

19. WP 3 Review study Quantitative results

20. Estimated total biomass energy potentials for EU27: Summary of sector-focusing studies

21. Estimated total biomass energy potentials for EU27: Studies covering all biomass categories

22. Estimated total biomass energy potentials for EU27: Studies covering all biomass categories Biomass Consumption for Energy 2003 (source EU Biomass action plan 2005) 69 Mtoe oil equiv./yr ~ 2.9 EJ/yr EU Biomass action plan 2005 objective for 2010: 150 Mtoe oil equiv./yr ~ 6.3 EJ/yr

23. Conclusions • Potential for a significant contribution is available • Need for harmonisation • Regular update of potential assessment required with clear characterization and a harmonisation of methodologies and consideration of constraints • Improvement of data sources including detailed statistics on current use

24. WP 6 Illustration cases Test and evaluation of proposed methods • Europe • Finland (Forestry) • Republic of Macedonia • Croatia (Willows) • Ukraine Focus on selected resource categories, approaches and on considerationof sustainability issues FIRST Interim results available your logo

25. European Illustration case- Approaches • Simple statistical approach • Spatially explicit approach • Demand driven energy and economic modelling methods your logo

26. Forest biomass: Map of Above Ground Forest Biomass Theoretical potential T per Ha

27. Finland Method for estimating forest biomass (stemwood & primary residues) potentials with EO and Insitu data based biomass maps and GIS analysis stemwood woody biomass from thinnings logging residues stumps

28. NFI plots 1645 NFI sample plots as ground reference • Volume • Basal area • Mean height • Site type • Development class • Biomass

29. Biomass maps • Biomass components modelled on the basis of tree-level NFI data and Landsat data • Foliage • Branches • Stem • Belowground biomass • K-nn method applied • Next steps: GIS analyis including cost supply analysis

30. Theoretical and technical potentials extended from SFC to whole Ukraine(forestry biomass) Ukraine

31. Theoretical and technical potentials Primary agricultural residues (2008)

32. Theoretical and technical potentials Secondary agricultural residues (2008)

33. Theoretical and technical potentials Biogas from manure (2008)

34. Work packages & status WP 3 Status of biomass resource assessment WP 2 Dissemination & Networking WP 4 Analysis of biomass resource assessments WP 5 Harmonisation of biomass resource assessment WP 6 Illustration cases Status 04/ 2010 WP 7 Integration, evaluation & recommendation

35. Thank you! Matthias Dees Department of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems (FELIS) University of Freiburg, Tel. + 49 761 203 3697 E-mail matthias.dees@felis.uni-freiburg.de BEE project is funded by the European Commission under the Framework Programme 7 FP7 GRANT AGREEMENT N˚: 213417