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Task 38

Australia

New Zealand Participating Countries

USA

CanadaCroatia

AustriaThe Netherlands

DenmarkUK

SwedenNorway

Finland

Ireland

Task 38Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass

and Bioenergy Systems

Ken Byrne,

Department of Environmental Resource Management,University College Dublin

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Task 38 Participating Countries 1/2

NationalCountry Team Leader Institution

Australia A. Cowie State Forests New South Wales

Austria B. Schlamadinger Joanneum Research

Canada T. Hatton Canadian Forest Service, NRCan

Croatia S. Fijan- Parlov EKONERG

Denmark N. Heding Danish Forest and Landscape

Research Inst.

Finland I. Savolainen VTT- ProcessesK. Pingoud VTT- Processes

Ireland K. Byrne University College Dublin

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Task 38 Participating Countries 1/2

Country National Team Institution

Leader

New Zealand K. Robertson Forest Research

Norway B. Solberg Agricultural University of Norway

Sweden L. Gustavsson Mid Sweden University

The Netherlands K. Kwant NOVEMA. Faiij Utrecht University

United Kingdom R. Matthews Forestry Commission Research Agency

USA M. Ringer National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Task 38 Objectives – scientific

Develop, compare and make available models for assessing GHG balances

Assess the life cycle GHG balance of bioenergy and C sequestration systems

Analyze the country and regional potential of bioenergy, afforestation and other biomass based

mitigation strategies

Identify and analyze synergies between afforestation and other land based activities for carbon

sequestration and enhanced bioenergy use

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Task 38 Objectives – implementation

Aid decision makers in selecting mitigation strategies

that optimize GHG benefits

Assist in the implementation of LULUCF articles of the Kyoto Protocol

Contribute to work of the IPCC/OECD/IEA related to GHG inventories

involving carbon sequestration, wood products, or bioenergy

Contribute to the development of international standards for GHG accounting and

verification in LULUCF sectors

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Task 38

Systems-analytical assessment of GHG (CO2, CH4, N2O) balances, flows, stocks, emissions in biomass production, biomass conversion and carbon sequestration systems.

Carbon pools include: above and below-ground biomass, litter and woody debris, soils, wood products, fossil fuel reservoirs.

Work Scope 1/2

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Task 38

Investigation of trade-offs within and among these systems

Analysis on short-term vs. long-term mitigation effects, considering the time value of carbon

Cost / benefit analysis of GHG mitigation through biotic options

Involvement of industrial participants with a view on implementing biomass-based GHG mitigation projects

Work Scope 2/2

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Task 38Task 38 work (2001 – 2003)

Completed work: Frequently Asked

Questions paper Task 38 Folder

Current and upcoming work: Country reports Case Studies Country Specific

Baselines Soil Carbon and

Bioenergy Biofuel Trade

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Task 38 Country Reports

Background information on the general energy system and GHG emissions, on bioenergy systems and on national LULUCF situation

Bioenergy and carbon sequestration policies and measures at national, regional and local levels

Bioenergy and carbon sequestration implementation projects and research programmes

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Task 38 Case Studies 1/2

Apply the ‘standard methodology’ to actual bioenergy and/or C sequestration projects

Assess and compare GHG balances of different projects

Compare to fossil energy systems

Recommendations for optimizations

7 in participating countries

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Task 38Case Studies 2/2

Australia: GHG balance of 2 bioenergy systems (coal co-firing biomass, wood fired plant) from timber plantations;

Canada: GHG balance of small pyrolysis plant for bio-Oil production using sawmill residues and thinnings;

Finland and Sweden: GHG balances of increased use of construction wood and of biomass-fired CHP plants;

Ireland: GHG budgets of peat use for energy in Ireland New Zealand: GHG balance of a bioenergy CHP plant

using sawmill residues (in comparison to natural gas); UK: GHG balances of 2 small scaleheat systems, using

conventional forestry and Miscanthus; Croatia: GHG reduction potential by biodiesel in context of

Joint Implementation; USA: GHG reduction potential by anaerobic digestion.

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Task 38 Key activities 1/2

Online Bibliography: Greenhouse Gas Balances of Bioenergy, Forestry, Wood Products, Land Use, and Land-Use Change

Standard Methodology for GHG Balances of Bioenergy Systems (Biomass and Bioenergy)

Position paper:

The Role of Bioenergy in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

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Task 38 Key activities 2/2

Project-based Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Guiding Principles with a Focus on Baselines and Additionality (Energy Policy)

Task Website (new structure under development)

Posters, overheads

Semi-annual workshops

Workshop Proceedings electronic and hard copy

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Task 38 Standard Methodology

Carbon stock dynamics

Trade-offs and synergies

Permanence

Emission factors

Efficiency

Up stream energy inputs

By-products

Leakage

Other GHG’s

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Task 38 Workshop Topics 1/2

Carbon accounting and emissions trading related to bioenergy, wood products and carbon sequestration.

Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry: the road to COP6

Carbon sequestration and energy balance models

Bioenergy for mitigation of CO2 emissions: the power, transportation and industrial sectors

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Task 38 Workshop Topics 2/2

The role of bioenergy in achieving the targets stipulated in the Kyoto Protocol

Effects of the Kyoto Protocol on forestry and bioenergy projects for GHG mitigation

Forestry, Forest Products and Energy Biofuel Trade (jointly with Task 35)

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Task 38

Australia

New Zealand Participating Countries

USA

CanadaCroatia

AustriaThe Netherlands

DenmarkUK

SwedenNorway

Finland

Ireland

Task 38Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems

www.joanneum.at/iea-bioenergy-task38