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EU biodiesel 2009: ups and downs 26 Jul 10 On the surface it all seems good news for Europe’s biodiesel industry with capacity growth at 16.6%, but a worrying number of idled plants put its true potential at bay. The total production figure of 9 million tonnes is overshadowed by the EU27’s two-thirds idle capacity, said to be due in part to unfair trade practices on the global biodiesel market. The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) says the region's biodiesel production capacity grew by 5 million tonnes to 21 million tonnes despite the closure of some smaller plants. In 2008, Europe produced 7.75 million tonnes of biodiesel from a capacity base of 16 million tonnes, putting idle capacity levels at 51%. http://www.biofuels-news.com/industry_news.php?item_id=2398 Read EBB press release
Jatropha - a bioenergy crop for the poor 22 Jul 10 22 July 2010, Rome - Using the energy crop jatropha for biodiesel production could benefit poor farmers, particularly in semi-arid and remote areas of developing countries, according to a report published by FAO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). But the report stresses that jatropha is still essentially a wild plant sorely in need of crop improvement. Expecting jatropha to substitute significantly for oil imports in developing countries is unrealistic. "Many of the actual investments and policy decisions on developing jatropha as an oil crop have been made without the backing of sufficient science-based knowledge," the report said. "Realizing the true potential of jatropha requires separating facts from the claims and half-truths." http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/44142/icode/
The 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Lyon has been a successful forum for information exchange in the field of bioenergy for all delegates and exhibitors from 72 countries around the world. We are pleased to inform you that the Conference Proceedings jointly elaborated by ETA-Florence Renewable Energies and WIP-Munich are now available for purchase. The Proceedings on DVD contain contributions submitted and presented in Lyon: 441 papers, 176 presentations and 264 poster files. Given the broad range of topics covered at the Conference, these Proceedings certainly represent a significant up-date on the status and prospects of the global biomass sector.
An electronic version of the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP) Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) Update 2010 is now available online at: http://www.biofuelstp.eu/sra.html A short run of the printed version will be available in September. The 2010 SRA update presents a synthetic view on the key issues that drive, shape and enable biofuels developments (regulations, sustainability, feedstocks, technology) to highlight priority areas where further research, development and demonstration is needed. The EBTP was established in 2006 to contribute to the development of cost-competitive, world-class biofuels technologies, and accelerate the deployment of sustainable biofuels in the European Union, through a process of guidance, prioritisation and promotion of research, development and demonstration activities (R&D&D). For more information on the European Biofuels Technology Platform please visit www.biofuelstp.eu
Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) The recent G8 Summit held in Muskoka, Canada, renewed the Global Bioenergy Partnership’s mandate, calling for it to move forward in defining its sustainability criteria and indicators and work on capacity building. In their final communiqué, the summit leaders said they recognised the potential of bioenergy for sustainable development, climate change mitigation and energy security. They added: “We welcome the work of the Global Bioenergy Partnership and commit to facilitating swift adoption of voluntary sustainability criteria and indicators, as well as on capacity building activities.” GBEP is succeeding in attracting an ever greater number of countries and international organisations to become partners – with the total number now at 33. Another 28 take part as observers. This broad participation makes the GBEP’s work increasingly authoritative and relevant and means that bioenergy experts and decision-makers worldwide are contributing to its goals.
IEA Bioenergy News is the newsletter of IEA Bioenergy. This issue covers the May ExCo65 meeting in Nara City, Japan. It also features the an editorial on Bioenergy in Japan, a focus on Task 32, the Noticeboard, and recent publications and upcoming events.
To your info, please notify that the Commission has recently released two additonal Communications and one Decision regarding the practical implementation of the sustainability scheme for biofuels and bioliquids:http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/biofuels/sustainability_criteria_en.htm.
Top-Level Research Initiative(TFI): Projects within the sub-program "Sustainable Biofuels" Four research projects, with leaders from Finland (VTT), Norway (SINTEF & NTNU) and Sweden (Chalmers) and participants from all Nordic countries, have been granted funding from TFIs sub-program "Sustainable biofuels".
This workshop was held in conjunction with ExCo65 in Nara City, Japan on 12 May 2010. At the workshop presentations were given by 8 invited speakers and consisted of four sessions as follows: Session 1 – Overview and Scene Setting Session 2 – Trade in Solid Biofuels Session 3 – Trade in Liquid Biofuels Session 4 – Sustainability and Trade Session 5 – Discussion and Conclusions
Nordic Energy Research presents its results and achivements for 2009. A turmoiltous and busy year that saw much change, but also the steady continuation of our core activities, the research projects. Please read more by downloading our report.
European Regional Development Fund and European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
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