Concepts and Instruments for a Rational Bioenergy Policy

Purkus, Alexandra

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31135-7

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“…Given that existing economic approaches to energy provision in the United Kingdom have delivered massive profits and political influence to fossil fuel companies, it is justifiable to suggest that sustainable bioenergy deployment could challenge this status quo via alternative economic approaches, such as the one suggested by A. Purkus (2016).…”

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“…However, this can prove difficult to implement in practice as this opens up the opportunity for bioenergy projects to practice alternative economic approaches which challenge the status quo, therefore structural power resists changes to locked‐in path‐dependent fossil fueled energy systems (Hielscher et al, 2011). Given that existing economic approaches to energy provision in the United Kingdom have delivered massive profits and political influence to fossil fuel companies, it is justifiable to suggest that sustainable bioenergy deployment could challenge this status quo via alternative economic approaches, such as the one suggested by A. Purkus (2016).…”

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“…A. Purkus (2016) demonstrates that bioenergy policy could benefit from a new institutional economics approach that goes beyond a focus on efficiency measures, opening opportunities for policy design that seeks to change at an institutional level (Alexandra Purkus et al, 2015). However, as outlined by Hielscher et al (2011), the threat of change motivates existing power structures, such as incumbent energy producers, to seek to minimize the impact of potential change on their finances.…”

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Designing biomass policy: The political economy of renewable energy for net zero

Taylor,

Chong,

Röder

2024

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The climate, ecological, and energy crises require change in our political, economic, and societal systems to ensure we decouple humanity from a reliance on fossil fuels, prevent rising carbon dioxide emissions, and develop sustainable solutions for people and the planet. As well as technical processes, renewable energy transitions are processes of social, environmental, and economic change which have the potential to challenge the status quo. This status quo determines who benefits from energy, where wealth is created, and the level of inequality between stakeholders within our energy systems. The politicization of energy transitions motivates stakeholders to engage in the policymaking process to ensure any trade‐offs associated with policy changes benefit them. Bioenergy is unique amongst renewable energy sources as it is inherently linked to biomass extraction from our natural environment and because biomass is the only source of renewable carbon. However, this further politicizes its use and is a source of controversy in public debate. Polarized perspectives in the public debate on biomass policy allow stakeholders to assert themselves as experts on the topic and to make authoritative claims that further their interests to influence policy development. Therefore, political and economic drivers shape and influence the sustainability and success of proposed policies. Despite this, there is little research into the nontechnical factors influencing the design of sustainable biomass policy for net zero. This research highlights how political economy impacts the success of renewable energy technologies in replacing fossil fuels and the implications for using bioenergy.This article is categorized under: Sustainable Energy > Bioenergy Policy and Economics > Energy Transitions Climate and Environment > Net Zero Planning and Decarbonization

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Designing biomass policy: The political economy of renewable energy for net zero

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Chong,

Röder

2024

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“…By offering technology-and, at times, substrate-specific remuneration for renewable electricity feed-in, the EEG has had a significant impact on bioenergy technology development and production behaviour ( [25,26] p. 320ff.).…”

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Contributions of flexible power generation from biomass to a secure and cost-effective electricity supply—a review of potentials, incentives and obstacles in Germany

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Background: With wind power and photovoltaics, volatile renewables have emerged as central pillars of the energy transition. This increases the demand for flexibility options to compensate fluctuations in power generation. Focussing on the role of bioenergy as a renewable flexibility option, this article seeks to address two questions. The first is whether there is an option value of bioenergy as a provider of low-carbon flexibility in a future power system, which might justify continued technology-specific deployment support. The second question is whether existing market and policy incentives are effective in activating flexibility potentials, and what perspectives exist for increasing flexibility incentives. Methods: The article follows an interdisciplinary approach. First, technical potentials for flexible bioenergy plants and potential systemic contributions are examined. This is followed by an economic assessment of what flexibility incentives are provided by relevant market and policy framework conditions. Findings: Power from biomass can be well suited to provide flexible generation for grid stabilisation and residual load balancing. Biogas plants require an increase of nominal power over rated power, whereas the technical flexibilisation potential of solid biomass plants depends on specific technologies. Particularly, small-scale combined heat and power systems can deliver fast responses. For existing biogas plants, the Renewable Energy Sources Act's (EEG) flexibility premium and balancing market revenues have incentivised some changes in the production behaviour and investments in plant flexibilisation. However, decreasing spot market price levels and decreasing price variance reduce incentive strength. This also limits flexibilisation incentives for solid biomass plants. For new biogas plants, the EEG's remuneration rules set effective flexibility incentives, but 2014 reductions in remuneration rates have significantly slowed down the expansion. Conclusions: Given high technical potentials for flexibility provision, there is an option value of keeping bioelectricity in the technology mix until more is known about its future competitiveness with other low-carbon flexibility options. To maintain this option value, there is a case for setting policy incentives in a way that continued technological development remains possible. A stringent climate policy could accelerate structural change in the electricity sector, to allow for market price signals which incentivise low-carbon flexibility provision.

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The role of renewable chemicals and biofuels in building a bioeconomy

Chandel

Garlapati

Kumar³

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Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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The emergence of lignocellulosic biorefineries (LBRs) over the past few decades has shown tremendous potential for the development of sustainable renewable resources. Lignocellulosic biorefineries not only meet energy needs but also mitigate environmental problems by replacing conventional petroleum sources. Round the year availability of lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) with affordable price is a major factor in the development of biorefineries. It consists primarily of sugar polymers (cellulose and hemicellulose) and lignin, which can be used to produce second‐generation (2G) biofuels such as bioethanol, biohydrogen, biobutanol, and renewable chemicals like lactic acid, succinic acid, and 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of which is predicted to be 16.43% by 2025. Several multinational companies, such as Raizen, Du Pont, BASF AG, Cargill, Braskem, and others have embarked on bio‐based chemicals / biofuels production. However, biochemicals and even biofuels have not achieved the desired commercial goals due to a lack of feasibility and a lack of innovative techniques for bioprocessing or genetic engineering. Inappropriate feedstock logistics and lack of accurate life‐cycle analyses of processes / products were also major drawbacks in developing commercially viable technologies from LCB. In this paper, therefore, recent technological advancements in LBRs, the current bio‐renewable commercialization situation, and the intrinsic role of biorefinery in the circular bioeconomy have been elucidated. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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Concepts and Instruments for a Rational Bioenergy Policy

Cited by 12 publications

References 110 publications

Designing biomass policy: The political economy of renewable energy for net zero

Designing biomass policy: The political economy of renewable energy for net zero

Contributions of flexible power generation from biomass to a secure and cost-effective electricity supply—a review of potentials, incentives and obstacles in Germany

The role of renewable chemicals and biofuels in building a bioeconomy

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