Diversity of biomass usage pathways to achieve emissions targets in the European energy system

Millinger, Markus; Hedenus, Fredrik; Reichenberg, Lina; Neumann, Fabian; Berndes, Göran

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“…28 The main value of biomass for chemical production lies in its rich biogenic carbon content. 60 Lignocellulose residues, with a 50% carbon content, 61 offer 1.5−2.6 Gt of carbon by 2050. On the demand side, the global plastics market�a major segment of the chemical industry�registered a global demand of 0.46 Gt in 2019, 62 with expectations to double by 2050.…”

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Region-Specific Sourcing of Lignocellulose Residues as Renewable Feedstocks for a Net-Zero Chemical Industry

Huo,

Wang,

Lauri

et al. 2024

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Biobased chemicals, crucial for the net-zero chemical industry, rely on lignocellulose residues as a major feedstock. However, its availability and environmental impacts vary greatly across regions. By 2050, we estimate that 3.0− 5.2 Gt of these residues will be available from the global forest and agricultural sectors, with key contributions from Brazil, China, India, and the United States. This supply satisfies the growing global feedstock demands for plastics when used efficiently. Forest residues have 84% lower climate change impacts than agricultural residues on average globally but double the land-use-related biodiversity loss. Biobased plastics may reduce climate change impacts relative to fossil-based alternatives but are insufficient to fulfill net-zero targets. In addition, they pose greater challenges in terms of biodiversity loss and water stress. Avoiding feedstock sourcing from biodiversity-rich areas could halve lignocellulose residues-related biodiversity loss without significantly compromising availability. Improvements in regionspecific feedstock sourcing, agricultural management and biomass utilization technologies are warranted for transitioning toward a sustainable chemical industry.

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“…The main value of biomass for chemical production lies in its rich biogenic carbon content . Lignocellulose residues, with a 50% carbon content, offer 1.5–2.6 Gt of carbon by 2050.…”

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Region-Specific Sourcing of Lignocellulose Residues as Renewable Feedstocks for a Net-Zero Chemical Industry

Huo,

Wang,

Lauri

et al. 2024

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…8 It will be important to identify how biomass can best contribute to the fulfillment of global emission reduction ambitions and support the functioning of the low-carbon energy system and economy. [9][10][11] Lund et al 12 suggest a robust multiple technology strategy for bioenergy and acknowledge the synergies with renewable hydrogen and bioenergy with carbon capture, utilization or storage (BECCUS).…”

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“…It is an easily storable and dispatchable form of renewable energy, which can serve different sectors in the form of heat, electricity, and fuels 8 . It will be important to identify how biomass can best contribute to the fulfillment of global emission reduction ambitions and support the functioning of the low‐carbon energy system and economy 9–11 . Lund et al 12 .…”

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Defining bioenergy system services to accelerate the integration of bioenergy into a low‐carbon economy

Mäki,

Hennig,

Thrän

et al. 2024

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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The global energy system is in transition. It is attempting to reach net‐zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The systemic changes mean that the role of bioenergy will change. The potential of bioenergy to make a flexible contribution to the energy system is key for the achievement of global emission reduction ambitions and the functioning of the low‐carbon energy system and economy. As the volume of sustainably available biomass resources is limited, defining the contributions from bioenergy to a low‐carbon energy system and finding balances – and ideally synergies – between the different possible energy and climate system services that biomass can provide will be very important. The recognized system services include, among others, the flexible operation of bioenergy plants to integrate variable renewable energy sources and to provide negative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Interest in flexible operation of bioenergy value chains, bioenergy with carbon capture and utilization as well as synergies with renewable hydrogen‐based value chains has increased recently. The objective of this paper is to present a holistic definition of flexible bioenergy as a system service based on the work conducted in International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme's Task 44 Flexible Bioenergy and System Integration, and to provide some practical examples. The paper also presents the different bioenergy system services and considers their definitions and interactions, as this is important in energy system design. The definition of flexible bioenergy shows that the flexibility provision from bioenergy goes far beyond the traditional definition of providing short‐term flexibility in the power sector. Indicators to demonstrate the value of services as well as further quantitative assessment of synergies and trade‐offs are needed to valorize the different services from bioenergy and create viable business cases.

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Diversity of biomass usage pathways to achieve emissions targets in the European energy system

Cited by 4 publications

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Region-Specific Sourcing of Lignocellulose Residues as Renewable Feedstocks for a Net-Zero Chemical Industry

Region-Specific Sourcing of Lignocellulose Residues as Renewable Feedstocks for a Net-Zero Chemical Industry

Defining bioenergy system services to accelerate the integration of bioenergy into a low‐carbon economy

Supporting energy system modelling in developing countries: Techno-economic energy dataset for open modelling of decarbonization pathways in Colombia

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