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Bioenergy For Mitigation Of CO2<\/sub> Emissions:<\/strong>
\nThe Power, Transportation, And Industrial Sectors<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Task 25: Greenhouse Gas Balances of Bioenergy Systems<\/b><\/p>\n

27-30 September 1999 – Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA<\/p>\n

Jointly organized by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/b>
\nOak Ridge,
\nTennessee 37831-6335, USA<\/td>\n		JOANNEUM RESEARCH<\/b>
\nElisabethstrasse 5
\nA-8010 Graz, AUSTRIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Scope Of The Workshop, Events<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Session 1: Demonstration of a computer tool for greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems<\/b><\/p>\n

Task 25 has developed and published a standardized methodology for greenhouse gas balances of\u00a0 bioenergy systems in comparison with fossil energy systems (Biomass and Bioenergy 13: 359-375,\u00a0 1997). This methodology has been applied using the computer model GEMIS which was extended to\u00a0 allow a detailed assessment of bioenergy fuel chains. This was presented, and some case studies were elaborated together with the participants.<\/p>\n

Session 2: Life-cycle assessment of electricity and liquid fuels from biomass<\/b><\/p>\n

A large potential exists for using bioenergy in industrial sector and for power generation.\u00a0 Another way of employing biomass for reduction of CO2 emission is through conversion into liquid biofuels to be used, for example, in internal combustion engines. The energy and GHG balances of\u00a0 such bioenergy uses have been subject to several studies, and some of the most recent analyses\u00a0 were presented.<\/p>\n

Session 3: Biomass products<\/b><\/p>\n

Non-energy uses of biomass offer possibilities for sequestering carbon and reducing CO2\u00a0 emissions through displacement of other materials. This sesssion presented life-cycle studies of biomass materials and elaborate potentials for reduction of GHG emissions through use of\u00a0 renewable materials.<\/p>\n

Session 4: Status of the IPCC special report on “land-use, land-use change & forestry”<\/b><\/p>\n

Several Task 25 researchers have been involved in the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) special report on “land use, land-use change, and forestry”, commissioned by the\u00a0 negotiating bodies of the UN climate convention following the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in\u00a0 1997. The main task of this report is operationalizing the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol with\u00a0 respect to land-use change and forestry. This includes assessment of defininitions of terms used\u00a0 in the Protocol, as well the elaboration of modalities, rules and guidelines. The status of this report was presented, and the implications for bioenergy were discussed.<\/p>\n

Excursion (East Tennessee)<\/b><\/p>\n

A half-day excursion on Wednesday afternoon took the participants to the Free-Air CO2\u00a0 Exposure (FACE) facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Graphite Reactor, the world\u2019s oldest nuclear reactor. This included an overview presentation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.<\/p>\n

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Workshop Program<\/strong><\/h1>\n

MONDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 1999<\/b><\/p>\n

IEA Bioenergy Task 25 Business Session<\/b><\/h3>\n

IEA Bioenergy Task 25 – Administrative Matters<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Task participation<\/li>\n
  2. Special Issue Environmental Science and Policy<\/i><\/li>\n
  3. Bibliography<\/li>\n
  4. Task 25 website<\/li>\n
  5. Baselines paper<\/li>\n
  6. Subprojects<\/li>\n
  7. Posters<\/li>\n
  8. IPCC collaboration (e.g. w.r.t. the IPCC Special Report on sinks)<\/li>\n
  9. Next workshop (Spring or Fall 2000)<\/li>\n
  10. Continuation of Task 25<\/li>\n
  11. Elsevier Environmental Conference<\/li>\n
  12. Miscellaneous items<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Session 1: A computer model for GHG balances of bioenergy systems, using the Task 25 methodology<\/b><\/h3>\n

    This session will feature a presentation by Uwe Fritsche<\/i> (\u00d6koinstitut, Darmstadt\/Germany) who developed the software GEMIS for life cycle analyses of fuel cycles, and a computer demonstration of the bioenergy part to this software by Gerfried Jungmeier<\/i> (Joanneum Research, Graz\/Austria). This will be followed by a simple bioenergy case study that will be elaborated together with the participants.<\/p>\n

    Session 2: Life-cycle assessment of electricity and liquid fuels from biomass<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Full fuel cycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from biomass-derived ethanol fuel in Canada<\/i><\/b>
    \nDonald V. O\u2019Connor*, Ali R. Esteghlalian**, David J. Gregg**, and John N. Saddler**<\/i>
    \n*(S&T) Consultants Inc., Delta, Canada; **Forest Products Biotechnology, Forest Sciences Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada<\/p>\n

    TUESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 1999<\/b><\/p>\n

    Session 2: Continued<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Life cycle assessment of electricity from biomass vs. coal in the USA<\/i><\/b>
    \nMargaret Mann and Pamela Spath<\/i>
    \nNREL – National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO, USA<\/p>\n

    ERGO: an integrated, user-friendly model for computing energy and greenhouse gas budgets of bioenergy systems<\/i><\/b>
    \nRobert Matthews, Christopher Vials and Paul A. Henshall<\/i>
    \nForest Research (Forestry Commission Research Agency), Farnham, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

    Estimation of energy and carbon dioxide budgets of wood-fired electricity generation systems in Britain.<\/i><\/b>
    \nRobert Matthews* and Nigel Mortimer<\/i>
    \n*Forest Research (Forestry Commission Research Agency), Farnham, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

    The role of GHG mitigation in energy policy and legislation of the Republic\u00a0 of Croatia<\/i><\/b>
    \nJulije Domac, Vladimir Jelavic<\/i>
    \nEnergy Institute Hrvoje Pozar, Zadar, Croatia<\/p>\n

    Work on Biomass Production at the Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program<\/i><\/b>
    \nJanet Cushman<\/i>
    \nORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program, Oak Ridge TN, USA<\/p>\n

    Biofuels use by North Carolina industry<\/i><\/b>
    \nMichael Mayfield<\/i>
    \nAppalachian State University, Boone, USA<\/p>\n

    Biomass projects at Trigen Biopower<\/i><\/b>
    \nJerry Caughman<\/i>
    \nTrigen Biopower, Inc., Charlotte, USA<\/p>\n

    Session 3: Biomass products<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions for products manufactured at a European\u00a0 wood-processing company<\/i><\/b>
    \nIlkka Savolainen, Kim Pingoud, and Antti Lehtil\u00e4<\/i>
    \nVTT Energy, Espoo, Finland<\/p>\n

    How to use forests for GHG mitigation: building materials, biomass for energy, or carbon storage? Wood vs. concrete buildings<\/i><\/b>
    \nLeif Gustavsson<\/i>
    \nLund University, Lund, Sweden<\/p>\n

    Biomass for energy or materials? The European BRED (Biomass for Greenhouse Gas Emission\u00a0 REDuction) project<\/i><\/b>
    \nDolf Gielen et al.<\/i>
    \nIEA – ETSAP, Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN, Petten, The Netherlands<\/p>\n

    Inventorying and modelling of carbon dynamics in wood products<\/i><\/b>
    \nKim Pingoud*, A. Per\u00e4l\u00e4**, and Ari Pussinen***<\/i>
    \n* VTT Energy, Espoo, Finland; ** VTT Building Technology, Tampere, Finland; *** European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland<\/p>\n

    Session 4: IPCC special report on “land-use, land-use change & forestry”; carbon in the biosphere<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Status of chapter 4, IPCC special report on land-use change and forestry (afforestation, reforestation, deforestation).<\/i><\/b>
    \nBernhard Schlamadinger<\/i>
    \nJoanneum Research, Graz, Austria<\/p>\n

    Status of chapter 5, IPCC special report on land-use change and forestry (additional activities in the LUCF sector).<\/i><\/b>
    \nGregg Marland<\/i>
    \nORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN, USA<\/p>\n

    WEDNESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 1999<\/b><\/p>\n

    Session 4: Continued<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Tropical Forest Conservation and the Clean Development Mechanism: Implications for Bio-energy<\/i><\/b>
    \nReimund Schwarze and J.-O. Niles<\/i>
    \nStanford University, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford CA, USA<\/p>\n

    Perspective of the financial sector on the draft IPCC special report on land use,\u00a0 land use change and forestry<\/i><\/b>
    \nAlice LeBlanc<\/i>
    \nEnvironmental Financial Products, LLC, Chicago \/ Washington, USA<\/p>\n

    A carbon monitoring system for indigenous forests<\/i><\/b>
    \nJustin Ford-Robertson<\/i>
    \nNew Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd., Rotorua, New Zealand<\/p>\n

    Excursion<\/b><\/h3>\n