{"id":338,"date":"2013-03-08T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eubia.org\/cms\/r-d-orientations\/"},"modified":"2018-06-25T12:25:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T10:25:16","slug":"r-d-orientations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eubia.org\/cms\/wiki-biomass\/r-d-orientations\/","title":{"rendered":"R&D orientations to bioenergy"},"content":{"rendered":"

R&D are key to enabling the transition to a circular economy and to boost the competitiveness of EU industry. Public and private investments are necessary to make it happen.\u00a0Horizon 2020, COSME, the Structural and Investment Funds, the Fund for Strategic Investments and other EU programmes are important support instruments at the EU level. SMEs, including social enterprises, are particularly active in fields such as recycling, repair and innovation. They play an important role in the development of a more circular economy.<\/p>\n

Source: European Commision<\/em><\/p>\n

In order to foster the development of sustainable biomass-based energy technologies, different fields of research must be integrated.<\/p>\n

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The table below presents the current and future key areas of R&D regarding bioenergy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Stage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Emerging technologies<\/span><\/td>\n\n

Future technologies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Biomass resources<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 New energy crops
\n\u2022 New oilseed crops
\n\u2022 Bio-waste management<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Bio-engineering of new energy plants
\n\u2022 Development of low-energy agricultural production systems
\n\u2022 Aquatic biomass (algae)
\n\u2022 IT methods in land and biological systems management<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Supply systems<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Use of new agro-machinery
\n\u2022 Biomass densification
\n\u2022 Other simple pretreatments (e.g. leaching)
\n\u2022 Logistics of supply chains<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Biorefining
\n\u2022 Biotech-based quality monitoring throughout the whole procurement chain
\n\u2022 IT tools for supply chain modelling and optimal management<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Conversion<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Advanced combustion
\n\u2022 Co-combustion
\n\u2022 Gasification
\n\u2022 Pyrolysis
\n\u2022 Bioethanol from sugar and starch
\n\u2022 Bioethanol from lignocellulosic material
\n\u2022 Biodiesel from vegetable oils
\n\u2022 Advanced anaerobic digestion<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Biohydrogen (hydrogen from bioconversion of biomass)
\n\u2022 Plasma-based conversions
\n\u2022 Advanced bioconversion schemes
\n\u2022 Other novel conversion pathways (e.g. electrochemical)
\n\u2022 Novel schemes for down-stream processing (e.g. of pyrolytic liquids or synthetic FT-biofuels)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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End products<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Bioheat
\n\u2022 Bioelectricity
\n\u2022 Transport biofuels
\n\u2022 Upgraded solid biofuels (pellets)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Use of hydrogen in fuel cells
\n\u2022 Use of FT-biofuels in new motor-concepts e. g. CCS (Combined Combustion Systems)
\n\u2022 New bio-products (biotech)
\n\u2022 Complex, multi-product systems (IT)
\n\u2022 CO2<\/sub> sequestration; other new end-use \u201ccultures\u201d\u00a0(e.g., user-friendliness, \u201cclosed cycle\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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System integration<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Normalisation and standards
\n\u2022 Best practices
\n\u2022 Economic\/ecological modelling and optimisation<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 IT-based management
\n\u2022 Socio-technical and cultural design of applications
\n\u2022 Sustainability based on global as well as local effects<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Risoe energy report 2, 2003<\/em><\/p>\n

Most of the current EU R&D programmes related to bioenergy are carried out within the Horizon 2020<\/a><\/strong> programme which has incorporated the Intelligent Energy – Europe programme. These have worked in line with the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan<\/a><\/strong> (SET-Plan) and the more recent Communication Energy Techonologies and Innovation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>updating it. It establishes an energy technology policy for Europe with aim to accelarate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies.<\/p>\n

Horizon 2020, is the financial instrument implement the EU 2020 flagship initiative Innovation Union. With a budget of nearly 80\u20ac billion for the next 7 years (2014-2020), it is the biggest EU research programme ever. Regarding the biomass sector, Horizon 2020 addresses in several sections and subsections, such as Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy<\/a><\/strong>, Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials<\/a><\/strong> or the Bioeconomy<\/strong> <\/a>subsection.<\/p>\n

Moreover, within the framework of Horizon 2020, new initiatives have been established in order to develop the potential of biomass such as Bio-Based Industries Public Private Partnership<\/a><\/strong>, which with a budget of 3,7\u20ac billions aims at increasing investment in the development of a sustainable bio-based industry sector in Europe. Furthermore, Technology Platforms as the EU Biofuels Platform<\/a><\/strong> or the Renewable Heat and Cooling Platform\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>play an essential role in the definition of the future of the biomass sector and the development of new initiatives.\u00a0
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NER 300<\/a><\/strong> is also a source of funds for financing the construction of essential infraestructure within the area of renewable energy. So far has organized 2 calls of proposals with a budget of 2.2 billions with which it has financed 14 bioenergy projects.<\/p>\n

Finally, LIFE<\/a><\/strong>, the EU funding instrument for the environment and climate action funds several actions related with the biomass sector, as a matter of fact the sustainable use of solid biomass is one of the Climate Change Mitigation topics of interests. Furthermore, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development or the European Regional Development Fund can work together with R&I funds in order to increase the amount and effectivity of these grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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