The role of sustainability requirements in international bioenergy markets
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

As the main driver for bioenergy is to enable society to transform to more sustainable fuel and energy production systems, it is important to safeguard that bioenergy deployment happens within certain sustainability constraints. There is currently a high number of initiatives, including binding regulations and several voluntary sustainability standards for biomass, bioenergy and/or biofuels. Within IEA Bioenergy studies were performed to monitor the actual implementation process of sustainability regulations and certification, evaluate how stakeholders are affected and envisage the anticipated impact on worldwide markets and trade. On the basis of these studies, recommendations were made on how sustainability requirements could actually support further bioenergy deployment. Markets would gain from more harmonization and cross-compliance. A common language is needed as 'sustainability' of biomass involves different policy arenas and legal settings. Policy pathways should be clear and predictable, and future revisions of sustainability requirements should be open and transparent. Sustainability assurance systems (both through binding regulations and voluntary certification) should take into account how markets work, in relation to different biomass applications (avoiding discrimination among end-uses and users). It should also take into account the way investment decisions are taken, administrative requirements for smallholders, and the position of developing countries.

Författare

Luc Pelkmans

Project Manager Biomass and Bioenergy

L Goovaerts

Unit Separation and Conversion Processes

S C Goh

Universiteit Utrecht

M Junginger

Universiteit Utrecht

J van Dam

Jinke van Dam Konsult

I Stupak

Köpenhamns universitet

C T Smith

University of Toronto

H Chum

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oskar Englund

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

Göran Berndes

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

A Cowie

University of New England

E Thiffault

Canadian Forest Service - Laurentian Forestry Centre

U Fritsche

International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS)

D Thrän

Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH (DBFZ)

Lecture Notes in Energy

2195-1284 (ISSN) 2195-1292 (eISSN)

Vol. 17 1 125-149

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Styrkeområden

Transport

Energi

Ämneskategorier

Tvärvetenskapliga studier

Förnyelsebar bioenergi

Energisystem

DOI

10.1007/978-94-007-6982-3_6

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2023-08-07