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Project
Sustainable lignocellulosic biomass supply for the circular bio-based economy
There is a demand for stable large scale availability of cheap and sustainable lignocellulosic biomass of the right quality at the right time and place. This requires understanding of biomass production (forests and agriculture) and the logic of biomass supply (local and long distance), taking into account the technologies and governance models needed. Furthermore, the environmental consequences and other trade-offs need to be considered. It is also important to consider how these lignocellulosic biomass should be best utilized to contribute to circular bio-based economy.
Abstract
In this project we concentrate on lignocellulosic biomass supply - from local sources for local applications to large scale over large distances through intermediate “Commodities” that link prduction regions to markets. The supply of wood from European forests is modelled by extending the functionalities of the EFISCEN Space model.
We also analyse how lignocellulosic biomass can be utlized: to produce energy, fuels, chemicals/polymers and (building) materials. Case studies provide insights in demand and supply from local to global world scales.
Publications
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To be or not to be a biobased commodity. On the need for developing real lignocellulosic biomass commodities
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Local supply of lignocellulosic biomass to paper industry in Gelderland : Development of circular and value-added chains
Wageningen: Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (Wageningen Food & Biobased Research report 2046) - ISBN: 9789463954105 -
Potential of valorising local wood in construction sector in Gelderland
Wageningen: Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (Report / Wageningen Food & Biobased Research 2238) -
Biomass to Comodities – Extending biomass supply chains using biohubs
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KB34-012-002/3D-2 Sustainable lignocellulosic biomass supply for the circular biobased economy
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Variable demand as a means to more sustainable biofuels and biobased materials
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2021), Volume: 15, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1932-104X - p. 15-31. -
Variable demand as a means to more sustainable biofuels and biobased materials.
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To be or not to be a biobased commodity : assessing requirements and candidates for lignocellulosic based commodities
Wageningen: Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (Report / Wageningen Food & Biobased Research 2242) -
EFISCEN-Space 1.0 model documentation and manual
Wageningen: Wageningen Environmental Research (Report / Wageningen Environmental Research 3220) - ISBN: 9789464475357 -
Tree regeneration in models of forest dynamics – Suitability to assess climate change impacts on European forests
Forest Ecology and Management (2022), Volume: 520 - ISSN 0378-1127