SPM4 Overview

The Fourth Stakeholder Plenary Meeting of EBTP was held in Brussels on 14-15 September 2011 in Brussels. This unique gathering of a wide forum of stakeholders was attended by around 180 delegates from industry, academia, research organisations, and common interest groups, etc..

Rapid and effective deployment of innovative biofuels technologies is needed to reach the EU 2020 targets for renewable energy use in transport. The activities of the EBTP and its stakeholders are central to this aim by overcoming important market and regulatory challenges in producing large volumes of sustainable advanced biofuels by 2020.

This year, the speakers and discussion programme were focused on the upscaling of advanced biofuels and the sustainability of feedstock production. On day one, sessions covered the current status and predicted future of biofuels production and use, as well as the financing and upscaling of advanced technologies. The second day highlighted feedstock production and availability, as well as important sustainability issues across the different value chains.

SPM4 is a forum for all stakeholders to share their views. By extending the conference over two days this year, the EBTP aimed to create more opportunity for stakeholders to discuss important issues surrounding the expansion of the EU biofuels market.

The platform would like to thank all stakeholders and speakers who contributed to a stimulating and productive conference. Links to presentations, photos, CVs and abstracts and the SPM4 press release have now been uploaded.

We encourage all stakeholders with an interest in sustainable advanced biofuels to register for free with the EBTP. The platform will keep you informed of the latest information on EIBI, consultations on biofuels, bioenergy and sustainability, events, reports and other developments, as well as seeking your input into working groups, documents, data collection, etc.. We look forward to working closely with all stakeholders in the months ahead.

WELCOME ADDRESS

Lars Christian Hansen, Chair of the Steering Committee, European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP)
Novozymes A/S

OVERVIEW ON CURRENT AND PREDICTED FUTURE STATUS OF ADVANCED BIOFUELS

Moderator
Henrik Erämetsä, EBTP Steering Committee,
Neste Oil

Biofuels and the road to the EU Energy & Climate 2020 targets – perspectives from the European Commission
Raffaele Liberali, Director, Directorate K - Energy, EC Directorate-General for Research & Innovation

Policy framework, including NREAPs, targets for commercial and advanced biofuels
Rob Vierhout, ePure (pictured below)

View Presentation by Rob Vierhout (410 Kb PDF)

Current status and future outlook for biofuels (IEA Biofuel Roadmap)
Anselm Eisentraut, IEA (pictured below)

View Presentation by Anselm Eisentraut (934 Kb PDF)

ERTRAC’s research road map for the  decarbonization of road transport
Professor Zissis Samaras, ERTRAC (pictured below)

View Presentation by Zissis Samaras (917 Kb PDF)

Discussion

FINANCING AND UPSCALING OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Moderator
Véronique Hervouet, EBTP Steering Committee,
Total (pictured below)

European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative (EIBI)
Bruno Schmitz, Head of Unit K3, New and renewable energy sources, EC Directorate General Research (pictured below)

View Presentation by Bruno Schmitz (139 Kb PDF)

NER300
Béatrice Coda, Low Carbon Technologies, EC Directorate General Climate Action (pictured below)

View Presentation by Béastrice Coda (3.8 Mb PDF)

United States DoE Bioenergy Program
Paul Grabowski, United States, DoE (pictured below)

View Presentation by Paul Grabowski (1.7 Mb PDF)

Integrated Biorefineries Portfoilo Overview (1.3 Mb PDF)

Status Report on demonstration plants for advanced biofuels production - thermochemical and biochemical pathways
Pierre Porot, Co-Chair EBTP WG2 Conversion Processes
IFP (pictured below)

View Presentation by Pierre Porot (449 Kb PDF)

Ingvar Landälv, Co-Chair EBTP WG2 Conversion Processes
Chemrec AB (pictured below)

View Presentation by Ingvar Landälv (740 Kb PDF)

Financing conditions for innovative biofuels projects
Roberto Rodriguez Labastida, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
(pictured below)

View Presentation by Roberto Rodriguez Labastida (513 Kb PDF)

Funding programmes for upscaling of sustainable biofuels technologies
Michael Persson, DONG Energy Power New Bio Solutions (pictured below)

View Presentation by Michael Persson (398 Kb PDF)

Discussion: Bottlenecks for biofuels upscaling - technologies, financing, frameworks.
All speakers from the above session and industry representitives

SPM4 NETWORKING EVENT

BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS

Moderator
Calliope Panoutsou, EBTP WG 1
Imperial College London

Introduction: The pathway to low-input, high-efficiency feedstocks - sustainability, land availability, economics, and policy issues.
Calliope Panoutsou, EBTP WG1 Biomass Resources,
Imperial College London (pictured below)

View Presentation by Calliope Panoutsou (1.0 Mb PDF)

Will perennial crops take off  in Europe?
Jean-Marc Jossart, General Secretary, AEBIOM (pictured below)

View Presentation by Jean-Marc Jossart (672 Kb PDF)

Agricultural feedstocks: current status and the path to improvement
Christine von Buttlar, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Engineers Association for Agriculture and Environment (pictured below)

View Presentation by Christine von Buttlar (1.0 Mb PDF)

Forestry feedstocks: current status & the path to improvement
Iain Sutherland, UPM Kymmene (pictured below)

View Presentation by Iain Sutherland (1.4 Mb PDF)

Low land input feedstocks: Algae technology predictions
Jukka-Pekka Nieminen, Chair EBTP WG3 Distribution & Use,
Neste Oil (pictured below)

View Presentation by Jukka-Pekka Nieminen (940 Kb PDF)

Panel discussion: Yields, costs, economics of production & sustainability indicators - feedstock options for the short (2020), medium (2030) and long term (2050+)

SUSTAINABILITY OF ADVANCED BIOFUELS

Moderator
Marc Londo, Chair EBTP WG 4
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) (pictured below)

State of play of RED sustainability criteria implementation and reflection on advanced biofuels
Kyriakos Maniatis, Principal Administrator, EC Directorate General for Energy
(pictured below)

View Presentation by Kyriakos Maniatis (596 Kb PDF)

Sustainability criteria for advanced biofuels
Imke Lübbeke, WWF (pictured below)

BIOGRACE – harmonisation of GHG methodologies
Dina Bacovsky, Bioenergy 2020+ (pictured below)

View Presentation by Dina Bacovsky (1.3 Mb PDF)

Implementation of sustainability regulations in the EU
Norbert Schmitz, Meo Carbon Solutions (pictured below)

View Presentation by Norbert Schmitz (8.5 Mb PDF)

Sustainability issues of biofuels in Brazil
Marcos Savini, Head of Energy and Sustainable Development, Mission of Brazil to the European Union (pictured below)

Panel discussion