The objective of Task 43 is to address barriers to sustainably-sourced biomass supply chains by: analyzing and quantifying current opportunities (WP1); improving supply chain efficiencies (WP2); and biohubs for high value, integrated biomass supply in sustainable and circular economies (WP3).
All three work packages involve documenting strategies for adapting biomass supply to support thriving bioeconomies and contribute to multiple SDGs through improved land, forest and materials management providing renewable resources to sustainable and circular economies.
The Task will produce and provide timely and policy-relevant information to targeted audiences, arrange Task-specific events, contribute to important workshops and conferences, and engage in processes that are identified as important in shaping the conditions for biomass supply chain and logistics systems. Scientific publications, policy-relevant reviews, case studies and science and technology briefs on a variety of topics will be published and presented throughout the triennium.
The Task Leader and WP Leaders together with the NTLs constitute the Steering Committee (SC) that approves plans and budgets associated with task activities. The SC builds international and national capacities essential to have credibility in the various biomass supply chain and logistics systems sectors. Task 43 collaborates with other Tasks in intertask projects to integrate biomass supply chain and logistics with energy conversion and end-use, ensuring that analytical and conceptual linkages with markets are strong.
The Task supports collaborative research to develop and deploy sustainably-sourced biomass for future bio-based products, energy, and fuels. Efforts are placed on integration with sustainable and circular economies to provide reliable biomass supply within with primary production, waste, by-products and residues in line with cascading use of biomass. The Task will:
The Task will work exclusively with terrestrial biomass sources including residues, by-products or co-products from forest and agriculture production systems; residues, by-products or co-products from bio-based manufacturing industries; cellulosic biomass from post-consumer waste; as well as dedicated biomass crop systems as part of broader land management strategies. The Task focus will be on integrat
ed biomass supplies and effective capture of biomass resources from waste and residue to meet biomass quantity and quality demands within a growing sustainable and circular bioeconomies.
The Task will be delivered through three work packages, each making a contribution to three key focus areas though identification and review of best practices, and are reviewed and promoted through key collaborative approaches within and beyond the Task team. The three work packages are:
WP1 themes and activities:
Work Package 1 Leader:
Biljana Kulisic
European Commission Directorate-General for Energy
DM 24 6/047
B-1040 Brussels/Belgium
Phone: +32 229-60550
Email: biljana.kulisic@ec.europa.eu
WP2 themes and activities:
Work Package 2 Leader:
Dan Bergström
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dep. Forest Biomaterials and Technology
Skogsmarksgränd
901 83 Umeå
Phone: +46 907868214
Email: dan.bergstrom@slu.se
WP3 themes and activities:
Work Package 2 Leader:
Cyriac Mvolo
Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
5320-122 Street, Edmonton
Alberta T6H 3S5
Phone: +1 825-510-1173
Email: cyriac.mvolo@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
