Task 43: Biomass Supply in a Nature Positive Circular Economy
Publications
Business Model for Bio-hubs in Canada and Australia
Apr 2025The International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme, under Task 43 (Sustainable Biomass Supply Integration for Bioenergy within the Broader Bioeconomy), aims to identify strategies to improve supply chain efficiencies of sustainably sourced biomass. In the previous triennium, IEA Bioenergy Task 43 implemented two SWOT analyses on comparing biomass supply via bio-hubs against the […]
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Residual biomass fuel projections for New Zealand; 2024 – Indicative availability by region and source TR2024-03
Oct 2024The goal of this report and the accompanying tables is to describe the woody biomass residue resources in New Zealand by volume, type, energy content, and region over time from 2024 to 2053 (~30 years). The focus is on existing resources derived from established forests, processing, residue streams etc. The estimated delivered costs of biomass […]
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Wildfire Resilience and Biomass Supply TR2024-02
Aug 2024The intensified fire season of 2023 in Canada and other countries necessitates urgent efforts to promote wildfire resilience while facilitating a sustainable and reliable biomass supply. Wildfire management involves prevention and mitigation treatments such as thinning, as well as post-fire harvest activities including the sustainable extraction of biomass from affected areas. However, the complexities and […]
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Environmental Sustainability Studies of Biohub Archetypes – A report for the IEA Bioenergy Intertask Project on Biohubs TR2024-01
Jan 2024TR2024-01
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Identifying key quality characteristics of woody biomass for bioenergy application: an international review
Jan 2024Access to published manuscript Summary Report
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Workshop Presentations: Wildfire Resilience and Biomass Supply (TR2023-05)
Oct 2023Dr. Yan Boulanger (NRCan, Canadian Forest Service): Climate Change Impacts on Wildfires on the Forest Sector in Quebec Dr. Cyriac Mvolo, Dr. Christian Hébert & Dr. Isabelle Duchesne (NRCan, Canadian Forest Service): Post-Fire Salvage Logging in Canada: Assessing the Economic Value of Burnt Trees for Different Industrial Sectors Sylvain Volpe (FPInnovations): Biomass Potential from Canadian […]
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Comparison of possible supply chains for forestry derived biomass for bioenergy in New Zealand TR2023-04
Oct 2023TR2023-04
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Short review of collecting technologies and methods in forest harvesting residues recovery TR2023-03
Mar 2023TR2023-03
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Bioenergy in remote Indigenous communities TR2023-02
Mar 2023Summary Report Full Final Report *Authorship of the full final report updated 25 November 2024.
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