Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 10:15 - 11:15 CEST
Session code BP.1
Sustainable bio-based value chains
Current and Future Intermediate Crop Potential in EU27
Short Introductive summary
Biomass from intermediate crops is among the newly added biofeedstocks for producing advance biofuels in the amended REDIII Annex IX. In this contribution we specifically provide insights in all current and future factors that determine the eventual biomass potential from intermediate crops. The selection of crops most suitable to become an intermediate crop addresses climatic suitability (now and given climate change 2050), attainable crop yield (simulated through crop growth simulation), environmental performance and TRL level. The identification of current and future land availability is particularly dependent on rotational fallow land availability and expected land use changes in agricultural land under influence of market developments and policies (EGD and CAP) as well as climate change and expected competing land use claims. Results show that biomass production is significantly larger for intermediate crops added to existing crop rotations in the summer season then in the winter season. Critical for the potential is the alignment between the intermediate crop growth cycle length and the length of the fallow period between harvesting and establishment of the food/feed crops.
Presenter
Berien ELBERSEN
Wageningen Environmental Research, Earth Informatics Dpt., THE NETHERLANDS
Presenter's biography
Dr. Berien Elbersen, Senior Research Scientist and project coordinator with 18 years of experience in European projects in the field of sustainable biomass use for non-food purposes Recent projects: Biomass Policies, S2BIOM, Carbon Impacts (DG-ENER), ILUC-review (DG-ENER), BECOOL & MAGIC.
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Co-authors:
E. Alexopoulou, CRES, Athens, GREECE
T. Neokosmidis, CONCAWE, Brussels, BELGIUM
C. Haren, van, Wageningen Environmental Research, THE NETHERLANDS
M. van Eupen, Wageningen Environmental Research, THE NETHERLANDS
V. Jara Rios, Wageningen University, THE NETHERLANDS
S. Verzandvoort, Wageningen Environmental Research, THE NETHERLANDS
I. Staritsky, Wageningen Environmental Research, THE NETHERLANDS
A. Ramasary, Concawe, Brussels, THE NETHERLANDS
Session reference: BP.1.1