Room: Yangtze 1
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 11:30 - 12:45 CEST
Session code 2BO.6
Optimal biomass use
Impacts of Policy Instruments Promoting a Cascading Biomass Use on Bioenergy Systems
Short Introductive summary
Cascading biomass use, the sequential utilization of biomass for high-value products and materials before the final conversion to energy, is increasingly promoted in the EU to maximize resource and climate mitigation efficiency in the bioeconomy. Policy measures encouraging this hierarchical use of biomass are emerging, e.g., in the EU Renewable Energy Directive, but their potential impacts on well-established bioenergy systems remain is not well understood. IEA Bioenergy Task 45 “Climate and Sustainability Effects of Bioenergy within the Circular Bioeconomy” currently conducts a project, studying selected policy instruments, aiming to promote cascading biomass use, and to evaluate how these instruments affect selected bioenergy value chains. This contribution presents the study results and highlights specific recommendations for policy makers.
Presenter
Harry SCHINDLER
DBFZ, GERMANY
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Co-authors:
H, Schindler, DBFZ-German Biomass Research Centre, Leipzig, GERMANY
C. Hennig, DBFZ-German Biomass Research Centre, Leipzig, GERMANY
Session reference: 2BO.6.3