Sustainability performance and market mapping of
biomass pathways for energy and non-energy uses:
BIOTEAM international project
Workshop «Biorefinery for the production of Energy and bio-based products»
Conference Centre Torino Incontra, 29-30 october 2013, Torino
Daniele Russolillo
Fondazione per l’Ambiente
Turin School of Local Regulation
Table of contents… just 3 ideas to take home
 About: a quick intro to IEE BIOTEAM project
 What pathways? What to do with them?
 Focus on: Sustainability assessment and
market mapping/FIELDTM analysis
ABOUT | Quick project factsheet
• Title: BIOTEAM - Optimizing Pathways and Market Systems for
enhanced competitiveness of sustainable bio-energy and
technologies in Europe
• Start: 1 April 2013 (3-year duration)
• Who: Six countries & seven partners
Participant name
Joint Implementation Network (coordinator)
MTT Agrifood Research Finland
Short name Country
JIN
MTT
The Netherlands
Finland
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
LRCAF
Lithuania
Chair of Production and Logistics, Georg-August-University Göttingen
UGOE
Germany
Fondazione per l’Ambiente
FA
Italy
Baltic Energy Conservation Agency
BAPE
Poland
University of Eastern Finland
UEF
Finland
ABOUT | Key objectives
• Improve sustainability performance of biomass use
• Understanding market system dynamics with respect
to biomass use
• Provide input public and private strategic decision
making (e.g. policies and investments)
ABOUT | Starting point? Alternative uses lead to
pathways analysis…
..hierarchy of good use…?
…every use responds to
different incentives and
market conditions…?
…integrated CBA
(Env/Econ/Soc) ?
PATHWAYS | What to do with them
1. Sustainability assessment of alternative biomass
uses (pathways)
2. Impact of policies on pathways
3. Market dynamics assessment (system analysis)
4. Sustainability optimization (pathways in systems)
PATHWAYS | the pathway…a value chain from biomass
source to bioenergy (or alternative) end use
PATHWAYS | Harmonized pathway sustainability assessment
Country
Italy
Pathway
Ethanol from giant cane
(Arundo Donax) (and rice
and wheat straw)
Bioenergy process: fermentation,
second generation. End products:
ethanol
Biogas from maize silage
and manure from
different sources
Bioenergy process: anaerobic
fermentation. End products: biogas
for heat and electricity, digestate and
ammonium sulfate.
Ethanol from corn and
other grains
Bioenergy process: Fermentation,
energy also from straw. End products:
ethanol, liquid by-products that can
be fermented in a biogas plant, heat
and electricity for process usage
Biogas from maize and
grass silage, manure and
distilleries by-products
Bioenergy process: fermentation. End
products: biogas for heat and
electricity, digestate for soil
improvement and fertilizer.
Biogas production from
sugar beet loaf
Bioenergy process: fermentation with
monodigestion. Raw material: sugar
beet loaf. End-products: biomethane,
heat, digestate, CO2 for cooling.
Poland
Netherlands
Pathway details
Country
Finland
Lithuania
Germany
Pathway
Pathway details
Ethanol from barley
Bioenergy process: fermentation,
energy also from straw. End products:
ethanol and sediment for fodder, CO2
for greenhouse fertilization and cooling.
Biogas from biowaste and
slurry
Bioenergy process: anaerobic
fermentation of food waste products
and animal slurry. End products: biogas
for heat and electricity, fertilizer slurry.
Wood combustion
Bioenergy process: heat production
from wood chips. Raw material:
residues or thinnings. End products:
heat.
Ethanol from Triticale and
other grains
Bioenergy process: fermentation. End
products: bioethanol for transportation,
liquid by-products that can be
fermented in a biogas plant.
Biomass to liquids (BtL)
from forest and field
residues
Bioenergy process: Fischer-Tropsch.
End products: biodiesel, biogasoline,
various chemicals (olefins), waxes,
electricity for sale
Biogas from corn, other
field biomasses and
manure
Bioenergy process: fermentation. End
products: biogas for heat and
electricity, digestate.
FOCUS | Sustainability assessment…
PATHWAYS | What to do with them
1. Sustainability assessment of alternative biomass
uses (pathways)
2. Impact of policies on pathways
3. Market dynamics assessment (system analysis)
4. Sustainability optimization (pathways in systems)
FOCUS | Market mapping and FIELDTM analysis…
Market or system mapping is an
analysis tool that was initially
developed by Albu and Griffith (2005)
to closely examine the characteristics of
the markets into which small farmers in
developing countries might enter. The
analysis consists of a description of three
core elements: the business enabling
environment; the market chain; and the
market supporting services.
Framework of Incentives to Empower Local
Decision-makers: a methodology for the analysis
of local actors, incentives and information
endowment.
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