ExCo76 Doc 18.09

TASK 42

Biorefining – Sustainable Processing of

Biomass into a Spectrum of Marketable

Bio-based Products and Bioenergy

www.iea-bioenergy.task42-biorefineries.com

Progress Report

ExCo76

Berlin, Germany

26 October 2015

Prepared by:

René van Ree, Task Leader,

Checked by:

Kees Kwant, Operating Agent

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TASK 42 PROGRESS REPORT

1. ADMINISTRATIVE TASK INFORMATION

Operating Agent: Kees Kwant

Task Leader: René van Ree

Assistant Task Leader: Ed de Jong

National Team Leaders: Geoff Bell (Australia), Gerfried Jungmeier (Austria), Maria Wellisch

(Canada), Henning Jorgensen & Claus Felby (Denmark), Heinz Stichnothe

(Germany), Bart Bonsall (Ireland), Isabella De Bari (Italy), Shinya Kimura

(Japan), René van Ree & Ed de Jong & Bert Annevelink (the Netherlands),

Kirk Torr (New Zealand), Steven Thomas (US)

Annual Budget

(US$)

Contributions from Member Countries for 2015 192,500.00

Less 2015 contribution to Strategic Fund (SF) and TC -19,250.00

Sub total 173,250.00

Funds carried forward from 2014 -11,616.11

2014 funds received after 31 Dec 2014 17,500.00 (Can)

Budget for 2015 (US$) 179,133.89

Budget for 2015 ( €) 147,544.59

1€ = US$ 1.2141 (exchange rate 31-12-14)

Budget break down

Category Sub-categories Budget 2015

€

Spent as of

30/09/15

€

Administration

Operational daily Task management Salaries 51,640.00 47,769.00

Support Services - -

Other expenditure - -

Travel costs TL, Co-TL, NTL 4,000.00 2,756.00

Meeting costs, incl. conf. fees Task meetings 15,750.00 2,110.00

(Inter)national

events

2,500.00 1818.00

Newsletter - -

Website management & maintenance 8,000.00 0.00

Projects/Activities

Activity 1. Market deployment aspects 3,500.00 3,500.00

Activity 2. Stakeholder support BioEconomy 15,000.00 11,500.00

Activity 3. Sustainable biomass valorisation 21,150.00 10,325.00

Activity 4. Policy advice 7,500.00 0.00

Activity 5. Knowledge dissemination 15,000.00 180.00

Training 1,000 0.00

Reserve 2,504.59 -

Total 147,544.59 79,958.00

54%

Total US$ 179,133.89 97,077.01

1€ = US$ 1.2141 (exchange rate 31-12-14)

Expected spending by the end of 2015: € 142,500 (96%)

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Biorefining to sustainably co-produce bioenergy (fuels, power and heat) and biobased products (food &

feed ingredients, materials, chemicals) out of a variety of biomass sources [Wageningen UR, 2014]

2. SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE LAST EXCO MEETING

Targets reached and deliverables since last reporting

Irish representative in Task42

By the end of June 2015, Mr Bart Bonsall of the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

(bart.bonsall@tcbb.ie; phone: + 353-91-493548) was introduced as new NTL for T42 for Ireland.

Activity 1. Assessing the market deployment aspects for integrated biorefineries

1.1 Technical and non-technical critical success factors (coordination: U.S.)

The U.S. Task42 representative Steven Thomas has given a final update of this activity @ the 17th Task42

Progress Meeting in Guelp/Toronto, Canada. Deliverable D1.1 is available at the T42 website.

1.2 Disruptive/game changing technologies (coordination: the Netherlands)

At 17th Task Progress Meeting in Canada this activity “The influence of game changing developments on

the market deployment of biorefineries” was again extensively discussed. Because not only technology

(and impact) is game changing, the word technologies is changed to developments (i.e. including policies

etc.). At the 18th Task Progress Meeting in Italy (May 2015) it was decided to deliver the final deliverable

before the 1st of October 2015. This final slide-deck will be available on the website before ExCo76 in

Berlin.

www.IEA-Bioenergy.Task42-Biorefineries.com

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1.3 Central vs. decentral processing (coordination: the Netherlands.)

This activity originally was put into the work programme by France. As France finally decided not to join

Task42 for this triennium no budget is available to extensively execute this activity. Instead of this

Wageningen UR will prepare a short 2-3 pager text on this issue based on its own expertise and available

information. After check and possible additions by the other Task42 partners this 2-3 pager (D1.3) will be

put on the website before the end of 2015. No workshop on this issue (ws1) will be organised.

1.4 Biorefinery-Complexity-Index (BCI) (coordination: Austria)

All results and thoughts so far are documented in a working document “The Biorefinery Complexity

Index” (D1.4), that is available at the Task42 website (Market Deployment – BCI) for comments and

wider knowledge dissemination.

Activity 2. Supporting industrial/SME stakeholders finding their position in a future BioEconomy

2.1 Role involved market sectors (coordination: Denmark)

In a future BioEconomy available biomass resources will be used for a variety of both food and non-food

applications, including biofuels and bioenergy. Current use patterns will change, and also the role of

(industrial) stakeholders in the market sectors concerned will change. Available and potential new

biomass resources will be used sustainably and as efficient as possible to meet huge future multiple

market requests. A challenge is to bridge between industrial sectors that have no or only few connections

before, aiming at new combinations of (industrial) stakeholders jointly responding to the specific market

requests in the BioEconomy. A stakeholder workshop (ws2a) with the title “The role of industry in a

transition towards the BioEconomy in relation to biorefinery” was organised on 3 September 2014 from

13:00-16:00, as part of the i-SUP (Innovation for Sustainable Production) Conference, 1-3 September

2014, Antwerp, Belgium (http://2014.i-sup.org/pages/default.aspx). Also a questionnaire was prepared

and sent out by the country representatives to a variety of industrial stakeholders to find out their thoughts

on this transition issue. The answers to this questionnaire have been analysed and processed by our

Danish partner, and were discussed at our 18th Task42 Progress Meeting in Italy from 4-6 May 2015.

Deliverable 2.1 “ (slide-deck incl. processed questionnaire), is made available at the Task42 website

(Stakeholders Positioning – Role involved market sectors) for wider knowledge dissemination.

2.2 Upgrading strategies existing industrial infrastructures (coordination: Austria)

Based on the results of some detailed Austrian assessments a discussion note (slide-deck) was made, see

website @ Stakeholders Positioning – Upgrading of Existing Infrastructures to Biorefineries. This

discussion note was used as starting point for the set-up of a stakeholder workshop (ws2b) which was

organised in Q3 2014 (combined with ws2a, activity 2.1). At this workshop industrial stakeholders from

different market sectors of the BioEconomy were asked to present i) their views on using existing

industrial infrastructures for upgrading to high-efficiency integrated biorefineries and ii) examples of

already running integrated biorefineries showing the advantages of using existing infrastructures as a

point-of-departure. At the Canada Task42 Progress Meeting the results so far were discussed again and

the slide-deck was updated accordingly. Deliverable 2.2 (slide-deck), is available at the Task42 website

(Stakeholder Positioning – Upgrading of Existing Infrastructures to Biorefineries) for wider knowledge

dissemination.

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2.3 Factsheets major biorefineries and national case studies (coordination: Austria)

Joanneum Research (AT) – with the contribution of the other Task partners – has developed a generic set-

up of a 4-pager factsheet (FC) to present main data of major biorefineries and national case studies. Data

that are included in the factsheet are: Part A (generic): classification (naming) biorefinery, description

biorefinery, block scheme and/or photo biorefinery, mass balance and revenues biorefinery; Part B

(country and site specific): quick sustainability assessment biorefinery, including cumulated energy

demand [PJ/a], cumulated greenhouse gas emissions [kt CO2-eq/a], and cumulated costs/revenues

[MEuros/a]; Annex 1: method and data sustainability assessment; Annex 2: Main assumptions and

modelling choices. The goal of this activity is to use this factsheet set-up for presenting major

biorefineries and national case studies in a clear and similar way for dissemination of best-practices to

stakeholders active in the BioEconomy to accelerate the market deployment. Till now 8 factsheets have

been made, see website @ Factsheets, viz. factsheets of a :

4-platform (biogas, green juice, green fibres, electricity&heat) biorefinery using grass silage and

food residues for bio plastic, insulation material, fertilizer, electricity

3-platform (black liquor, pulp, electricity&heat) biorefinery using wood chips for pulp, paper,

turpentine, tall oil, bark, electricity and heat

1-platform (C6 sugars) biorefinery using starch crops for bioethanol and feed

3-platform (C6&C5 sugar, electricity&heat, lignin) biorefinery using wood chips for bioethanol,

electricity, heat and phenols

1-platform (oil) biorefinery using oilseed crops for biodiesel, glycerine and feed

1-platform (oil) biorefinery using oil based residues for biodiesel, glycerine, bio oil and fertilizer

2-platform (electricity&heat, syngas) biorefinery using wood chips for FT-biofuels, electricity, heat

and waxes with steam gasification

3-platform (pyrolysis oil, syngas, electricity&heat) biorefinery using straw for FT-biofuels and

methanol with oxygen gasification

All Task42 partners are now actively looking for industrial stakeholders to provide data for the

preparation of additional factsheets in the remaining part of 2015. Current practice is that confidentiality

issues delay the provision of process data by industry. Therefore, it was decided to progress mainly on the

preparation of more generic factsheets based on non-confidential info to extent the 8 to minimally 12

factsheets by the end of 2015. A data-input form is available at the Task42 website, to invite stakeholders

from outside Task42 to provide data and/or to get in contact to prepare additional factsheets. At the 18th

T42 Progress Meeting in Italy (May 2015) it was decided to prepare the following additional factsheets

within 2015: protein-driven BR (NL), protein-driven BR (DEN), BioCrack (AT), Empyro BTG (NL) if

data available, advanced biofuels (AT).

2.4.1 Bio-based Chemicals report (coordination: Netherlands)

In 2012 Task42 prepared a glossy report on Bio-based Chemicals that was received very positively by a

variety of international stakeholders, both industry, SMEs, GOs, NGOs and the RTOs/universities. In this

triennium this report was planned to be updated. However, in April 2015 on behalf of EC DG ENERGY a

consortium of E4Tech (UK), RE-CORD (IT) and Wageningen UR (NL) came-up with the very detailed

report “From the Sugar Platform to Biofuels and Biochemicals” (N0 ENER/C2/423-2012/S12.673791

dealing with the same subject, and more important using the 2012 IEA T42 Report as a point-of-departure

(report, see website IEA T42). Therefore, At the 18th T42 Progress Meeting in Italy (May 2015) it was

decided to postpone the update of the Biobased Chemicals report (D2.4.1) till 2016, to be able to come-up

with an added-value report containing updated data.

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2.4.2 Bio-based products report: Proteins for Food, Feed and Bio-based Applications (coordination:

Netherlands)

The main goal of this report is to give stakeholders of the BioEconomy a better insight in i) the potential

economic optimisation of biofuel production processes by giving higher added-value to the protein

fraction of the biomass sources used (bio transportation fuel sector), and ii) the refinery options to

synergistically and sustainably process protein-rich biomass sources to food/feed ingredients, biobased

products for technical no-food applications, and energy (fuels, power and/or heat). The Dutch team has

set-up a first draft report with the following content:

1. Intro: BioEconomy, markets, biomass availability, biomass compositions, biomass valorisation

potential, biorefining, platforms, and the role of proteins.

2. Proteins for Food, Feed and Bio-based Applications: intro, traditional protein sources, traditional

markets (human food, animal feed, technical applications), new protein sources (herbaceous

biomass, algae, duckweed, others), upcoming markets (food & feed ingredients, biobased

applications, amino-acids valorisation), source vs. market combinations.

3. Biorefining of protein containing biomass: oil crops, starch crops, herbaceous biomass, aquatic

biomass, meat residues, DDGS.

4. Protein-driven biorefining initiatives in Task42 partnering countries.

5. Factsheet-based sustainability assessment protein-driven biorefinery example.

6. Stakeholders Task42 partnering countries.

7. References.

The first three chapters are currently filled-in, and are now being checked and finalised by some

Wageningen UR (NL) experts. The other chapters will be added asap, and the final report (D2.4.2) will be

delivered and downloadable from the Task42 website before the end of 2015. The current draft doc will

already be made available to the Operating Agent and the Technical Coordinator before ExCo76 by

publication in the password-protected intranet-side of T42. Also glossy paper copies will be available for

dissemination in participating countries and international events.

Activity 3. Optimal sustainable biomass valorisation approaches for Food and Non-food within a

market –pull approach

3.1 Sustainability assessment toolbox (coordination: Canada)

This activity was modified to further elaboration of the LEEAFF indicators – a conceptual framework

used in Canada – by literature review and linking this activity to the one in the inter-Tasks project (act.

3.2). Country representatives are asked to use the available questionnaire (CAN) for identifying the

LEEAFF sustainability indicators at those stakeholders that are contacted for delivering the factsheet data.

Depending on the input received, it will be decided if this more qualitative info will be added as a fifth

page to the standardised factsheet prepared by AT. The current progress is shown by the lecture given by

Maria Wellisch at the 17th Task42 Progress Meeting in Canada in December 2015, see Task42 website @

Sustainable Biomass Valorisation – LEEAFF Procedure for Biorefinery Sustainability Assessment. The

final report will be available before the end of 2015 and will be disseminated through the Task42 website.

3.2 Mobilising sustainable bioenergy supply chains (coordination: Germany)

This strategically funded inter-Task project coordinated by Task43 was kicked-off by the end of 2012.

Task42 is directly involved in the corn stover case (CAN) and the biogas case (D). From a Task42 point-

of-view this project should consider both the assessment of conventional reference supply – valorisation

chains (bioethanol, biogas, ...) and more advanced and optimised refinery chains in which chain and

process residues are valorised to added-value biobased products to improve overall economics.

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The contributions from Task42 (D3.2) is integrally reported in the end-report, coordinated by Task43, and

will be available by the end of 2015. Dissemination of the end-report will take place through the different

Task websites and probably the website of IEA Bioenergy.

3.3 Future market demand for biomass from a BioEconomy perspective (coordination: the Netherlands)

This is a joint project activity of Task40 and Task 42. Within this project the potential international

supply, trade and demand for biomass for energy and fuel applications within a competing BioEconomy

market was assessed, including the identification of improved and new value chains. During 2014 Task

40 came-up with a draft set-up of a report to be prepared. Within this report Task42 has provided a

chapter on “Biorefineries in a Global Bio-based Economy” (D: Heinz Stichnothe & Dietrich Meier, IT:

Isabella de Bari; AT: Martin Beermann & Gerfried Jungmeier; US: Steven Thomas). Main findings of

this chapter were presented – together with the other chapters – at the international stakeholder workshop

(ws3) “Biomass Trade and Supply in a Global Bio-Based Economy” that was organised in Sassari,

Sardinia, Italy on the 5th of May 2015. Now the report (D3.3) is finalised, and will be published on the

websites of both Tasks before the end of the year.

3.4 Optimal sustainable biomass valorisation (coordination: the Netherlands)

This activity was replaced by the ExCo (Kwant/Sipila) request to give an overview of BioEconomy

Strategies in IEA Bioenergy Implementing Agreement participating countries (D3.4.2). This assessment

was performed by AT//IT in Q3 2014, and the results were presented at ExCo74. The slightly updated

slide-deck (D3.4.2) is uploaded on the Task42 website for further dissemination.

Further, selected Task42 2013-2015 triennium results on sustainable biomass valorisation using

biorefineries will be used as starting point framing a workshop (D3.4.1) on “The future role of

biorefining in the BioEconomy” that will be organised as integral part of the Global BioEconomy

Summit: Innovation, Green Growth and Sustainable Development, Berlin, Germany, 25/25

November 2015. Aspects that will be dealt with are:

Views/roles of different stakeholders on the transition towards a BioEconomy and/or a Circular

Economy; who will take the lead?

Role of Biorefining within this transition process.

Main drivers that support this transition process.

Main technical And non-technical barriers that hinder this transition process.

Role of national and international governments.

Supporting policies and instruments.

For further details, see: http://gbs2015.com/programme/, or the link at the Task42 website.

Activity 4. Preparing policy advice on further needs

4.2 Biorefinery (related) policies in participating countries (coordination: Ireland, AT)

In September 2014 Wageningen UR on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs hosted an EC

Research & Innovation – Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Collaborative Working

Group (CGB) Integrated Biorefineries Meeting, in which the current state-of-the-art of biorefinery

initiatives in various European countries was presented and discussed with the goal to analyse which joint

research & innovation programmes and supporting policy measures could be effective to promote further

deployment. This and other info (Task42 activities 1.1, 2.1, 3.4, 4.3, ...) will be used to set the framework

for the workshop on “The future role of biorefining in the BioEconomy”, see activity 3.4. Policy

assessment will be an important part of this workshop. The results of this workshop (joint deliverables

D3.4.1, D4.2) will be published as slide-deck on the Task42 website before the end of 2015.

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4.3 Country reporting (coordination: Netherlands)

All countries, except Ireland, have delivered their country reports. They are available at the Task42

website. Ireland is expected to come-up with their report before the end of 2015.

Activity 5. Organising knowledge dissemination activities (coordination: the Netherlands)

5.1 Bi-annual Task meetings, stakeholder meetings and excursions (coordination: Netherlands)

The 18th Task42 Progress Meeting, incl.: 1) a Joint T40/T42 Workshop on “Biomass Trade and Supply in

a Global Bio-Based Economy, 2) an Italian (industrial) Stakeholder Meeting and 3) an Excursion to the

MATRICA (Novamont/Versalis (ENI)) Biorefinery plant in Porto Torres (Sardinia) was organised from 4

– 6 May 2015 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

18th Task42 Progress Meeting in Sassari, Sardinia (IT)

For the next Task 42 Progress Meetings the following locations and dates have been selected:

19th Progress Meeting: 29-30 October 2015 in Berlin (D) linked to the IEA Bioenergy 2015 End-of-

Triennium Conference on 27-28 October 2015 in which T42 will fill-up a specific biorefining session

with 4 lectures.

20th Progress Meeting (1

st half 2016): NL

21th Progress Meeting (2

nd half 2016): US?

22th Progress Meeting (1

st half 2017): NO?

23th Progress Meeting (2

nd half 2017): DEN/IRE

All presentations given at the Task Progress Meetings can be found on the Task42 website

5.2 Annual Task meetings at national level (coordination: Netherlands)

No meetings have been reported after ExCo75.

5.3 Task website (coordination: the Netherlands)

The T42 website – www.IEA-Bioenergy.Task42-Biorefineries.com – was successfully upgraded during

2014. All T42 deliverables and major biorefinery info in general can be found at this website.

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Website statistics 2015 (0101-3108) – number of sessions: 3815, mean session time: 4:21, pages/session:

4, bounce%: 44%, Publications: 1768, Factsheets: 448, Country reports: 365, Partners: 263. Best visited

items: Workshop “Biomass Trade & Supply in a Global Biobased Economy”: 174 (128 new visitors),

Sugar Platform Report: 68 (52), “The Role of Industry in the Transition towards the BioEconomy”: 55

(35), Book Industrial Biorefineries and White Biotechnology, incl. T42 Chapter Biorefinery Concepts in

Comparison to Petrochemical Refineries: 52 (41), BioEconomy Survey: 47 (41), ...

5.5 Task reports

A Glossy Task42 Brochure, including: country specific biorefining challenges; vision and contribution

IEA Bioenergy Task42; definition, classification and factsheets; sustainability issues biofuel-driven

biorefineries; value-added products from biorefineries; training activities; website; commercial, demo and

pilot plants in participating countries: more than 35 1 pager descriptions; activity plan 2013 – 2015; table

with full overview biorefinery plants in participating countries was published in September 2014. This

brochure is available in HR and LR on the Task42 website @ News, and Publications – Reports.

A glossy report that will be produced in Q4 2015 is “Bio-based products: proteins for food and non-food

applications”; the report on Bio-based Chemicals is postponed to 2016, see also 2.4.

5.6 International conferences and workshops

A variety of lectures have been given at international conferences and workshops (list see below).

Further, IEA Bioenergy Task42 is continuously bringing in its international biorefining expertise and task

results in some very important European BioEconomy related platforms, such as: the European Biofuel

Technology Platform (EBTP), the European Biobased Industries Consortium (BBI/BIC), and the

European COST Action (EUBIS) on Food Waste Valorisation by biorefining. Other way, info coming

available in these platforms is disseminated to the Task42 members.

Lectures:

Van Ree R., co-organisation and chairing of the Biorefinery Platforms Day @ the World Biofuels

Markets Conference (WBM-2013) (including a short Task42 lecture), Rotterdam, the Netherlands on

12 March 2013.

Stichnothe H., IEA Task42 Overview Lecture @ 52th Tutzing Symposium “One year on: Germany’s

Biorefinery Roadmap in an International Context”, Tutzing, Germany, 11 June 2013.

Jungmeier G. et al., “A Biorefinery Fact Sheet for the Sustainability Assessment of Energy Driven

Biorefineries – Efforts of IEA Bioenergy Task 42 “Biorefining”, 21th EU BC&E, Copenhagen,

Denmark, 3-7 June 2013.

Jungmeier G., “Possible Role of a Biorefinery´s Syngas Platform in a Bio-based Economy –

Assessment in IEA Bioenergy Task 42 Biorefinery”, ICPS 13 - International Conference on

Polygeneration Strategies, Vienna, Austria, 3-5 September 2013.

Jungmeier G., “Facts & Figures of Producing Biofuels in Biorefineries – Current Status and Future

Perspectives”, 8th A3PS Conference Eco-Mobility 2013, Vienna, Austria, 3-4 October 2013.

Jungmeier G., “The Austrian Participation in IEA Bioenergy Task42 Biorefining”, Austrian

Stakeholder Meeting, Graz, Austria, 24 October 2013.

Van Ree R., “Achievements of IEA Bioenergy Task42 Biorefining”, Austrian Stakeholder Meeting,

Graz, Austria, 24 October 2013.

Stichnothe H., “Update of the German Biorefinery Roadmap”, Austrian Stakeholder Meeting, Graz,

Austria, 24 October 2013.

Jorgensen H., “Using Straw and MSW for Biorefineries in Denmark – Technical Developments and

Demonstration Activities”, Austrian Stakeholder Meeting, Graz, Austria, 24 October 2013.

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De Bari I., “Biorefineries and Green Chemistry in Italy – Overview of Applied R&D, Demo and

Industrial Breakthroughs”, Austrian Stakeholder Meeting, Graz, Austria, 24 October 2013.

Wellisch M. et al, “Building Sustainable Biomass Supply Chains”, International Forest Biorefinery

Symposium, Montreal, QC, 3-4 February 2014.

de Jong Ed, Task42/Avantium Lecture @ Tomorrow’s Biorefineries Event, Brussels, Belgium, 11-12

February 2014.

Van Ree R., chairing of 2 Biorefinery Sessions @ the World Bio Markets Conference (WBM-2014)

(including a short Task42 lecture), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 4-6 March 2014.

Van Ree R., The role of industry in a transition towards the BioEconomy (BE) in relation to

biorefinery – Overview Task42, Task42 Workshop @ i-SUP Conference, 3 September, Antwerp,

Belgium.

Jungmeier G., “Approach for the Integration of Biorefineries in the Existing Industrial

Infrastructures”, Task42 Workshop @ i-SUP Conference, 3 September, Antwerp, Belgium.

BioEconomy Strategies in the 22 IEA Bioenergy Member Countries – Current Status, Approaches and

Opportunities for Bioenergy, bmvit Bioenergie Fachgespräch, Wien 21. November 2014.

Introduction to IEA Bioenergy and Task42 Biorefining, Ed de Jong, Canadian Bioeconomy

Conference (CRFA), Toronto/Canada, December 1 – 3, 2014.

Maximising Revenues and Minimising waste in Fuel and Feed-based Biorefineries, Geoff Bell,

Canadian BioEconomy Conference (CRFA), Toronto/Canada, December 1 – 3, 2014.

The “Biorefinery Fact Sheet” of IEA Bioenergy Task 42 “Biorefining”, Gerfried Jungmeier, Canadian

BioEconomy Conference (CRFA), Toronto/Canada, December 1 – 3, 2014.

Biorefinery Evolution in the Netherlands, Bert Annevelink, Canadian BioEconomy Conference

(CRFA), Toronto/Canada, December 1 – 3, 2014.

Biorefinery Evolution in the US, Steven R. Thomas, Canadian BioEconomy Conference (CRFA),

Toronto/Canada, December 1 – 3, 2014.

Biorefinery Evolution in Japan, Satoshi Hirata, Canadian BioEconomy Conference (CRFA),

Toronto/Canada, December 1 – 3, 2014.

Working Document „Upgrading Strategies for Industrial Infrastructures – Integration of Biorefineries

in Existing Industrial Infrastructure”, Gerfried Jungmeier, Martin Buchsbaum with contributions from

Rene van Ree, Henning Jørgensen, Ed de Jong, Heinz Stichnothe, Maria Wellisch, Isabella di Bari,

Geoff Bell, James Spaeth, auf der Task 42 webpage veröffentlicht am 22.12. 2014.

Heinz Stichnothe, Dietrich Meier, Isabella de Bari, Martin Beermann, Gerfried Jungmeier, Steven

Thomas, Biorefineries in a Global Bio-based Economy”, book/report chapter, to be published.

Ed de Jong and Gerfried Jungmeier, Biorefinery Concepts in Comparison to Petrochemical Refineries,

Industrial Biorefineries and White Biotechnology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 2015.

Gerfried Jungmeier and Task42, Assessing Biorefineries Using Wood for the BioEconomy – Current

Status and Future Perspective of IEA Bioenergy Task42 “Biorefining”, 18th ISWFPC 2015, 9-11

September 2015, Vienna, Austria.

Gerfried Jungmeier and Task42, The Biorefinery fact Sheet and its Application to Wood Based

Biorefining – Case Studies of IEA Bioenergy Task42 Biorefining, Nordic Wood Biorefinery

Conference (NWBC), Helsinki, Finland, 20-22 October 2015.

René van Ree and Task42, Contribution to Handbook of Biofuels’ Production: Processes and

Technologies (Second Edition), A VOLUME IN THE WOODHEAD PUBLISHING SERIES IN

ENERGY) edited by Prof Rafael Luque, Prof James Clark, Prof Karen Wilson and Dr Carol Lin, Q4

2015..

Gerfried Jungmeier and Task42, Implementing Strategies of Biorefineries in the BioEconomy using a

Life Cycle Sustainability Approach developed in IEA Bioenergy Task42 Biorefining, to be presented

at the European Biomass Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2016.

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6. Developing and organising training activities

No training activities have been performed after ExCo75. In 2016 potentially a small training support will

be given to an international students-4-students initiative organised @ Wageningen UR (NL) where

students will organise a Biorefinery-based BioEconomy Event.

Deliverables 2013 – 2015 (grey shaded to ongoing activities till the end of 2015)

No. What Who Due date Status

1.1 Report Critical Success factors Biorefineries US M18 -> M21 Delivered

1.2 Report Disruptive / Game Changing Biorefinery

Technologies

AUS NL M12 -> M33 TBD before

ExCo76

1.3 Report advantages decentral biorefineries / WS1 FRANL M36 / M21 M36

1.4 Report/Paper Biorefinery-Complexity-Index AT M6 -> M18 Delivered

2.1.1/

2.2.3

WS 2a and 2b / Questionnaire based report D

AT/DEN

M12 -> M21 Delivered

2.2.1 Report Upgrading Strategies Industrial Infrastructures /

Questionnaire based report

D AT M12 -> M24 Delivered

2.2.2

/ 2.3

Glossy Leaflets / Factsheets D AT M12 -> M26 8 Delivered, 4

more M36

2.4.1 Bio-based Chemicals Report NL M24 -> 2016 Postponed

2.4.2 Bio-based Proteins Report NL M36 TBD M36

3.1 LEEAFF Progress Reports CAN M24/M36 TBD M36

3.2 Mobilising sustainable value chains D M36 Delivered T43

3.3.1 Contribution to T40/T42 report D M24 -> M27 Delivered T40

3.3.2 Participation in related workshop (ws3) NL M12 -> M29 Delivered

3.4.1 International Seminar Sustainable Value Chain Dev NL AT Berlin M35 TBD M35

3.4.2 Report Sust Value Chains BioEconomy Strategies NLAT/IT M36 M21 Delivered

4.1 Contribution to IEA Headquarters Biorefinery initiative HQ - -

4.2.1 Report on Biorefinery-related policies IR ? M36 Delivered,

in 3.4.2

4.2.2 Workshop on BR-related policies (ws4) IR AT Berlin M35 TBD M35

4.3 Country Reports (slide-decks) IT NL M36 -> M24 Delivered,

TBD IR

5.1 Bi-annual Task Meetings, incl. industrial stakeholder

meetings and excursions, agenda and reporting

NL M6, M12, M18,

M24, M30, M35

Delivered M4,

M11, M13,

M18, M24,

M29, M34

5.2 Integrated report Annual National Task42 Meetings

Info integrated in Annual Progress Report for ExCo

NL M12, M24, M36 Delivered M11,

M26

5.3 Task website NL MO Delivered M0,

new one M12

5.4 Task newsletters (electronically, 4 a year) NL Quarterly ->

twice a year

First one Q4

2015

5.5 Task Reports and Brochures, see also 2.4.1/2

Glossy Task42 Brochure with background, results

and further work

Glossy Task42 Poster to be used at conferences

Glossy Task42 Leaflet with 2013-2015 Activity

Programme

NL

M33 -> M21

M6

M3

Delivered M21

Delivered M2

Delivered M2

5.6 Contributions to EoT Conference IEA Bioenergy NL M36 Delivered

6. Annual Biorefining Training / Summer School NL Annually Delivered M19

Hungary

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3. PROBLEMS, DELAYS, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND COOPERATIONS

Problems & Delays

4.1 Roadmap Biorefinery (coordination: the Netherlands)

No activities. The ExCo-representative of the IEA Headquarters told at the 72th ExCo-meeting in Korea

that they are not planning such an activity within the short-term. This activity is skipped from the work

programme.

5.4 Task newsletters (coordination: the Netherlands)

No Task42 newsletters were produced so far. The newsletter is expected to contain biorefinery news from

partnering countries (presented at the roundtable Task Progress meeting), such as: new

commercial/demo/pilot plants, new projects, new regional initiatives, policy issues, new publications, and

biorefinery related events from the international calendar. The NL will prepare the newsletters, and will

transfer them to the national country representatives for dissemination within their respective countries. A

first newsletter will be published in Q4 2015, and will include info on the T42 Work Programme and

participating countries for the 2016-2018 triennium. The lay-out will be discussed at the next Task42

Progress Meeting in Berlin in October 2015.

Additional funding

-

Cooperations

Task 43, 42, 40, 39, 38 and 29 in Strategic Fund activity 3.2

Task 40 and 42 in activity 3.3. a/o. workshop in Italy in Q2 2015

Tasks 34/39 and 42 in activity 2.3

Task39 and Task42: “Advanced Biofuels within a Biorefinery Approach” workshop at the Fuels for

the Future Conference, Berlin, Germany, January 2013

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4. GANTT CHART OF TASK 42 FOR THE CURRENT TRIENNIUM

Activity No. Topic Status 2013 2014 2015 Alarm

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

1. Assessing the market deployment aspects for integrated biorefineries

1.1 Technical & non-technical critical success

factors Planning R

Actual R Delivered

1.2 Disruptive/game changing technologies Planning R

Actual R TBD before ExCo76

1.3 Central vs. decentral processing Planning ws1 R

Actual R ws1: skipped, R: M36

1.4 Biorefinery-Complexity-Index Planning R

Actual R Delivered

2. Supporting industrial/SME stakeholders finding their position in a future BioEconomy

2.1 Role involved market sectors Planning ws

2a

2b

R

Actual ws2 R ws2a: delivered, R: M29

2.2 Upgrading strategies existing industrial

infrastructures Planning R

Actual ws2 R ws2b: delivered, R: M29

2.3 Factsheets major biorefineries / national case

studies Planning FS

Actual FS FS 8 delivered, additional 4: M36

2.4.1 Bio-based chemicals report Planning R

Actual Postponed to 2016

2.4.2 Bio-based products report: proteins for food

and non-food applications Planning R

Actual R R: M36

3. Analysing optimal sustainable biomass valorisation approaches for food and non-food applications within a market-pull approach

3.1 Sustainability assessment toolbox -> LEEAFF Planning R R

Actual R R: M36

3.2 Mobilising sustainable bioenergy supply

chains Planning R

Actual R Delivered to T43

R: Report; ws: workshop; FS: factsheets; IS: international seminar; tm: Task meeting; ntm: national Task meeting; nl: newsletter; TB: Task brochure; TP: Task poster; TL: Task

leaflet; TS: training school

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GANTT CHART OF TASK 42 FOR THE CURRENT TRIENNIUM (CONTINUED)

Activity No. Topic Status 2013 2014 2015 Alarm

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

3. Analysing optimal sustainable biomass valorisation approaches for food and non-food applications within a market-pull approach (continued)

3.3 Future market demand for biomass from the

BioEconomy perspective Planning ws3 R

Actual R ws3 R: delivered to T40, ws3: Del

3.4 Optimal sustainable biomass valorisation Planning IS

Actual R IS IS: M35 Berlin, R: delivered

4. Preparing policy advice on further needs

4.1 Roadmap Biorefinery Planning To be decided by IEA Headquarters

Actual Skipped from work programme

4.2 Biorefinery (related) policies in participating

countries Planning ws4 R

Actual ws4 R: (part of 3.4), ws4: M35 Berlin

4.3 Country reporting

Planning One per country + updating

Actual One per country + updating Delivered (except IR.TBD)

5. Organising knowledge dissemination activities

5.1 Bi-annual Task meetings, stakeholder

meetings and excursions Planning tm tm tm tm tm tm

Actual tm tm tm tm tm tm tm Delivered

5.2 Annual Task meetings at national level Planning ntm Ntm Ntm

Actual Delivered

5.3 Task website Planning

Actual Delivered M0, M12

5.4 Task newsletters

Planning nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl

Actual nl 1st NL Q4 2015

5.5 Glossy Task42 brochure, poster, leaflet

Planning TL TP TB

Actual TL TP TB Delivered

5.6 International conferences and workshops

Planning

Actual Delivered and ongoing

6. Developing and organising training activities

6.1 Annual training school on biorefining Planning TS2013 TS2014 TS2015

Actual TS2014 Delivered

R: Report; ws: workshop; FS: factsheets; IS: international seminar; tm: Task meeting; ntm: national Task meeting; nl: newsletter; TB: Task brochure; TP: Task poster; TL: Task

leaflet; TS: training school