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Metla’s and VTT’s joint research and
innovation programme 2012–2016
Objective
• The Forest Bioenergy 2020 programme aims to open the paths
based of existing and new technology and innovations to
Finland’s and EU’s renewable targets:
• We create new technology and
business opportunities for rapidly
growing forest energy markets.
• We produce profound knowledge
for biobased sustainable
development.
• We develop innovative concepts
and products combining energy and
material use of woody biomass.
Solutions for a complete forest energy chain
METLA’s and VTT’s collaboration creates a markedly stronger
body of expertise covering the whole value chain.
This strategic alliance creates a critical mass of knowledge (c.a.
100 researchers) to accelerate the development of forest energy
and support the policy and business decisions along the value
chain.
Optimal bioenergy policies
We study the efficiency of policies that regulate National and EU’s
bioenergy systems. The aims also are
• to calculate the costs of achieving national bioenergy targets using
forest-based energy sources.
• to measure the impacts of various policy measures within the forest
and energy sectors in Finland and in the EU.
Programme is devided into seven research areas.
Sustainability of the biomass
production, conversion and end use
The main objective is to improve the
knowledge on environmental,
economic, and social impacts of forest
biomass production, handling and
conversion in order to assess the
sustainable production use of forests
objectively.
• Analyses build on the strong experience of
Metla related to sustainable biomass
production together with the strong
experience of VTT related to biomass
conversion technologies, deployment
chains, and system level analysis.
Intensive production of woody biomass
The main objective is to develop new methods
for producing and harvesting energy biomass in
dense deciduous forests and in dedicated
biomass energy plantations.
We will study and demonstrate establishment
techniques, management alternatives,
economy, and harvesting technology of these
stands.
Biomass resource assessment and
feedstock availability
Any investment decision or political target
dependent on biomass supply should be
based on a reliable estimation of available
biomass resources. The objectives of the
research topic are
• to continue supporting forest and energy
industries and policy makers with biomass
resource assessments,
• to provide integrated biomass potential
assessments and supply chain studies with the
resource data,
• to integrate end-user structure and development
of fuel demand with the assessments.
Smart forest biomass supply
chains
This research area develops cost
effective means of improving both
quality of chips and functional
reliability and efficiency of wood
biomass procurement chains from
forest to the end user by applying
various logistical solutions
involving harvesting, storage,
chipping, transportation and
handling.
Innovative CHP-combined heat and
power production
Improved fuel quality and control of
combustion in the small scale use of biomass
for energy by developing technologies for
CHP(C) that can be competitive solutions for
energy production also in small scale.
Biofuels for transport, bioenergy
carriers and biorefineries
New concepts for increasing the
wood energy business to complement
existing business sectors and to utilise
the potential of integration benefits
maximally
• upgrading of fuel quality of bio-oil to
replace light fuel oil,
• co-feeding of bio-oils into mineral oil
refineries, and
• the principles of producing mainly
wood-based liquid traffic fuels, such
as bioethanol and biodiesel.
FIN/EU 2020 & 2050 low carbon bioenergy scenarios
and implementation paths
We elaborate and investigate long term scenarios for supply of
and demand for woody biomass for energy and material uses
from national to global levels. The main tasks are
• to develop and apply technology rich integrated assessments models on
bioenergy sector,
• to create scenarios for the development of the user structure including
novel uses of biomass,
• to evaluate the efficiency of alternative policy measures aiming at
increased use of biomass in the energy sector and
• to examine the market impacts of the increased use of bioenergy.
Programme organization
• Volume of the programme: 10 M€ and 80–100 man years/a.
• Collaboration with universities, LYNET ja SHOK -networks.
• EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) Bioenergy
leadership.
• IEA Bioenergy participation.
Contacts
• Professor Antti Asikainen, Metla
[email protected]
• Professor Kai Sipilä, VTT
[email protected]
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