Task 44: Flexible Bioenergy and System Integration
Contribution of IEA Bioenergy Task 44 & Task 40 to the Inter-task project Deployment of BECCUS value chains In this system study, the two important technologies flexible bioenergy and BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) are in focus. Both are expected to play a crucial role in mitigating climate change (compare IEA Net Zero […]
read moreIEA Bioenergy TCP’s Task 44 Flexible Bioenergy and System Integration aims at creating a clear picture of status of and opportunities for flexible bioenergy. Particularly important roles that bioenergy can play in the global energy and climate system include 1) enabling increased share of variable renewable energy in the electricity mix through provision of flexibility […]
read moreBECCS and increased flexibility are expected to be two important characteristics of bioenergy facilities forming part of future low-carbon energy systems. To enable broad deployment and maximum climate change mitigation, it is thus important to evaluate their interactions, i.e., synergies and/or trade-offs. Interesting research questions are thus: 1) Where and how do BECCS and flexibility […]
read moreOpen access article in the Journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, based on work performed within IEA Bioenergy Task 44. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1364-0321(22)00024-7 We can expect a remarkable expansion and cross-sectoral deployment of PV and wind power in the current decade. The intermittent nature of these renewables, however, will evoke growing challenges regarding matching energy supply and demand. Studies […]
read moreThe discussion paper is a summary of IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme Task 44 to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing, to raise awareness for the important potential of flexible bioenergy in sustainable energy system integration, and to explore issues and solutions to fully realise this potential. The target audience of the paper are people interested […]
read moreValorizing flexible bioenergy_IEWT 2021 Schipfer, Fabian; Schildhauer, Tilman; Mäki, Elina; Thrän, Daniela; Hennig, Christiane; Schmieder, Uta; Higa Cecilia. IEWT 1st Online Conference, 8 September 2021.
read moreThe increasing share of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic systems and wind turbines, of which electricity production depends on weather conditions, leads to a need for more flexibility and controllability of other energy sources, energy carriers and energy storage devices. This report highlights a number of technologies which make the inherent flexibility of sustainable […]
read moreSchipfer, Fabian; Schildhauer, Tilman; Mäki, Elina; Höftberger, Ernst; Thrän, Daniela; Hennig, Christiane; Rowe, Ian. IAEE conference, 7-9 June 2021. A techno-economic catalogue for system flexibilization_IAEE 2021
read moreThis report gives an overview on the status and the expectation of flexible bioenergy in eleven OECD countries (Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America) to see different approaches for flexible bioenergy, and summarises drivers and barriers. The report describes the general role of bioenergy in […]
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