IEA Bioenergy workshop: Political and regulatory issues related to Bio-CC(U)S
The IEA Bioenergy Task 41 Special Project on Bio-CCS and Bio-CCU is organising a workshop in cooperation with the Directorate General of the European Commission on market and regulatory issues related to Bio-CC(U)S.
Place: Albert Borschette Congress Center (CCAB), Room 1C, Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels
Date: 16 January 2018
Over the last three years we have seen a reduction in global CO2 emissions, mainly due to boosted implementation of renewable energy and actions taken as a result of the Paris Agreement. However, this positive trend is expected to reverse and total global CO2 emissions are projected to increase to around 2% by the end of this year. The targets set out by the Paris Agreement are stringent; limiting global temperature increase to 2°C while striving for 1.5°C and turning the world climate neutral during the latter half of this century. In order to reach these targets in such a short time frame is at best challenging. Both the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) call for solutions that lead to near-zero and negative emissions in order to reach these targets
Currently, capture and permanent underground storage of biogenic CO2 (Bio-CCS) is the only technology that can provide negative CO2 emissions by extracting CO2 from the atmosphere on a large scale. In the current EU ETS biogenic CO2 emissions are recognized as neutral, which excludes for instance the forest industry sector from the emission trading system. Recognizing permanently stored biogenic CO2 emissions as negative, on the other hand, could incentivize the implementation of Bio-CCS and thus spur the overall implementation of CCS as a climate mitigation tool
Utilisation of biogenic CO2 (Bio-CCU) does not have a direct GHG impact, but in the long run Bio-CCU could enable a more rapid electrification of carbon intensive industry and transport sectors. This again could lead to a system level reduction of CO2 emissions, especially if additional renewable electricity is used in CO2 conversion and thus introduced to the energy system. One of the major obstacles to enable sustainable Bio-CCU is the electricity source, which in practice dictates the CO2 emissions from Bio-CCU. As a result, sustainable Bio-CCU will be dependent on how the CO2 emissions from electricity generation are calculated.
The IEA Bioenergy Special Project on Bio-CCS and Bio-CCU in cooperation with the Directorate General of the European Commission is organising this workshop to address the political and regulatory issues related to large-scale industrial implementation of Bio-CC(U)S as a climate mitigating tool. The whole-day workshop will feature speakers from industry, policymaking, research and NGO’s allocated to four sessions; Background and introduction, Policy perspectives, Bio-CCS, and Bio-CCU. The workshop will be rounded off with a panel discussion.
The workshop is free of charge, but places are limited and registration is made on a first come, first serve basis. Please register through the link to secure your place.
For further information please contact Kristin Onarheim (Kristin.onarheim@vtt.fi) or Kyriakos Maniatis (Kyriakos.maniatis@ec.europa.eu).
AGENDA:
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and coffee
09:00 – 09:05 Opening and practical information
Kyriakos Maniatis, Principal Administrator, New Energy Technologies Innovation & Clean Coal, European Commission
09:05 – 09:10 Introduction to IEA Bioenergy
Kees W. Kwant, IEA Bioenergy
09:10 – 09:20 Welcome
Kristin Onarheim, IEA Bioenergy Task 41 Project Manager, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Session 1 Background and introduction
09:20 – 09:40 BECCS and BECCU in the IEA Bioenergy Roadmap
Adam Brown, IEA Bioenergy
09:40 – 10:00 Business Cases Based on Negative CO2 emissions
Juha Lehtonen, Research Professor, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
10:00 – 10:20 Carbon Cycle of Forests and Climate Change Mitigation Potential
Aleksi Lehtonen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Session 2 Policy perspectives
10:20 – 10:40 Gaps and opportunities for BECCS/U in current policies from a scientific view
Uwe R. Fritsche, Scientific Director, International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS)
10:40 – 11:00 Legal bottlenecks in Bio-CCS regulation
Catherine Banet, Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Department of Energy Law, Norway
11:00 – 11:20 Policy and Governance Challenges of Achieving Negative Emissions with BECCS
Dr. Alison Mohr, Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham
11:20 – 12:20 Lunch
Session 3 Bio-CCS
12:20 – 12:40 Carbon capture from Waste-to-Energy in Oslo
Johnny Stuen, Fortum Oslo Varme
12:40 – 13:00 Recent developments for CCUS in the Netherlands
Gerdien Breembroek, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
13:00 – 13:20 Potential for Bio-CCS in the pulp and paper industry
Kristin Onarheim, Research Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
13:20 – 13:40 Delivering Bio-CCS
Dr. Chris Manson-Whitton, Director, Progressive Energy
13:40 – 14:10 Coffee break
Session 4 Bio-CCU
14:10 – 14:30 Company perspective on Bio-CCUS in Forest Based Industries
Heikki Ilvespää, VP R&D, UPM-Kymmene
14:30 – 14:50 Bio-CCUS in the paper industry: closing the double loop
Mr. Nicola Rega, Climate Change & Energy Director, CEPI European Paper Industry
14:50 – 15:10 Wide horizons for achieving carbon negativity through CO2 transport and storage
Keith Whiriskey, Policy Manager Climate Technologies, Bellona Europa
15:10 – 15:30 Large-scale microalgae production plants as an effective and real case of Bio-CCU units
Mr. Manuel Tárraga, Project Development Director, Buggypower
15:30 – 16:30 Panel discussion
