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2021

The BC-SMART Low Carbon Fuels Consortium and IEA Bioenergy Task 39 held a joint, virtual webinar entitled, “Decarbonizing the trucking sector using low carbon-intensive fuels“, on 22 November, 8.30-10:00 AM, PST (5.30-7.00PM CET).

We were fortunate to have speakers/panel members representing organisations (e.g. OECD, REG, City of Vancouver, ST2) who are at the forefront of this area, with Dave Schick, from the Canadian Fuels Association (CFA) acting as moderator. You can find more information about the webinar and the panellists in the flyer (click here).

Presentations Slides:

Dr. Jack Saddler- Introduction

Pierpaolo Cazzola: Opportunities to decarbonise road freight

Evan Dacey: Green Fleet Plan – City of Vancouver

Neville Fernandes: Bio-Based Diesel: Today’s Most Impactful Option for GHG Reduction and Sustainable Transportation

Don O’Connor: Decarbonizing the Trucking Sector

Webinar Recording:

The recording of the webinar can be watched Here

Advanced Biofuels Conference 2021: The Swedish Bioenergy Association (SVEBIO) welcomes participants, online and on-site, to the 7^th Advanced Biofuels Conference on 21-23 September, 2021 in Stockholm, Sweden.

2020

Virtual Panel Discussion: “BC-SMART Biofuels Consortium/IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Panel Discussion- Decarbonising the Marine Sector: Progress and Aspirations

The  BC-SMART Biofuels Consortium and IEA Bioenergy Task 39  co-sponsored a free, “virtual”, panel discussion on 4 December, 2020 led by global leaders of the marine sector, which included ports, shipping and logistics, sustainable fuel production, and renewable fuel policy frameworks. During these unprecedented times, when the world is hoping for an effective post-COVID-19 economic recovery, the panel members were asked to discuss the progress and future aspirations of a global, more sustainable, marine sector.

The virtual panel discussion was held via Zoom on December 3rd, 2020 from 8:30-10:00 PST (11.30 – 14.00 EST, 17.30 – 19.00 Central European Time). The list of panel members and their short bios are summarized in the flyer.

The recording of the webinar can be watched Here

The panel discussion minutes can be downloaded here

Virtual Panel Discussion: “Crystal ball gazing: how do we decarbonise long distance transport during/after COVID-19″

The BC-SMART Biofuels Consortium and IEA Bioenergy Task 39 co-sponsored a free, virtual”, panel discussion involving senior representatives of  Canada’s oil refining, aviation, marine, rail/trucking and feedstock sectors.

The virtual panel discussion was held via Zoom, on Tuesday, 7:30-9:00 PST (10.30- noon EST), 30 June 2020. The list of panel members and their short bios are summarized in the flyer (click here).

The presentation slides can be downloaded here.

The recording of the webinar can be watched here.

Sao Paulo, Brazil- April 2019

In 2020, IEA Bioenergy Task 39 plans to hold its first business meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil in conjunction with The Brazilian Bioenergy Science and Technology Conference being held on March 30^th– April 1^st 2020.

2019

Stockholm, Sweden- September 2019

IEA Bioenergy Task 39 is holding its second business meeting of 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden on September 16-17 in conjunction with Sweden’s 2019 Advanced Biofuels Conference being held 17-19 September.

Ispra Italy- May 2019

Joint European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Task 39 workshop

The joint European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Task 39 workshop was held on May 16-17 at JRC in Ispra, Italy. The theme of workshop was “Biofuels Sustainability – Focus on Lifecycle Analysis”. In addition to Task 39’s country members, many representatives of the biofuels industry participated including UPM, Neste, ISCC, REG, LBST, IFPEN, ENI, and Topsoe. The rationale of the workshop was to scope and discuss with top experts on future work items for the Task 39’s LCA model comparison work in the past three years. The previous work showed that LCA models function properly and it is possible to harmonize them with differences due primarily to different system boundaries, different allocation approaches and different assumptions that have been used to adapt to regional situations and to fill in data gaps. The workshop discussions were not limited to LCA and a broader view of biofuels sustainability, co-processing, development in the ¹⁴C method for tracking the bio-component in fuels, uncertainty in LCA, availability of sustainable feedstock, and uptake of drop-in biofuels were also discussed.

Workshop Program

Workshop Report

2012

Vienna, Austria- November 2012

IEA Bioenergy Conference, 13-15 November 2012

“Colleagues from IEA Bioenergy Task 39 were well represented at the IEA Bioenergy “end-of-triennium” conference that was held in Vienna, 13-15 Nov, 2012.

The seven presentations in this file cover some of Task 39’s contributions to the meeting. We are fortunate to have excellent industry representation within our Task and the information within the talks indicated the excellent progress that is being made in moving forward in the commercialization of advanced biofuels.  Please contact the authors of each of the presentations if you require any further information”.  Contributions for the whole conference are available here.

Presentations 

• Chemtex, Stefania Pescarolo
• Andritz, Thomas Pschorn
• Borregaard, Gisle Johansen
• UPM Kymene, Sari Monnonen
• Abengoa, Carmen Millan
• VBBC, Markus Lehr
• CRI, Celeste McLeod 

2009

Vancouver, Canada- August 2009

• Introduction and welcome (Murphy)
• IEA Task 39 – Yesterday, today and tomorrow (Saddler)

• Biofuels in Ireland (Buckley)
• Biofuels in the USA (Foust)
• Biofuels in Germany (Munack)
• Biofuels in Australia (Edye)

• Abengoa Bioenergy (Gomez)
• Inbicon: Second-generation bioethanol (Persson)
• Biorefinery development – USA (McMillan) 

• The Farmer’s view of biofuels in Ireland (Conway)
• Role of plant biotechnology in biofuels (Spillane)
• Biomethane – an optimal transport fuel? (Murphy)
• Ethanol from sugar beet in England (Sidwell) 

• Enzymes and second-generation ethanol (Tuohy)
• An Irish Company’s Experience (Travers) 

• Biofuels debate (O’Gallachoir)
• Food vs. fuel – a different perspective (O’Connor)

2006

Vancouver, Canada – August 2006

Biofuels and Bioenergy: Challenges and Opportunities-  August 27-30 2006

A multitaskk IEA Bioenergy Conference, entitled “Biofuels and Bioenergy: Challenges and Opportunities” was jointly organized by IEA Bioenergy Tasks 29, 31, and 39, and hosted by the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia.  Meeting sponsors included IEA Bioenergy, Natural Resources Canada, the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, and the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. The conference brought together more than 130 experts from seventeen countries around the world, plus an additional group of local colleagues. Participants from North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa brought unique perspectives and helped catalogue the technical and political challenges facing the biofuels and bioenergy sectors.