Within the IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme, Task 32 Biomass Combustion works on further expansion of the use of biomass combustion for heat and power generation. Task 32 puts special emphasis on small scale heating units and medium to large scale CHP plants as well as co-firing biomass with coal in traditional coal-fired boilers. This is done by generating and disseminating information on technical and on non-technical barriers and anticipated solutions.
News and Highlights
Reports from the Inter-Task Project 2020 now available
Five case studies were prepared on the use of bioenergy in industry to supply process heat in the Inter-Task Project 2020. Two of the case studies were authored by Task 32, and they can now be found on the publications page, or by following the links below. The first...
End of triennium conference: “Biomass and renewable heat”
On Tuesday 7 December 2021, the IEA Bioenergy end of triennium conference took place, titled "Biomass and renewable heat". Heat is the largest energy end use. Providing heat for homes, industry and other applications accounts for around half of total energy...
Recent Events
Workshop: Flexible bioenergy and system integration
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Task 32 Workshop: Residential wood combustion
This workshop organized by IEA Bioenergy Task 32 covered highly relevant topics for residential wood combustion: direct-heating and central-heating technologies as well as operational performance and certification methods for high quality products. Additionally, the...
Latest Publications and Reports
Workshop report: Residential Wood Combustion
The report contains the proceedings from the IEA Bioenergy Task 32 Workshop, which was held as part of the Central European Biomass Conference on 23rd January 2020 in Graz, Austria. The workshop covered highly relevant topics for residential wood combustion: direct...
Inventory of national strategies for reducing the impact on air quality from residential wood combustion
Reduction of air pollution is a major societal goal, and great efforts are currently undertaken. Over the last 30 years, significant progress has been made, but wood combustion remains a significant source of air pollution in the member countries of IEA Bioenergy....
The IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) is organised under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA) but is functionally and legally autonomous. Views, findings and publications of the IEA Bioenergy TCP do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the IEA Secretariat or its individual member countries.
