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
Danish seminar on bioenergy and GHG balances
Task 32 has in collaboration with the Association of Danish Engineers (IDA) organised a seminar on the topic of bioenergy and GHG balances. The seminar takes place in Copenhagen on the 29th of March 2023, and will be in Danish. Find more information and sign up on the...
New Task 32 report published
The report "Inventory of national strategies for reducing the impact on air quality from residential wood combustion" has now been published by Task 32, including country-related contributions from nine member countries. Reduction of air pollution is a major societal...
Recent Events
7th Central European Biomass Conference – CEBC2023
The Austrian Biomass Association, the Styrian Chamber of Agriculture and BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH are hosting the 7th Central European Biomass Conference CEBC2023 in cooperation with Messe Congress Graz on January 18 to 20, 2023. Task32 will...
Webinar: Residential Wood Combustion – Towards Low Emission Systems
IEA Bioenergy hosted an international webinar entitled “Residential Wood Combustion – Towards Low Emission Systems”. Wood combustion plays a large role for residential heating in many countries. However, inadequate knowledge, poor design of appliances, unrealistic...
Latest Publications and Reports
Low emission operation of automatic wood boilers operated in cascades
This report concerns installation of cascades of three or more usually identical serial devices of smaller wood boilers as an alternative to industrial boilers, and how their operation affects emissions. Cascades of smaller boilers can be used where space is more...
Nitrogen flows in biomass combustion systems – A parametric scoping study aimed at optimising nitrogen flows in biomass combustion
The release of reactive nitrogen in the form of ammonia and nitrogen oxides from a wide variety of sources in society such as combustion processes and agricultural activities rises concerns due to its direct and indirect (as precursor) harm to environment and public...
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