Task 32: Biomass Combustion
Together with AIEL, Task 32 is hosting a workshop as a part of the Progetto Fuoco 2024 industry fair on wood and wood pellet stoves. The workshop takes place from 14.30 to 16.30 on Thursday February 29 at the Conference Room Pavilion 6, at Progetto Fuoco, Verona Fiere. Recent work in Task 32 is the […]
read moreOn Thursday, October 5th, IEA Bioenergy Task 32 (Biomass Combustion) held an Expert Round Table Discussion in Fairbanks, Alaska, with the title “Strategies for Reducing Air Pollutants from Wood Combustion in Stressed Regions”. Wood combustion, particularly in residential applications, is a significant source of air pollution. Remedial actions considered by policy makers, regulatory agencies at […]
read moreExpert Round Table Discussion organized by IEA Bioenergy Task 32 (Biomass Combustion) Timing: Thursday, 5th of October 2023, 7:30 – 9:30 Alaska Daylight Saving Time Zone, USA (GMT-8) Concept: Hybrid event – speakers present in Fairbanks and online, audience online. Location: Pike’s Waterfront Lodge Admission: Free Please register here. Wood combustion, particularly in residential […]
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Bioenergy combined with carbon capture and utilisation or storage, also known as BECCUS is a concept that has been discussed in climate change mitigation research for quite some time. During the last five years the implementation has become the subject of serious consideration within governments and private actors. As a part of the BECCUS 2.0 […]
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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 IDA website.
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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 goal, and great efforts are currently undertaken. Over the last 30 years, significant progress has been […]
read moreFive 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 case study is titled “Combustion of […]
read moreOn 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 consumption. Nevertheless, from policy side renewable power gets much more attention than renewable heat. Bioenergy […]
read moreOn 6th May 2021, IEA Bioenergy held a webinar titled “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 test methods and poor operation of wood stoves lead to undesired and harmful consequences for air quality […]
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