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• Reports from the Inter-Task Project 2020 now available

  Sep 2022

  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 case study is titled “Combustion of […]

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• End of triennium conference: “Biomass and renewable heat”

  Dec 2021

  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 consumption. Nevertheless, from policy side renewable power gets much more attention than renewable heat. Bioenergy […]

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• Webinar: “Residential Wood Combustion – Towards Low Emission Systems”.

  May 2021

  On 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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• The 6th Central European Biomass Conference

  Feb 2020

  The 6th Central European Biomass Conference was a forum for users, enterprises, researchers, developers, policymakers and distributors to share their knowledge in the field of bioenergy. The conference was held from the 22.-24th of January, 2020 in the Messe Congress Graz, Austria. Connecting more than 1.500 participants from all continents, the CEBC is one of the world’s largest […]

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• Report on health aspects of biomass combustion particles

  Jul 2017

  Task 32 publised a report on the health aspects of biomass combustion originated particles. The report assesses the typical quantity and composition of aerosols emitted from biomass fired stoves and boilers, and reviews the results of recent R&D projects in which the health impacts were evaulated. This report summarises the current knowledge on the health […]

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• Updated report on techno-economics of biomass CHP

  Mar 2016

  In 2004, Task 32 published a report on the techno-economics of biomass combustion based CHP systems. This report provides an updated evaluation of the techno-economic performance of three types of biomass combustion based CHP systems, varying from 130 kWe to 5,7 MWe. https://task32.ieabioenergy.com/publications/techno-economics-biomass-chp/

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• Task 32 starts with a new triennium

  Jan 2016

  Task 32 continues its work in supporting cost effective and clean applications of biomass combustion. A workplan for another 3 years was  endorsed recently, with activitities varying from woodstoves to industrial CHP and large scale cofiring with coal. Membership of task 32  has expanded to 13 member countries, see here for the contact details of […]

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