Task 32: Biomass Combustion
Publications
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Inventory of National Strategies for Reducing the Impact on Air Quality from Residential Wood Combustion
May 2025Reduction 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. Therefore, this report compiles national approaches concerning emission reduction strategies in the field […]
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Emissions from Biomass Combustion
Jun 2024This article is part of the IEA Bioenergy Annual Report 2023 (on pages 18-29). Biomass combustion is a cost effective and proven method to generate renewable heat and potentially power from biomass resources that are often locally available as a residue from e.g. agriculture, forest operations or wood processing industries. If harmful emissions – such as […]
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Low emission operation of automatic wood boilers operated in cascades
Feb 2023This 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 limited, and they will allow for production to be less affected by periodic maintenance, […]
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Design of Low Emission Wood Stoves – Technical guidelines
Oct 2022Wood stoves are popular as a primary or complimentary heat source. However, unwanted byproducts are formed and emitted during combustion of wood logs. These emissions continue to be a concern for the environment and for public health. Correct operation and proper design are key to minimize harmful emissions. While both are equally important, the guidelines […]
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Summary: Advanced Test Methods for Pellet Stoves
Oct 2022Two-page summary of the report on consequences of real-life operation on stove performance, written by Gabriel Reichert and Christoph Schmidl, and edited by Morten Tony Hansen. The full report can be found here.
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Advanced Test Methods for Pellet Stoves
Oct 2022Report on consequences of real-life operation on stove performance, written by Gabriel Reichert and Christoph Schmidl, and edited by Morten Tony Hansen. The overall objective of this report is the provision of an overview on different test methods for pellet stoves. These are either already implemented as an official test standard, or (up to now) […]
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Inventory of national strategies for reducing the impact on air quality from residential wood combustion
Oct 2022Reduction 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. Therefore, this report compiles national approaches concerning emission reduction strategies in the field […]
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Inventory of national strategies for reducing the impact on air quality from residential wood combustion – Summary
Oct 2022Summary of the IEA Bioenergy Task 32 report “Inventory of national strategies for reducing the impact on air quality from residential wood combustion”.
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Combustion of wood chips and composting residues for process steam generation in a potato processing industry
Sep 2020This publication is one of the five case studies for the inter-task project 2020 on Bioenergy for High Temperature Heat in Industry. Read more about the inter-task project and download the other case studies and our policy report on high temperature heat in industry on the project landing page. Since 2015, the waste processing company […]
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