{"id":7070,"date":"2021-12-14T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ieabioenergy.com\/newtask36\/?p=7070"},"modified":"2021-12-14T16:49:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:49:06","slug":"iea-task-36-and-waste-residue-valorisation-in-a-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/news\/iea-task-36-and-waste-residue-valorisation-in-a-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"IEA Task 36 and Waste &amp; Residue valorisation in a circular economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IEA Bioenergy organized and participated in the session<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Waste &amp; Residue\u00a0<\/em><em>valorisation<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0in a circular economy\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>at the IEA\u00a0Bioenergy\u00a0Conference\u00a02021,\u00a0where examples of promising waste-to-energy systems and conversion routes were presented.<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7072\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7072\" class=\"wp-image-7072 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/Bild2-hemsida-Sweden-350x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/Bild2-hemsida-Sweden-350x159.jpg 350w, https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/Bild2-hemsida-Sweden-768x350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/Bild2-hemsida-Sweden-250x114.jpg 250w, https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/Bild2-hemsida-Sweden.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Roberts, CSIRO\u2019s Energy Technology Research Program and IEA Bioenergy Task 36 member, during his presentation at the IEA Bioenergy Conference 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0IEA Bioenergy Conference 2021 \u2013 a critical part of the path to carbon neutrality\u00a0was held online between the 29<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of November and the 9<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of December\u00a0and the\u00a0central theme of the conference was the role of biomass in the transition towards a carbon neutral society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">IEA Bioenergy Task 36 had a significant contribution in the session \u201cWaste and residue valorisation in a circular economy\u201d held on the 6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of December and focused on the role of bioenergy from waste and residues in a circular economy through examples of modern waste-to-energy systems and future promising conversion routes such as gasification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Task 36 leader, Inge Johansson\u00a0(RISE), moderated the session; Daniel Roberts (CSIRO) Australia\u2019s national team leader summarized the work of Task\u00a036 during the 2019-2021\u00a0triennium;\u00a0while Mar Edo (RISE, Sweden), task member,\u00a0talked about importance of social acceptance in\u00a0WtE\u00a0projects\u00a0(Task 36 case study). In addition, Michel\u00a0Chornet\u00a0(Enerkem, Canada) presented technologies about syngas-to-biofuels and\u00a0Jikta\u00a0Hrbek (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria) focused on gasification routes for wastes.\u00a0The session\u00a0got good\u00a0attention\u00a0and\u00a0had a total of 301\u00a0participants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Highlights\u00a0from the session:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The trend to move from a linear towards a more circular economy, processing of unrecyclable waste fractions is no longer only about producing power and\/or heat. There are real gains in emerging pathways, such as chemical recycling via gasification.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Chemical recycling of waste can lead to low carbon intensity transport fuels or circular chemicals. Enerkem has developed their technology (gasification of waste, followed by methanol or ethanol production) in the past 20 years and is now in commercial roll-out.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Several other waste gasification projects are in operation \/ in development worldwide, most still focused on power\/heat production; however more complex product-oriented projects are emerging, e.g., to produce methane, transport fuels or chemicals. The combination with carbon capture and storage is also gaining attention.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Companies are under immense pressure to decarbonise in the coming decades. They realize there is no silver bullet and they look for scalable solutions. Waste-derived fuels and chemicals can be a relevant component in their strategies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> When installing waste-to-energy plants, as well as emerging technologies to process waste, social acceptance is key. Waste processing plants can be integrated in urban areas, conditional to openness,\u00a0communication,and involvement of local communities. The\u00a0Copenhill\u00a0plant in Copenhagen (which also feeds into the local district heating grid and integrates recreational\u00a0areas) is a good showcase.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Link to the IEA Bionergy Conference 2021 \u2013\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieabioenergyconference2021.org\/\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">click here.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Presentation available in PDF at the conference website \u2013\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieabioenergyconference2021.org\/agenda_session\/waste-and-residue-valorisation-in-a-circular-economy\/\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">click here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IEA Bioenergy organized and participated in the session\u00a0Waste &amp; Residue\u00a0valorisation\u00a0in a circular economy\u00a0at the IEA\u00a0Bioenergy\u00a0Conference\u00a02021,\u00a0where examples of promising waste-to-energy systems and conversion routes were presented.\u00a0 The\u00a0IEA Bioenergy Conference 2021 \u2013 a critical part of the path to carbon neutrality\u00a0was held online between the 29th\u00a0of November and the 9th of December\u00a0and the\u00a0central theme of the conference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7070"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7076,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7070\/revisions\/7076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}