Bioenergy retrofitting in Europe's industry-biofit results

Patrick Reumerman, Dominik Rutz, Rainer Janssen, Dina Bacovsky, Stephanie Hauschild, Heidi Saastamoinen, Emmanouil Karampinis, Bas Davidis

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    Abstract

    Bioenergy retrofitting – which is defined as the replacement of a part of a factory or installation with state-of-the-art bioenergy conversion equipment – is a good solution to replace fossil fuels, upgrade outdated technology, or to use synergies from biomass processing. The BIOFIT project (www.biofit-h2020.eu) is a Horizon 2020 project that had the aim to facilitate the market uptake of bioenergy retrofitting concepts in five specific industrial sectors in Europe, namely first-generation biofuels, pulp and paper, fossil refineries, fossil firing power and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants. The BIOFIT approach included mapping of success cases, involvement of stakeholders, development of ten concrete case studies, providing advice to policy makers and evaluation of framework conditions. Results show the widespread interest in bioenergy retrofitting as the dominant mode of implementation, the wide spectrum of sector-specific retrofitting options, the clear reductions in CAPEX and market benefits that can be achieved, the high level of stakeholder interest, and the importance of public acceptance in bioenergy retrofit implementation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEuropean Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings
    Pages1-8
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)978-88-89407-22-6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    Event30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE 2022: Virtual - Online
    Duration: 9 May 202212 May 2022
    https://www.eubce.com/

    Publication series

    SeriesEuropean Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings
    ISSN2282-5819

    Conference

    Conference30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE 2022
    Period9/05/2212/05/22
    Internet address

    Funding

    This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 817999, call topic LC-SC3-2018 ‘Market uptake’ with a total grant of 2.62 million Euros for the timeframe from 01.10.2018 to 31.03.2022. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 817999, call topic LCSC3-2018 ‘Market uptake’ with a total grant of 2.62 million Euros for the timeframe from 01.10.2018 to 31.03.2022. This paper has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this article are the sole responsibility of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the EU or the CINEA Agency.

    Keywords

    • Bioenergy
    • Industrial scale application
    • Industry
    • Market uptake
    • Retrofitting

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