TY - BOOK
T1 - Plan for promoting the demonstrated systems and technologies for further development D6.4
AU - Rodríguez, Judit
AU - Athanassiadis, Dimitris
AU - Raitila, Jyrki
AU - Walkiewicz, Juliana
AU - Dees, Matthias
AU - Tuerkmengil, Taner
AU - Vos, Jon
AU - Rik, te Raa
AU - Asikainen, Antti
AU - Spinelli, Raffaele
AU - Ma Tusell, Josep
N1 - Project code: 100526
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This report is the output of the task 6.4 to approach a
Plan for promoting the demonstrated systems and
technologies for further deployment. In the first part,
there is a summary of the assessment of the machinery
demonstrated in the framework of the INFRES project. Some
of the main advantages of the innovations are the cost
reduction in comparison with conventional systems, in
addition to improved productivity and increased supply.
Besides this, a couple of innovations showed fuel savings
compared to previous supply chains. Moreover, other
improvements have been observed, but without a
quantitative assessment. Finally, as a conclusion,
certain innovations are successful only when they are
used in the conditions they were designed for.
elaborated, and the plan was then submitted for
assessment by several experts. The application of the
most important measures to overcome the barriers that
manufacturers face when developing an innovation is
mainly in the hands of the manufacturers themselves, and
partly in the hands of policy makers who may contribute
through the development of appropriate financing
instruments or compensations for high?risk investments in
SME's. In the case of measures proposed to overcome the
barriers that manufacturers face during the
implementation or use phase, the application of the
measures is in the hands of a balanced mix of the main
stakeholders, including forest companies and
manufacturers. It means that both have to work, sometimes
together, to overcome the detected barriers. In the third
part, any of the future scenarios anticipates an increase
in woody biomass demand. The growth of the biorefinery
sector will change the landscape of the forest biomass
requirements by 2030. Indeed, feedstocks such as forest
residues and stumps can be easily used by this sector.
Besides this, the increase and improvement of the
machinery used in the forest biomass supply chains,
together with the optimization of the whole chains, take
some time. As a consequence, it is a challenge for Europe
to reach high enough competitiveness and innovation
levels so as to cover the demand needs in the best way,
with its own resources, seeking a positive impact on all
EU regions and on European machinery manufacturers.
Finally, the fourth part concludes that if technological
and logistical innovations are not implemented in forest
biomass supply chains, then energy and environmental
targets in the EU will not be reached.
AB - This report is the output of the task 6.4 to approach a
Plan for promoting the demonstrated systems and
technologies for further deployment. In the first part,
there is a summary of the assessment of the machinery
demonstrated in the framework of the INFRES project. Some
of the main advantages of the innovations are the cost
reduction in comparison with conventional systems, in
addition to improved productivity and increased supply.
Besides this, a couple of innovations showed fuel savings
compared to previous supply chains. Moreover, other
improvements have been observed, but without a
quantitative assessment. Finally, as a conclusion,
certain innovations are successful only when they are
used in the conditions they were designed for.
elaborated, and the plan was then submitted for
assessment by several experts. The application of the
most important measures to overcome the barriers that
manufacturers face when developing an innovation is
mainly in the hands of the manufacturers themselves, and
partly in the hands of policy makers who may contribute
through the development of appropriate financing
instruments or compensations for high?risk investments in
SME's. In the case of measures proposed to overcome the
barriers that manufacturers face during the
implementation or use phase, the application of the
measures is in the hands of a balanced mix of the main
stakeholders, including forest companies and
manufacturers. It means that both have to work, sometimes
together, to overcome the detected barriers. In the third
part, any of the future scenarios anticipates an increase
in woody biomass demand. The growth of the biorefinery
sector will change the landscape of the forest biomass
requirements by 2030. Indeed, feedstocks such as forest
residues and stumps can be easily used by this sector.
Besides this, the increase and improvement of the
machinery used in the forest biomass supply chains,
together with the optimization of the whole chains, take
some time. As a consequence, it is a challenge for Europe
to reach high enough competitiveness and innovation
levels so as to cover the demand needs in the best way,
with its own resources, seeking a positive impact on all
EU regions and on European machinery manufacturers.
Finally, the fourth part concludes that if technological
and logistical innovations are not implemented in forest
biomass supply chains, then energy and environmental
targets in the EU will not be reached.
KW - forest biomass
KW - innovation barriers
KW - machinery assessment
KW - risks
KW - scenario
M3 - Report
BT - Plan for promoting the demonstrated systems and technologies for further development D6.4
ER -