The work group

In order to achieve a climate-neutral and sustainable economic system, it is necessary to integrate biomass into the bioeconomy in a system-friendly, targeted and efficient manner. The increasing demands for biomass to provide for food, feed, energy and material requirements, as well as its limited availability and competing uses, pose a significant challenge. The goal of this working group is to provide information and tools that comprehensively highlight the systemic aspects of bioeconomy concepts, including their framework conditions, limitations, opportunities and potential impacts and interactions. This creates a foundation to support decision-makers in the systemic integration of these concepts and supports the way towards climate neutrality.

Focus topics of the working group:

• Strategic decision support
• Analysis and evaluation of technical system aspects (e.g. obstacles, risks, strengths)
• Development and evaluation of mid- and longterm bioenergy and bioeconomy scenarios
• Monitoring the integration of biomass into the energy system
• Development of indicators for the systemic integration of biomass
• Development of "smart-bioenergy" and "smart-bioeconomy" assessment tools
• Provision of factsheets on bioeconomy concepts
• Bio-based negative emissions
• Applications of BECCS and BECCU
• Development of bioeconomy strategies
• Method development and modeling of potential competition between biomass uses
• System analysis of demand-oriented bioenergy supply
• Synergies between bioeconomy and other technology concepts