André Faaij

　　University of Groningen – Energy Academy Europe

　　The presentation will go into the following main issues:

　　• state of the art science on the future global role of biomass in the energy and material supply (considering state of the art assessments of the IPCC, SCOPE, etc.) and backed by new Integrated Assessment Modelling efforts that take land-use scenario's, overall carbon balances and biomass deployment as part of energy system transitions into account.

　　• the synergy between biomass deployment for fuels, chemicals power, heat and conversion with carbon capture and storage to achieve negative emissions. Advanced biomass conversion concepts perform best when they can delivery multiple outputs and various key processes offer the possibility to capture CO2 against limited additional costs and efficiency penalties, thus facilitating so called BECCS.

　　• the sustainability of securing the biomass resource base; this is a key matter that is a source of heated debated still because of the perceived conflict and competition between biomass production, (growing) food demand, nature preservation, water resources, etc., in particular via potential displacement risks (iLUC). The presentation will go into recent insights how existing agriculture (and livestock) can modernize in the coming decades in synergy with increased biomass production, which improves overall carbon balances, supports increased resource efficiency for agriculture and avoids iLUC.

　　Overall, the presentation also aims to identify key priorities for research, development and policy to further develop and implement a sustainable biobased economy.