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BIOGRACE II GHG calculation
tool
José Muisers & John Neeft
NL Enterprise Agency (RVO.NL)
Susanne Köppen IFEU DE
Netherlands Enterprise Agency

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BIOGRACE II GHG calculation tool
Relevant documents
1.Report on sustainability criteria for solid and gaseous biomass
(Biomass Report) COM(2010)11
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- RED obliges Commission to report on sustainability requirements for
energy uses of biomass other than biofuels (i.e. solid and gaseous
fuels inelectricity, heating andcooling)
- No binding criteria at EU level but recommendation to Member
States on the development of their sustainability schemes (based on
RED criteria)
- Proposal of an adapted GHG calculation methodology (Annex I)

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BIOGRACE II GHG calculation tool
Relevant documents
2. Commission Staff Working Document: State of play on the
sustainability criteria of solid and gaseous biomass
SWD(2014)259
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- Increased demand and pressure towards Commision to take
additional action related to sustainability at EU level
- SWD is to review the state of play of the sustainability of solid and
gaseous biomass for electricity, heating and cooling
- Lists methodological adaptations compared to COM(2010)11 (box 2)
- Updated default values calculated by JRC

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BIOGRACE II GHG calculation tool
Relevant documents
3. JRC report on solid and gaseous pathways: input values and
GHG emissions
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- Describes the assumptions made by JRC when calculating default
and typical GHG emissions for solid and gaseous bioenergy
pathways
- Gives the results of the calculations in terms of typical and default
GHG emission values
- Applies the methodology set in COM(2010)11 and SWD(2014) 259

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BIOGRACE II GHG calculation tool
Purpose of the tool
•Create transparency regarding the calculation of default values
(JRC)
•Allow correct and (relatively) easy actual calculations
- Change input values
- Modify pathways
- Create new pathways
•Enable harmonised GHG calculation under EU regulations for
electricity, heat and cooling
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Production of electricity and/or heat, or cooling from wood pellets/briquettes from forestry residues Version 3 - for Compliance
Overview Results
Energy carrier (including emissions from the fuel in use) Final energy Allocation factors & references
All results in Non- allocated Total Actual/ Default values Electricity Heat Allocation factors
g CO2,eq / MJWood pellets results (allocated results) Default JRC report Production chain
Cultivation eec 0,0 A 0 Allocation Allocated Allocation Allocated 100,0% to energy carrier
Feedstock is a residue 0,00 0,00 0,00 factor results factor results 0,0% to co-product(s)
Processing ep 32,5 A 32,5 0,0% 0,0 0,0% 0,0 CHP
Forest residues collection 1,42 1,42 per MJ pellets per MJ pellets 0,0% to electricity
Chipping 0,39 0,39 0,0 0,0 0,0% to heat
Wood pellet/briquette production 30,73 30,73 30,72 per MJ electr. per MJ heat
Transport etd 9,4 A 9,4 Cooling Fossil fuel references
Transport of forestry residues 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,0 186 g CO2,eq/MJelectricity
Transport of wood chips 1,02 1,02 1,02 per MJ cooling 80 g CO2,eq/MJheat
Transport of wood pellets 8,34 8,34 8,35 47 g CO2,eq/MJcooling
Emissions from the fuel in use eu 0,3 A 0,3 GHG emission reduction
CH4 and N2O emissions at final conversion 0,30 0,30 0,30 Electricity Heat
Land use change el or esca not applicable 100% 100%
Bonus not applicable Cooling
eccr + eccs 0,0 0,0 100%
Totals 42,2 42,2 42
All results in g CO2,eq per MJ as indicated
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I. Overview results

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II. General settings
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Without filling this in,
NO GHG emissions
reductions will be
calculated !

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III. Calculation per phase – Processing ep
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Input values
Yield related
conversion factors:
‘standard values’
Emission results
for this step

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The tool in practice: actual GHG calculations
- Use one of the pathways in the BioGrace-II excel tool
- Fill in actual input values
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 Additional
process energy
options are already
included

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The tool in practice: actual GHG calculations
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 Possibility to insert emission results from
previous / partial calculations
- input results expressed in g CO2-eq per kg feedstock
- results for individual step or multiple steps
- all data in the same step will be overwritten

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The tool in practice: final conversion only
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- You have received GHG emission values with your pellets
- You only make the last part of the calculation
- Some restrictions apply
Delivery
note A
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11.90 g
CO2,eq/MJ
Delivery
note A
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11.90 g
CO2,eq/MJ
GHG emission of biomass feedstock ("energy carrier")
Type of energy carrier:
GHG emission of energy carrier 11,90 g CO2,eq/MJenergy carrier
wood pellets from forrestry residues (Canada)
(to be used for calculations on ready to use energy carriers)

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BioGrace tool - Summary
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- Rather easy to modify (or build new) pathways
- List of (additional) standard values, own defined standard
values
- With track changes on easy to verify
- BioGrace Calculation rules
- User manual
- Video instructions

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BioGrace tool - Summary
Video instructions
to help understand
basics and details
of BioGrace GHG
calculation tools
www.biograce.net
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BIOGRACE II GHG calculation tool
Sustainability criteria for solid biomass
Current status EU:
•No overall mandatory regulation on sustainability criteria for solid biomass: only
national regulations in some of the MS
•Other GHG calculation tools in the UK and in Wallonia
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Country Status Energy specific sustainability criteria
BE Adopted in 2007 Financial incentives linked to GHG savings, SFM requirements for
forest biomass
HU Adopted in 2010 SFM requirements for forest biomass
IT Adopted in 2012 Minimum GHG saving threshold for forest biomass
UK Adopted in 2013 Minimum GHG saving threshold for solid an gaseous biomass,
land use criteria for agricultural biomass, timber standard for
woodfuel for heat and electricity
NL Planned for end of 2015 GHG saving performance, forest carbon stock and ILUC impacts

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Thank you!
José Muisers & John Neeft
NL Enterprise Agency (RVO.NL)
Susanne Köppen (IFEU DE)
info@biograce.net
www.biograce.net
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