Integrating biomass and intermittent renewables in energy systems: a modeling perspective

2/28/2023

Online

Welcome to this webinar with Johannes Schmidt from the Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, who will talk about biomass renewables in energy systems.

The role of biomass in future low-carbon energy systems is highly contested: bioenergy allows for a firm supply of energy, being an important complement to intermittent renewables. However, the expansion of biomass utilization also runs the risk to increase carbon emissions due to carbon-cycle feedbacks. Increasing the efficiency of biomass use in the energy sector, maximizing its value to the energy systems is therefore of outmost importance.

We report here on two modeling studies which (a) aim at integrating intermittent renewables with sugarcane ethanol production to increase the land-use and CO2 efficiency of Brazilian biofuel production and (b) assess the use of  bioenergy to balance intermittent renewables in electricity systems with high shares of renewables. We will also address the challenges involved in modelling these systems and associated future research avenues.

The webinar will be hosted by Elisabeth Wetterlund, professor of energy engineering at Luleå University of Technology and researcher within Trees For Me.

About the work of Johannes Schmidt - boku.ac.at

About the work of Elisabeth Wetterlund - ltu.se

Date and time

28 February at 14.00-15.00 (Stockholm time)

Registration and more information

The webinar is held online via Zoom, in English.

Register in advance via this link:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5YsdemvpjgtGdNJ9COkdtAjLGIQZUer_CGR

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The data you register here will be processed by Trees For Me to administer your registration.

Page manager: stina.johannesson@slu.se

2/21/2023