Request for Proposals - Biomass to Power
21 May 2010
21st May 2010
This RFP is now closed
Biomass, grown on UK land, could contribute up to 10% of UK Energy by 2050 and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biomass is a flexible resource, capable of conversion to heat, power, and transport fuel energy vectors (as well as bio-materials).
Biomass can be used in small through to large scale applications. This can be as simple as using firewood in biomass boilers and cooking stoves, bio pellets in combined heat and power plants through to pre-processed biomass for larger scale power and bio-fuels production facilities. The prioritisation of biomass and land-use through to 2050 is an incredibly important area to focus on in the context of the UK.
The ETI recognises that there are a number of pressures in terms of prioritising the use of UK land through to 2050: notably how land use is prioritised between food, feed, fibre and fuel. There are a number of key sustainability factors that need to be considered, including hydrology (water), biodiversity, carbon and energy balances.
The UK Gallagher Review of the Bio-fuels sector in 2008 highlighted that due to uncertainties in measuring and monitoring the CO2e life cycle analysis for bio-fuels (due to direct and indirect land-use changes); that the UK should be more cautious in its progress towards bio-fuels, until these could be monitored appropriately. Globally, land-use change accounts for over 20% of annual CO2e emissions.
There are a number of key groups in the UK and internationally that have been focussed on developing this understanding further.
Bioenergy Projects
Over the course of 2009 the ETI engaged with a number of groups to develop its Bio-Energy Programme. The strategic advisory group to the ETI consists of Aston University, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)), the Carbon Trust, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Forestry Commission, Imperial College, National Farmers’ Union, Southampton University, the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), T-Sec Bio-Sys, Super-Gen Bio-energy, as well as the industrial partners to the ETI.
The Request for Proposals for the Biomass to Power with CCS FRP Project is now closed.
Biomass to Power with CCS Flexible Research Programme Project: Assessment of the technology and cost barriers for biomass fuelled power and the optimum scale-up potential of single-source and co-fired biomass to power with carbon capture technology
Please follow the link to the Requests for Proposals page.
Two Requests for Proposals were published in March 2010, the submission dates for these projects has closed:
An Ecosystem Land-Use Modelling and Soil Carbon Flux Field Trial that includes soil carbon capture, hydrology, and other factors
Bioenergy Systems Value Chain Modelling Framework and Optimisation Tools to be developed to encompass the whole chain from biomass production, aggregation/pre-processing, conversion to delivery of energy and carbon capture with spatial demand/supply mapping
These projects will inform the ongoing strategic development of the ETI’s Bio-Energy programme. See this articles related documents for full details of the project and what the ETI expects from potential bidders.
This RFP is now closed
Biomass, grown on UK land, could contribute up to 10% of UK Energy by 2050 and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biomass is a flexible resource, capable of conversion to heat, power, and transport fuel energy vectors (as well as bio-materials).
Biomass can be used in small through to large scale applications. This can be as simple as using firewood in biomass boilers and cooking stoves, bio pellets in combined heat and power plants through to pre-processed biomass for larger scale power and bio-fuels production facilities. The prioritisation of biomass and land-use through to 2050 is an incredibly important area to focus on in the context of the UK.
The ETI recognises that there are a number of pressures in terms of prioritising the use of UK land through to 2050: notably how land use is prioritised between food, feed, fibre and fuel. There are a number of key sustainability factors that need to be considered, including hydrology (water), biodiversity, carbon and energy balances.
The UK Gallagher Review of the Bio-fuels sector in 2008 highlighted that due to uncertainties in measuring and monitoring the CO2e life cycle analysis for bio-fuels (due to direct and indirect land-use changes); that the UK should be more cautious in its progress towards bio-fuels, until these could be monitored appropriately. Globally, land-use change accounts for over 20% of annual CO2e emissions.
There are a number of key groups in the UK and internationally that have been focussed on developing this understanding further.
Bioenergy Projects
Over the course of 2009 the ETI engaged with a number of groups to develop its Bio-Energy Programme. The strategic advisory group to the ETI consists of Aston University, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)), the Carbon Trust, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Forestry Commission, Imperial College, National Farmers’ Union, Southampton University, the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), T-Sec Bio-Sys, Super-Gen Bio-energy, as well as the industrial partners to the ETI.
The Request for Proposals for the Biomass to Power with CCS FRP Project is now closed.
Biomass to Power with CCS Flexible Research Programme Project: Assessment of the technology and cost barriers for biomass fuelled power and the optimum scale-up potential of single-source and co-fired biomass to power with carbon capture technology
Please follow the link to the Requests for Proposals page.
Two Requests for Proposals were published in March 2010, the submission dates for these projects has closed:
An Ecosystem Land-Use Modelling and Soil Carbon Flux Field Trial that includes soil carbon capture, hydrology, and other factors
Bioenergy Systems Value Chain Modelling Framework and Optimisation Tools to be developed to encompass the whole chain from biomass production, aggregation/pre-processing, conversion to delivery of energy and carbon capture with spatial demand/supply mapping
These projects will inform the ongoing strategic development of the ETI’s Bio-Energy programme. See this articles related documents for full details of the project and what the ETI expects from potential bidders.