How to think about flexibility and circularity in biomass availability modelling?

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Background

Platform Renewable Fuels together with Topsector Energy and Innovation and the Green Elephant Alliance invite you to join the4th edition of the Biomass Mobilisation (BioMob) event where we will be discussing biomass availability modelling.

The transition to the bio-based economy is faced with a recuring question: is there enough biomass? This question can be challenging to answer whilst studies modelling biomass availability potentials can lead to wide ranges of results.

Since flexibility is extremely important in the new biobased and circular system, and also in the new renewable electricity system, we would like to understand how the current biomass availability modelling is taking into account the inherent dynamic nature of supply and demand, options for optimal use, how to look at actor's behaviours and context based constraints.  

Aim of the session

The aim of the design workshop is to identify how to organise data modelling that supports flexibility and circularity. This will provide better policy information and a stronger data position for investments. We propose to take a decentral data approach. In this interactive session we will assess the data sources. Availability of data: to what extent these are linked to GIS-datasystems and how to build open source bottom-up data models.

Preliminary programme :

• Co design session: reflections and insights from agent based modelling for the biomass value chain, Maurice Mommen, Topsector energy and innovation
• Assessing the circularity of biomass residues – confirmed: Jan Broeze and Wolter Elbersen (WUR)
  
  • Using case studies of wheat and beet residues

• Comparative analysis of sustainable biomass availability data: the DBFZ Resource Database– invited: Karl Friedrich Cyffka (DBFZ)‍
• Are we ready to plan for Synergy? invited: Shubham Tiwari, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)