New report highlights the potential of large-scale implementation of biorefineries in Sweden
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
A new report prepared by
researchers from Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA), Luleå University
of Technology (LTU) and RISE Research
Institutes of Sweden summarizes the results of a project focused on studying the possibilities
for large-scale implementation of biorefineries in Sweden, applying an holistic
multidisciplinary approach (see press
release, 5/7/2018).
Figure 1. Cover of the report “Large-scale
implementation of biorefineries”
The synopsis of the project
can be summarised in seven highlights:
1. An increased biofuel production will not
affect the production of wood products.
2. Increased biofuel targets will introduce
fringe feedstocks to the fuel mix.
3. Increased biofuel targets will, in general,
have limited price effects on woody feedstocks.
4. We can reach biofuel targets using many
technologies and localisation options with reasonable costs.
5. Projected price effects will not affect the
profitability of investments in large-scale biorefineries
6.
Geography matters.
7. Centralised supply chains
are preferable compared to distributed supply chains.
The report is available online: Large-scale implementation of biorefineries. The research project has been funded by the Swedish research council Formas (dnr 213-2014-184) and was carried out between June 2015 and May 2018.