IEA - Technology Collaboration Programme Bioenergy

In 2005, the Federal Republic of Germany became signatory to the International Energy Agency's bioenergy agreement, with FNR representing the Federal Ministry of Food and  Agriculture  in the Executive Committee.

Within IEA Bioenergy, Germany is involved in all 11 ongoing tasks dealing with all aspects of biomass and bioenergy.

Ongoing Tasks - Tasks leaders and German team leaders

Task 32 Biomass Combustion and Co-firing

• Morten Tony Hansen, EAEA/DK 
• Dr. Hans Hartmann, Technologie- und Förderzentrum

Task 33 Gasification of Biomass and Waste

• Jitka Hribek, ECN/NL
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Kolb, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, ITC-TAB

Task 34 Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction

• Axel Funke, KIT
• Dr. Axel Funke, KIT

Task 36 Integrating Energy Recovery into Solid Waste Management

• Dr. Inge Johansson, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Stapf, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe ITC-TAB  

Task 37 Energy from Biogas

• Professor Jerry Murphy, University College Cork - Environmental Research Institute
• Dr. Jan Liebetrau, Rytec 

Task 38 Climate Change Effects of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems (bis 12/2018)

• Annette Cowie, University of New England - NSW Department of Primary Industries
• Dr. Sebastian Rüter, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Institut für Holzforschung     

Task 39 Commercialising Conventional and Advanced Liquid Biofuels from Biomass

• Dr Jim McMillan, NREL
• Dr.-Ing. Franziska Müller-Langer, Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ)  

Task 40 Sustainable biomass markets and international bioenergy trade to support the biobased economy

• Mr Uwe R. Fritsche, Internationales Institut für Nachhaltigkeitsanalysen und -strategien (IINAS)
• Christiane Hennig, DBFZ

Task 42 Biorefining in a future BioEconomy

• Bert Annevelink, WUR/NL
• Dr. Heinz Stichnothe, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Institut für Agrartechnologie

Task 43 Biomass Feedstocks for Energy Markets

• Mark Brown, USC/AUS
• Dr. Jörg Schweinle, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Institut für Internationale Waldwirtschaft und Forstökonomie

Task 44 Flexible bioenergy and system integration

• Ilkka Hannula, VTT/FIN
• Prof. Dr. Daniela Thrän, DBFZ/UFZ

Task 45 Climate and sustainability effects of bioenergy within the broader bioeconomy

• Göran Berndes, Chalmers/SE
• Stefan Majer, DBFZ

Task SPSpecial Projects

Intertask projects

For more information, please visit IEA Bioenergy or contact Birger Kerckow, contact person FNR.

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