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Levelling the playing field for EU biomass usage

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  • George Philippidis
  • Heleen Bartelings
  • John Helming
  • Robert M’barek
  • Edward Smeets
  • Hans van Meijl

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The threats of climate change, food security, resource depletion and energy security are driving society towards a sustainable low-carbon future. Within this paradigm, biomass plays an invaluable role in meeting the food, feed, energy and material needs of future generations. Current EU thinking advocates biomass for high-value materials, which is not aligned with EU public policy support for ‘lower value’ bioenergy applications. ‘High-technology’ and ‘no bioenergy mandate’ pathways explore market conditions that generate a more equitable distribution between competing biomass conversion technologies and competing biomass and fossil technologies. In achieving greater equity, these pathways ease biomass market tensions; enhance EU food security; improve EU biobased trade balances; accelerate biomaterial sectors’ output performance and favour macroeconomic growth. Moreover, an additional 80% increase in the oil price signals a tipping point in favour of first generation biofuels, whilst simultaneously boosting output in advanced material conversion technologies even more than the high-technology pathway.

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  • George Philippidis & Heleen Bartelings & John Helming & Robert M’barek & Edward Smeets & Hans van Meijl, 2019. "Levelling the playing field for EU biomass usage," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(2), pages 158-177, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecsysr:v:31:y:2019:i:2:p:158-177
    DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2018.1564020
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    1. Philippidis, George & M'Barek, Robert & Urban-Boysen, Kirsten & Van Zeist, Willem-Jan, 2023. "Exploring economy-wide sustainable conditions for EU bio-chemical activities," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 210(C).
    2. Baldoni, Edoardo & Philippidis, George & Spekreijse, Jurjen & Gurría, Patricia & Lammens, Tijs & Parisi, Claudia & Ronzon, Tévécia & Vis, Martijn & M'Barek, Robert, 2021. "Getting your hands dirty: A data digging exercise to unearth the EU's bio-based chemical sector," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
    3. Dieu Linh Hoang & Chris Davis & Henri C. Moll & Sanderine Nonhebel, 2020. "Can Multiple Uses of Biomass Limit the Feedstock Availability for Future Biogas Production? An Overview of Biogas Feedstocks and Their Alternative Uses," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-16, May.
    4. Delzeit, Ruth & Heimann, Tobias & Schünemann, Franziska & Söder, Mareike, 2021. "Who benefits really from phasing out palmoil-based biodiesel in the EU?," Kiel Working Papers 2203, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).

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