- Innovative solutions for small communities, integrating bioenergy and other renewables;
- Integrated bioenergy RES hybrid systems and technologies;
- Bioenergy for electricity grid stability and gas grid balancing concepts;
- Bioenergy in renewable energy communities and buildings;
- Bioenergy solutions for rural electrification concepts and off-grid systems;
- Biomass in district heating and cooling, poly-generation energy networks;
- Greening the gas grids (biomethane, hydrogen etc.).
BIOMASS, BIO-BASED PRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY INTEGRATION
3.1 Biomass integration into energy systems
3.2 Biomass use in biorefineries
- Biorefinery platforms for bio-based products, energy and fuels;
- Integrated and innovative biorefineries concepts;
- Process design and business development;
- Integration of biochemical and thermochemical processes into biorefineries;
- Biochemical and thermochemical conversion processes of biomass to fuels, energy, bio-based products;
- Multi-purpose and versatile schemes;
- Renewable energy utilisation;
- Assessment tools for biorefineries.
3.3 Strategies for bio-based products in the chemical industry
- National, regional, local strategies;
- Market uptake initiatives and policies;
- Perspectives for bio-based chemicals and materials and contribution to the climate neutrality goals;
- Strategic decisions for bio-based products and chemicals;
- Assessing most promising value chains, processes and concepts;
- Economics, incentives and subsidies towards developing a bio-based economy.
3.4 Market implementation, investments & financing
- Market uptake initiatives and policies;
- Initiatives for decarbonisation of the economy;
- Challenges of scale-up and market implementation of new technologies;
- Support schemes;
- Economics and financing of bioenergy projects;
- Economics and financial bio-based projects;
- Risk assessment of financing;
- Global bioenergy and bio-based products markets;
- Biomass trade, contracting and logistics;
- Innovative business models.