WP 5 Definition and analysis of biomass supply chains
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The objective of this work package is to identify promising agro-systems for biosaline biomass systems, to describe biomass supply and export chains and to analyse these chains under economic and environmental aspects.
The attractiveness of biomass production systems on saline areas (biosaline biomass systems) depends on their economic performance and whether other services, like for example the regeneration of degraded land, can be combined with these systems. The objective of this work package is to identify promising agrosystems for biosaline biomass systems, to describe biomass supply and export chains and to analyse these chains under economic and environmental aspects.
Optimized biosaline biomass systems, including multiple land use options, will in discussion with the project partner and with stakeholder in the case study areas, be chosen for those saline areas that have been identified as being promising in terms of biomass production potentials (see WP4). The choice will consider tree specific information on the biomass properties for energetic and material (pulp and paper) use as analysed in WP2. Biomass supply chains, including the production, harvest, storage, transport (also international trade) and use of the biomass will be described in detail. An economic analysis of these biosaline biomass chains will be performed to show the biomass supply costs and to compare the competitiveness of different biomass supply chains. Ecological (e.g. water use, demand for agrochemicals, GHG emissions, energy consumption) and social criteria (e.g. employment effects, additional income for farmers) with relevance for the performance of biosaline biomass systems will be identified and the supply chains will be evaluated by these criteria. Tools like LCA and environmental impact analysis will be used to perform the chain analysis.
Deliverables
D14: Socio-economic and environmental performance of promising biosaline biomass supply chains and identification of sustainable biosaline biomass supply chains.
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