- Publisher
- Ifeu
- Authors
- Horst Fehrenbach, Dr. Theresa Schlamp, Susanne Köppen, Nabil Abdalla (Ifeu), Fredric Mosley (Syke)
- Version number
- 1.0
- Publication date
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13 July 2026
- Project
- Produced within the framework of Biomass use for energy and materials in a climate neutral EU
Biomass for energy and materials in the EU
Guidance for allocation in a biomass constrained world
Preface
Agora has developed a biomass scenario showing how the demand for both energy and materials can be met by balancing various sustainability dimensions (climate mitigation and adaptation, improved biodiversity, carbon sinks, ecosystems health etc.) over time while also supporting Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy objectives. Agora collaborated with Ifeu (Institute for Energy and Environmental Research) and Syke (Finnish Environment Institute) to refine its existing scenario in terms of data, granularity levels and flow allocation. Ifeu elaborated a methodology to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the main feedstock types, technological routes and end-use in terms of resource efficiency, GHG emissions, environmental impacts and alternative potentials, resulting into an allocation system. As some feedstocks and technological routes are more favourable while others are best avoided, the findings underscore the importance of a minimum allocation steering across sectors to ensure a strategic use of Europe’s biomass potential.
