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Task XV/25

Greenhouse Gas Balances

of Bioenergy Systems

Workshop

Final Announcement

Effects of the Kyoto Protocol on forestry

and bioenergy projects for mitigation of

net carbon emissions

9 and 13 March, 1998

Forest Research,

Sala St, Rotorua/NZ

 

Jointly organized by

 

New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd.

Private Bag 3020, Rotorua, NZ

Phone +64 7 347 5899

Fax +64 7 347 9380

Joanneum Research

Elisabethstrasse 11

A-8010 Graz, AUSTRIA

Phone +43 316 876 340

Fax +43 316 876 320

http://www.joanneum.ac.at/IEA-Bioenergy-TaskXV

 

Scope of the workshop

This workshop is organized within IEA Bioenergy Task XV/25 ("Greenhouse Gas Balances of Bioenergy Systems") and is part of a series of meetings taking place every 6 to 12 months. For further information on Task XV and on previous workshops, see the World Wide Web at http://www.joanneum.ac.at/IEA-Bioenergy-TaskXV.

 

The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted on 10 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. This workshop will focus on the consequences of the protocol for forestry and bioenergy projects aimed at reducing carbon emissions or enhancing carbon sinks (for a full version of the protocol see the World Wide Web at http://www.unfccc.de).

 

The current version of the Kyoto Protocol (which is still subject to technical revision) states that
"... The net changes in greenhouse-gas emissions from sources and removals by sinks, resulting from direct human-induced land-use change and forestry activities, limited to afforestation, reforestation, and deforestation since 1990, measured as verifiable changes in stocks in each commitment period ... shall be used to meet the commitments ...".

 

Of particular interest at the workshop will be the issue of "baselines" (both in terms of reference land uses and reference energy systems), needed as a benchmark to derive the net carbon benefits of forestry, bioenergy, or other land-use related projects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview of the workshop program and associated events

  • On Monday, March 9, the workshop will be open for Task XV/25 participants only. The agenda includes business items as well as scientific discussions.
  • On Tuesday, March 10, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) is organizing a seminar on "Bioenergy in the Environment".
  • For Wednesday and Thursday (March 11 and 12) the New Zealand Forest Research Institute (NZFRI) is putting together an excursion on behalf of IEA Bioenergy Task XII (with the possibility of Task XV/25 participation), including silvicultural systems, harvesting trials, a bioenergy plant and a geothermal attraction. (The excursion will continue on March 13 for Task XII participants).
  • On Friday, March 13, the Task XV/25 workshop will be continued as an open event, with presentations on the workshop topic.
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    Task XV/25 Workshop Program

     

    Monday, 9 March 1998

     

    900 Welcome and Introduction

    (Justin Ford-Robertson - Forest Research/NZ; Josef Spitzer - Joanneum Research/AUT and Operating Agent Task XV/25)

    915 IEA Bioenergy Task XV/25 administrative matters - Part I

    1. From Task XV to Task 25
    2. Nomination/confirmation of the National Team Leaders
    3. Final Report Task XV
    4. Task XV/25 Folder
    5. Standard methodology for GHG balances of bioenergy systems: computer tool
    6. National projects/research programmes (AUT, CAN, FIN, NZ, SWE, USA)

    1230 Lunch

    1400 IEA Bioenergy Task XV/25 administrative matters - Part II

    1. Task XV/25 WWW homepage
    2. Work Programme 1998-2000 (basis: Task Proposal)
    3. Work Programme 1998, to be approved at ExCo 41 (13-14 May, Sweden)
    4. Next workshop (September 1998, Finland), other future workshops
    5. IPCC collaboration
    6. Miscellaneous items

    1830 Dinner (at expense of Task XV/25)

     

    Task XV/25 Workshop Program

     

    FRIDAY, 13 March 1998

     

    900 Welcome and introduction

    (Keith Mackie - Chief Science Adviser, Forest Research; Josef Spitzer - Joanneum Research/AUT and Operating Agent Task XV/25)

     

    Part I: POLICY ANALYSIS AND TECHNICAL ISSUES (chair: to be announced)

    915 Sinks and the Kyoto Protocol - Interpretations, Implications and Unfinished Business

    (Murray Ward - Ministry for the Environment/NZ)

    945 Technical issues regarding forestry and land-use change in the Kyoto Protocol

    (Bernhard Schlamadinger - Joanneum Research/AUT, currently at ORNL/USA and Gregg Marland - ORNL/USA)

    1015 Silvicultural carbon sequestration options under the Kyoto Protocol

    (Doug Bradley - E. B. Eddy Ltd./CAN; Canadian Pulp and Paper Association)

    1045 Coffee Break

    1100 Implications for forestry of government commitments under the FCCC

    (Murray Parrish - Forest Industries Council/NZ)

    1130 Does the Kyoto Protocol make a difference for the optimal carbon mitigation strategy? Some GORCAM results

    (Gregg Marland - ORNL/USA and Bernhard Schlamadinger - Joanneum Research/AUT, currently at ORNL/USA)

    1200 Discussion paper for the Australian Greenhouse Challenge Office's Carbon Sinks Workbook

    Carbon emissions avoidance through fire management. Theory and proposed methodology for estimation

    (Alice LeBlanc/USA; Neil Bird - Woodrising Consulting Inc./CAN)

    1240 Lunch

     

     

     

    (FRI 13 March - cont.)

     

    Part II: NATIONAL STUDIES, BASELINES,

    AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS (chair: to be announced)

    1400 Replacing fossil fuels with forest fuels - baselines, CO2 reduction and mitigation cost

    (Leif Gustavsson - EESS, Lund University/SWE)

    1430 Bioenergy and forest industry after the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol

    (Kim Pingoud, Antti Lehtilä, and Ilkka Savolainen - VTT Energy/FIN)

    1500 The effect of land use practices on greenhouse gases

    (Justin Ford-Robertson, Kimberly Robertson, and Piers MacLaren - Forest Research/NZ)

    1530 Coffee Break

    1545 How to determine baseline scenarios for a forest sector carbon balance

    (Timo Karjalainen, Seppo Kellomäki, Ari Pussinen, and Raisa Mäkipää - European Forest Institute/FIN)

    1615 Establishing a basis for the assessment of greenhouse gas and other impacts from combustion of biomass compared with coal

    (A. H. Clemens, W. W. Hennessy, T. W. Matheson, and R. S. Whitney - Coal Research Ltd./NZ)

    1645 Forest Ecosystems Elevated CO2 Project

    (David Whitehead - Forest Research and Landcare/NZ)

    1700 Workshop summary, followed by final discussion

    1745 End of the Workshop

    1830 Dinner (at participants' expense)

     

     

    Associated events

    Seminar "Bioenergy in the Environment"

    10 March 1998

    (organized by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority - EECA)

     

    9.45 Registration
    10.00 Welcome & Introduction Hon Max Bradford
    • NZ Energy Policy
    • Resource Management Act
    Policy Overview Chair: Ralph Sims
    10.15 Finnish Bioenergy Goals & Policy initiatives Penti Hakkila
    • Integration of energy policy and sustainable land management
    • Progress in energy substitution
    • Technical and environmental achievements
    10.45 Opportunities through IEA Bioenergy John Tustin
    • Overview of the IEA Bioenergy Implementing Agreement
    • Progress in research and development
    • Opportunities for NZ industry involvement
    11.00 Coffee
    Environmental Issues Chair: Fiona Weightman
    11.15 Carbon Balance of Bioenergy systems Bernhard Schlamadinger
    • Comparison of bioenergy systems with other fuel systems
    • Application of fuel cycle analysis
    • bio energy national greenhouse gas accounting
    11.45 Environmental Risk Management Tat Smith
    • Soils, nutrients and conservation of environmental values
    • Role of models in developing environmental guidelines
    • Guidelines for best management practice
    12.15 The New Zealand Situation John Gifford / Peter Hall
    Forest Industry Waste Management
    • Current industry practice in residues recovery
    • Environmental implications of increased residues utilisation
    • potential responses to supplying residues for energy
    12.45 Lunch

     

    (Seminar "Bioenergy in the Environment - cont.)
    Biomass Production Chair Peter Olsen
    1.30 Bioenergy supply systems Barry Hudson
    • Cost effective harvesting and transport
    • Practical experiences of moving biomass into the mainstream
    • Environmental / employments impacts of biomass production systems
    2.00 Biomass energy crops Stig Ledin
    • Environmental consequences of intensive biomass production systems
    • Practical experiences of wood fuel harvesting
    • The implications of short rotation monocultures
    2.30 Municipal Solid Waste Niranjan Patel
    • An overview of MSW conversion routes
    • Integrated solid waste management approaches
    • Protocols for assessing environmental risk
    3.00 Afternoon Tea
    Bioenergy Applications Chair: George Hooper
    3.15 Kinleith Cogeneration Plant Abdul Khan
    • Review of operating experience
    • Implications of designing for process steam applications
    • Plant energy balances
    3.45 Some Swedish Examples Leif Gustavsson
    • A system perspective
    • Life cycle Analysis for environmental performance
    • Specific plant examples
    4.15 McNeill Plant, Vermont John Irving
    • Biomass supply restrictions
    • Long term experience of biomass combustion
    • The Batelle gasifier
    • Project development milestones and future plans
    5.00 Summary George Hooper
    5.15 Sponsors Cocktails

    (for further information contact megan@eeca.ak.planet.co.nz)

     

     

    Field tour

    11-12 March 1998

    (organized by Forest Research for IEA Bioenergy Task XII)

    Wednesday, 11 March

    830

    Welcome. Bryce Heard

    840

    NZ energy scene. George Hooper

    900

    Role of forestry in energy sources. John Tustin

    920

    Outline the field tour and procedures. Tat Smith

    930

    Coffee

    950

    Bus departs from Forest Research
    Radiata pine silvicultural systems Kaingaroa. Leith Knowles, Graham West, Mark Dean

    1200

    Lunch by Rangiteiki River
    Radiata pine silvicultural systems Kaingaroa cont/

    1530

    Coffee and Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland walk

    1730

    Hot swim, BBQ, NZ wine tasting at Waikite Thermal Baths
    (overnight: Rotorua)
    Thursday, 12 March

    830

    Depart Forest Research

    930

    Visit superskid harvesting operations and landing residues. Peter Hall /CHHF

    1130

    Depart

    1200

    Lunch by rest area

    1300

    Tour of Kinleith Bioenergy Plant, discussion on conversion technologies, ash and waste recycling, CO2 and carbon taxes

    1500

    Refreshments and depart

    1630

    Arrive at Forest Research

    1800

    Depart from hotels for hangi and cultural concert at Rakeiao Marae on Lake Rotoiti

     

    Costs of 2-day field tour and registration:

    Approx. NZ$230 - including refreshments for morning/afternoon breaks, lunches, BBQ (Wed), hangi dinner and cultural concert, entrance fee Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland (time permitting), and transportation. For registration, exact costs, and additional information please contact Alison Lowe at Forest Research (Lowea@fri.cri.nz).

     

     

     

    Suggested Accomodation

    We have provisionally booked several rooms at each of the following three places (held until 13 February). They all had quite a few rooms left at this stage, but nonetheless you should make your booking a.s.a.p. (please refer to "Justin at Forest Research"; for all accommodation ask for the Forest Research corporate rate!).

     

    Heritage

    Motor Inn

    349 Fenton St

    (marked on attached map)

    Phone: (+64) 7 347 7686

    Fax: (+64) 7 346 3347

    1 bedroom units (queen-size bed plus fold-out double in lounge) NZ$115 per night

    2 bedroom units (queen, 2 single beds, plus fold-out double in lounge) NZ$125 per night

    for 1 or 2 people (NZ$25 per additional person)

    Ashleigh

    Court

    337 Fenton St

    (very near to the Heritage)

    Phone/Fax: (+64) 7 348 7456

    Studio units and family rooms available (private hot pool in each unit) NZ$90 per night for 1 or 2 people

    Puhi Nui 16 Sala St

    (between Sheraton and FRI)

    Phone: (+64) 7 348 4182

    Fax: (+64) 7 347 6595

    All units NZ$78 per night (NZ$15 per extra person)

     

    All motels above are within walking distance of Forest Research, Sala St., Rotorua, and most of them have units with bedroom, bathroom and full kitchen facilities included, as well as use of hot pools (sometimes private). All offer continental or cooked breakfasts if requested.

    If anyone is on a tight budget...

    ...there is a hostel at Forest Research with very basic single rooms and shared bathroom/kitchen facilities at about NZ$7/night - contact Justin Ford-Robertson (robertsj@fri.cri.nz) for details.

    Further information on accomodation in the Rotorua area can be found at: www.rotorua.com/accomm.html

     

    Please note:

    * participants are required to make their own accommodation bookings and payments!

    * room rates may vary according to season and unit type/quality

    * prices were correct as of May 1997, and may be subject to change

    * make sure that your passport does not expire before three months after the time of your intended departure from NZ (you may want to check out the visa requirements at http://www.immigration.govt.nz/visit/)

     

     

     

    Workshop Proceedings

    There are plans to publish the workshop proceedings, in a first step unreviewed, very soon after the workshop (i.e., in April). Thus they could be a basis for the discussions at the IPCC Expert Group Meeting in Senegal (5-7 May, 1998) and also be useful for the deliberations leading to the Fourth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP4) in Buenos Aires (November 1998).

    Hence, in order to allow speedy processing, we will need all papers presented neatly typed, in electronic form (preferably as an e-mail attachment) and a uniform layout,

    by 31 March 1998 at the latest (for layout instructions see below).

    In a second step the proceedings will be submitted for review and publication with a scientific journal.

     

    Layout instructions:

    • If possible Word for Windows (or other widely used word processing program), to be

    provided in electronic form (preferably e-mail attachment, or floppy disk)

    • Text: font size 12, Times New Roman

    • Section headings: font size 14, bold

    Section headings preceded by 2 blank linkes, followed by 1 blank line

    • Tables and Figures: Figure captions below figures, table captions above tables. Tables and figures numbered consecutively.

    • Paper size: A4, standard margins (left, right 3.17cm/1.25"; top, bottom 2.5cm/1")

    • Abstract (max. 150 words), keywords (max. 6);

    • Title, followed by names and affiliations, plus e-mail/phone/fax of corresponding author;

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Effects of the Kyoto Protocol on forestry and bioenergy projects for mitigation of net carbon emissions

    A workshop organized by IEA Bioenergy, Task XV/25

    Rotorua/New Zealand, 9 and 13 March 1998

    Reply Form

    If you have not yet done so, please return this "Reply Form" to:

    Joanneum Research (attn. Reinhard Madlener)

    Elisabethstrasse 11, A-8010 Graz, AUSTRIA

    Phone: +43-316-876 (1)340, Fax: +43-316-876 (1)320*

    e-mail: reinhard.madlener@joanneum.ac.at

    o I will attend the workshop on o March 9 o March 13

    (participation in the Task XV/25 workshop is at no cost; note that the Monday session is open to Task XV/25 participants and officially appointed observers only)

    o I will attend the seminar on "Bioenergy and the Environment" (March 10). For registration and further information please contact EECA: megan@eeca.ak.planet.co.nz

    o I will participate in the excursion (March 11/12). For registration and detailed information please contact Alison Lowe at Forest Research: Lowea@fri.cri.nz

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