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Organisation Description - International
International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy

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Website: www.ieabioenergy.com

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IEA Bioenergy is part of the International Energy Agency corrying out work in the area of biomenergy through of Tasks, each having a defined work programme.

These programmes support international development projects in sustainable forestry, combustion and co-firing, short rotation energy crops, gasification and pyrolysis, and other areas relating to bioenergy. Each Task is led by one of the participating countries (Operating Agent) with technical effort co-ordinated by a Task Leader. In general most tasks have a duration of 3 years. In 2006 the following tasks were operational:

Task 29 : Socio-Economic Drivers in Implementing Bioenergy Projects
Task 30 : Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy Systems
Task 31 : Biomass Production for Energy from Sustainable Forestry
Task 32 : Biomass Combustion and Co-firing
Task 33 : Thermal Gasification of Biomass
Task 34 : Pyrolysis of Biomass
Task 36 : Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste
Task 37 : Energy from Biogas and Landfill Gas
Task 38 : Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems
Task 39 : Liquid Biofuels from Biomass
Task 40 : Sustainable International Bioenergy Trade: Securing Supply and Demand
Task 41 : Bioenergy Systems Analysis

Position papers and joint publications are prepared regularly. For example, the previous Task 38: Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass & Bioenergy Systems has produced a Frequently Asked Questions paper (PDF) on bioenergy, carbon sinks, and global climate change. The aim of the FAQ is to inform industry, scientists, policy makers and the interested public about some of the issues surrounding these topics. A bibliography on greenhouse gas balance of bioenergy, forestry, wood products, land use, and land-use change has been produced. Task 38 has also been contributing to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and to clarification of biomass-relevant provisions of the Kyoto Protocol.

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