2. Workshop agenda
• Overview Better Biomass certification
system
• Better Biomass sustainability criteria
• Eneco Bio Golden Raand: Sustainable
electricity from residue wood
• Questions
3. Overview Better Biomass certification system
• Background and general structure of the
Better Biomass certification system
• What are the sustainability criteria?
• How to get certified?
• How can policy makers, procurers and
regulators use the system?
• What is the link with European (CEN) and
global (ISO) sustainability standards?
5. Booming Biomass
• Biomass is global business
• Large opportunities for new activities in the
field of biomass
• Must not be at the expense of other important
values for nature, environment and society
• European biomass demand will exceed
domestic production
6. Better Biomass certification system
• For solid, liquid and gaseous biomass chains
• Electricity, heating, transport fuel and bio-
based products
• Operational since early 2011
• Accreditation by RvA (EA, IAF member)
• European recognition for RED: 31 July 2012
• Harmonized with international standards (CEN
& ISO)
7. What are the sustainability criteria?
• Very inclusive definition of sustainability
• Criteria covering People, Planet & Profit
• Broad stakeholder support (industry,
academics, policy and NGO’s)
• Revision just finalized
9. How to get certified?
1. Preparation
a) Membership
2. Initial audit
a) phase 1: research and preparation
b) phase 2: on-site audit and feedback
3. Granting of certificate
4. Maintaining certificate
a) Surveillance audit (annual)
b) Re-certification (within 5 years)
10. How can policy makers, procurers and
regulators use the system?
11. Standardization
• A standard is a voluntary agreement amongst
market parties
• All parties concerned
• Agreements based on consensus
• Open & transparent process
• Purposes
– Facilitating trade & interoperability
– Self-regulation
– Health, safety, environment
– Image
12. Many relevant characteristics for bio-based
products, including:
– LCA
– Toxicity
– Sustainability of the biomass used
– Bio-based content
– Biodegradability
– Marine biodegradability
– … and many more
Characteristics of Bio-based products
15. Examples
• Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC)
• Dutch Energy agreement
• Standardization mandate
– M/492 Bio-based products
16. What is the link with European (CEN) and
global (ISO) sustainability standards?
17. NTA 8080
ISO 13065
ISO/PC 248
EN 16751
CEN/TC 411
EN 16214
CEN/TC 383
NEN-EN
16214
NEN-EN
16751*
* National adoption after publication of EN 16751
Mandatory national adoption
Inputin standard
Standardization activities
18. Overview of applicability
Biofuels &
bioliquids
Solid &
gaseous
biomass
Bio-based
products
ISO 13065 EN 16751
NTA 8080 | Better Biomass
EN 16214*
Level of
detail
PCIs
Minimum
requirements
Verifiers
* Only RED sustainability aspects
19. ISO and CEN standards committees
• ISO/PC 248 “Sustainability criteria for
bioenergy
• CEN/TC 383 “Sustainably produced biomass
for energy applications”
• CEN/TC 411 “Bio-based products”
20. ISO/PC 248 - Scope
• Standardization in the field of sustainability
criteria for production,supply chain and
applicationof bioenergy. This includes
terminology and aspects related to the
sustainability (e.g. environmental, social and
economic) of bioenergy.
21. ISO/PC 248 - Membership
Blue: Participating members (34 countries)
Orange: Observing members (13 countries)
22. ISO/PC 248 - Standards
• ISO 13065:2015,Sustainability
criteria for bioenergy
23. CEN/TC 383 - Scope
• Sustainability principles, criteria and
indicatorsincluding their verification and
auditing schemes, for as a minimum, but not
restricted to, biomass for energy
applications.This includes greenhouse gas
emission and fossil fuel balances,
biodiversity, environmental, economic and
social aspects and indirect effects within
each of the aspects
24. CEN/TC 383 - Focus
• Develop standards that allows users to
check for the sustainability requirements as
laid down by Directive 2009/28/EC
(Renewable Energy Directive)
25. CEN/TC 383 - Standards
• EN16214,Sustainabilitycriteriaforthe production
ofbiofuelsandbioliquidsforenergyapplications-
Principles,criteria,indicatorsandverifiers
– Part 1 (2012): Terminology
– Part 2 (2014): Conformity assessment including
chain of custody and mass balance [TS]
– Part 3 (2012): Biodiversity and environmental
aspects related to nature protection purposes
– Part 4 (2013): Calculation methods of the
GHG emission balance using a LCA approach
26. CEN/TC 411 - Scope
• Development of standards for bio-based
products covering horizontal aspects. This
includes consistent terminology, sampling,
certification tools, bio-based content,
applicationof and correlation towards life
cycle analysis, sustainability criteria for
biomass used and for final products, and
aspects where further harmonization is
needed on horizontal level
27. CEN/TC 411 - Mandate
• Standardizationrequest from the European
Commission (M/492)
28. CEN/TC 411 - Standards
• FprEN 16751, Bio-based products -
Sustainability criteria [currently under formal vote]
ISO 13065 has been used as starting point
30. Themes
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Competition with local
applications
• Biodiversity
• The environment
• Prosperity
• Wellbeing
31. What’s new or improved?
• New developments taken into account:
– Carbon debt
– Cascading of biomass
– ILUC
• Improvements in criteria setting
– Biodiversity
– Socio-economic criteria
– Continual improvement
32. Greenhouse gas emissions
• GHG emission savings
• Land use change
– Wetlands
– Continuously forested areas and
other forests
– Peatland
• Excluding use that creates
carbon debt
34. Biodiversity
• Land use change
– Primary forest and other
wooded land
– Nature protection areas
– Highly biodiverse grassland
• Creating set-aside areas
• Restoring, preserving and
strengthening biodiversity
35. The environment
• Soil quality
• Ground and surface water
quality
• Water sources and use
• Air quality
• Waste management
37. Wellbeing
• Labour rights
• Working conditions
• Responsible contact with
(local) stakeholders
• Land-use rights
• Contributing to wellbeing
local population
• Integrity of company
38. ENECO Bio Golden Raand
Sustainable electricity from residue wood
39. Eneco Bio Golden Raand
• Sustainable electricity from residue wood
• Challenges and experiences
• Generating supply of sustainable biomass
