The document discusses the key role of biomass in expanding renewable energy use in Ukraine. It provides information on the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) including its mission, members, and location. The document also discusses renewable energy targets for Ukraine by 2030, noting biomass could provide 0.8 exajoules of energy while Ukraine has a biomass potential of 1.1-1.8 exajoules, leaving potential for export. Sustainable sources of biomass are identified as agriculture residues, forestry residues, and energy crops.
1. The Key Role of Biomass
in Expanding Renewable
Energy Use in Ukraine
12th International Conference
Biomass for Energy
Kyiv, 21 September 2016
Jeff Skeer
International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA)
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Established: April 2011
Mission: Accelerate deployment of renewable energy
Strategy: Hub, voice and objective information source for RE
Members: 176 countries engaged; 149 ratified (23 June 2016)
Mandate: Sustainable deployment of the six RE resources
(Biomass, Geothermal, Hydro, Ocean, Solar, Wind)
Location: Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Innovation and Technology Centre: Bonn, Germany
Lead: Director-General, Adnan Amin
International Renewable Energy Agency
3. Renewables would mainly replace coal to become the largest
source of primary energy by 2030 in the REmap scenario. 3
Renewables as Largest
Primary Energy Source
4. Savings from reducing human health damage and CO2 emissions
would be 4 to 15 times the cost of the doubling renewable share 4
Savings greatly exceed costs
40% of all options identified are cost
effective even neglecting external benefits
All options are cost effective if health and
environmental externalities are considered
15. REducing Ukraine Fossil Fuel Use
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ReductioninREmap2030PrimaryEnergyin2013 Increasein REmap2030
16. Pockets of Sustainable Bioenergy
• Agriculture
Residues associated with growing food production
Higher yields on cropland (sustainable intensification)
Efficient livestock husbandry: freeing up pastureland
Reduced food losses and waste: freeing up farmland
• Forestry
Residues (complementary fellings on timberland)
Higher yields in planted forests (better management)
Afforestation of degraded forest and marginal lands
• Algae
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17. Potential Land for Solid Biomass
• Closing the Yield Gap:550 M ha
• Better Use of Pasture Land: 950 M ha
• Reduced Food Chain Losses: 270 M ha
• Reafforestation: 350 M ha
• TOTAL: OVER 2 BILLION HECTARES, 300 EJ
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18. Policies to Boost Solid Biomass
• Accelerate improvement of crop yields by expanding
extension services to spread modern farming techniques.
• Improve understanding of logistical approaches for cost-
effective harvesting of farm and forest residues.
• Collect comprehensive data on land that could be used for
sustainable wood and grass crops, including likely yields.
• Conduct in-depth research on practices for cultivating
rapidly growing trees and grasses on pastureland that
could sequester carbon and enhance biodiversity.
• Institute more secure land tenure and better governance
to provide incentives for more intensive land management.
• Provide Incentives to plant trees on degraded lands.
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19. Forest Focus
• Harvest Most Wood As Long-Lasting Lumber
At least two-thirds of wood extraction
Far more valuable than energy wood
Lasts up to a century, sequestering carbon
Displaces carbon-intensive concrete
• Use Wood Residues for Heat and Power
Highly efficient CHP and CHP – 80-90%
Displaces carbon-intensive fossil fuel
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