Biomass Supply and the Sustainable Development Goals - International Case Studies

Finally, the authors are grateful to members from the broader IEA Bioenergy team from the strategic inter-task project team on The Role of Bioenergy in a WB2/SDG world for their input and review of the report, especially: Uwe R. [...] This report is a contribution to the IEA Bioenergy strategic inter-task project on The Role of Bioenergy in a WB2/SDG world, for the activity on the contribution of bioenergy systems to SDG implementation. [...] The heating network supplies heat to 12 customers in the community for heating in the winter season and also supplies heat to the open air swimming pool in the summer. [...] Bioenergy Supply Chain Summary Biomass Type: Forest Biomass Origin: Harvest residue Biomass Format: Chips Biomass Amount: N/A Supply Chain Length: Regional Bioenergy Product: N/A Stakeholders: Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Université Laval Overview of Case Study The aim of this project was to compare the cost of procuring wood for timber and biomass for bioenergy, and the costs of site preparation. [...] The community previously relied on two million litres of diesel fuel per year to provide heat and electricity to the local community and could only be transported to the community in the winter via the community’s ice road.