Opportunities and challenges for broadening biomass feedstock in europe

Resource efficient biomass feedstock supply is essential to sustain current capacities and facilitate market development for advanced bioenergy and biofuel technological pathways. The aim of the working paper is to: synthesize recent research targeting European biomass feedstock for bioenergy; identify opportunities and challenges and provide research and policy relevant recommendations for 2030 and beyond. Four research areas are analysed: improving practices for forest biomass supply and logistics; biofuels from marginal land; biomass supply and cost supply assessments and certification & standardization.