Global Pellet Markets Standardization

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World Biomass Power Markets
May 17th , 2013, Amsterdam
Global Pellet Markets:
Standardization, Certification and Legislation
Harmen Willemse
Consultant
NEN - Netherlands
Standardization Institute
Global Pellet Markets and Standardization

About NEN
• 35.000 standard users
• 1.400 committees
• 40.000 standards
• € 40 million turnover, 300 employees
• 280 international secretariats CEN and ISO
•Private standardization
organisation since 1916
•Founding member of CEN,
CENELEC, ISO and IEC

NEN and Energy
• Standards development in energy market:
– Solid, liquid & gaseous (bio)fuels
– Sustainability of bioenergy
– (petroleum, petro-)chemical & natural gas Technology
– Pipeline and distribution systems
– Energy management & efficiency
– Hydrogen & Fuel cell Technology
– Biobased products
– Smart cities, Smart grids, Electrical vehicles
– Wind, Tidal and Solar power systems

Standardization
• A standard is a voluntary agreement amongst market
parties
• Starting points for standards development
– All parties concerned
– Agreements based on consensus
– Open & transparent process
• Purposes
– Facilitating trade & interoperability
– Self-regulation
– Health, safety, environment
– Image

International standardization
•Standardization takes
place at three levels:
– National (NEN)
– European (CEN)
– International (ISO)

The golden triangle
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Global criteria
Detailed
elaboration
Conformity
assessment

An illustration
Sustainability criteria for biofuels and liquid
biomass
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EU sustainability criteria biofuels

CEN Technical Committee 383
“Sustainably produced biomass for energy applications”
– initiated and chaired by the Netherlands, February 2008
– originally meant to cover Cramer-criteria
– re-focused on basis of RED and specific EC letter request in 2009
– Published EN 16214-series: Sustainability criteria for the production of
biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications
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“The work carried out by CEN/TC 383 is to
assist economic operators in providing
evidence for the provisions relating to the EU
sustainability criteria for biofuels and
bioliquids”

ISO 13065 ‘Sustainability criteria for
bioenergy’
• Specifies sustainability principles, criteria and measurable indicators
for the processes involved throughout the bioenergy supply chain to
facilitate assessment of environmental, social and economic aspects
of sustainability
• Does not establish thresholds or limits and does not describe specific
bioenergy processes and production methods
• Is intended to facilitate comparison between various bioenergy
processes or products
• Compliance with ISO 13065 does not determine the sustainability of
processes or products.
• Applicable to solid, liquid and gaseous biomass
ISO/PC 248

NTA 8080 sustainable biomass
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Cramer sustainability
themes:
• Well-being
• Environment
• Biodiversity
• Greenhouse gases
• Prosperity
• Competition

NTA 8080 Sustainability criteria for
biomass for energy purposes
• Developed with a diverse group of stakeholders,
including several NGOs
• For international application
• For all types of biomass
• Harmonized with CEN and ISO standards
• Approved as a voluntary scheme for RED
• Accredited by RvA, an EA and IAF member

Scope of certification
Solid, Liquid and Gaseous biomass
Producers, Processors, Traders, End-users
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>> Opportunity to join the update of the standard!

Solid Standards
Standardization, certification and legislation for
solid biofuels

European standards (2009-2012)
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Terminology
EN 14588
Fuel specifications and classes
EN 14961 series
Fuel quality assurance
EN 15234 series
Sample and sample preparation
EN 14778, EN 14780
Physical and mechanical properties
EN 14774 series, EN 14775, EN 14918, EN
15103, EN 15148, EN 15149 series, CEN/TS
15149, EN 15150, EN 15210 series, EN 16126,
EN 16127
Chemical analysis
EN 15104, EN 15105, EN 15289, EN 15290,
EN 15296, EN 15297

Input for ISO standards (replacing EN
standards)
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Topic
European (EN)
standards
International (ISO)
standards
Terminology EN 14588 ISO/DIS 16559*
Fuel specifications
and classes
EN 14961 series (6
parts)
ISO/DIS 17225 series
(7 parts)*
Fuel quality assurance
EN 15234 series (6
parts)
ISO/CD 17588*
Sample and sample
preparation
EN 14778 and EN
14780
ISO/NP 18135* and
ISO/NP 14780*
Physical and
mechanical properties
15 standards published
12 standards under
development
Chemical analysis 6 standards published
6 standards under
development
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Certification
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DINplus
Wood Pellets for Central Heating Boilers
ENplus
Wood Pellets for Heating Purposes
EN 14961-2:2011 Solid biofuels – Fuel specifications and
classes – Part 2: Wood pellets for non-industrial use

Solid Biofuels – Quality aspects

Solid Biofuels – Sustainability
• No European legislation in place yet
• EU Report on sustainability requirements for use of
solid and gaseous biomass resources in electricity,
heating and cooling (2010)
• UK and Belgium are working on national legislation
• Certification schemes/initiatives are being developed
(IWPB)
• Some are already being used (GGL, NTA 8080*)
• Sustainable forestry: FSC, PEFC, SFI, CSA
• Voluntary reporting by energy companies started in
the Netherlands, based on a Green Deal
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* Approved for RED

Sustainability of solid biomass: bottom up

Conclusions & takeaways
• Standards are voluntary agreements, creating certainty
and transparency in the market
• Interaction between legislation, standardization and
certification
• (Potential) Role of standards in policy development
• Standards and voluntary schemes are powerful tools to
drive the sustainability debate
• Opportunity for the market to take the lead

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