Room: Poster Area
Date: Friday, 22 May 2026
Time: 09:00 - 10:00 CEST
Session code 5DV.1
Fuel production from biomass and hydrogen
Synergies and Trade-Offs Between Hydrogen Demand, Carbon Efficiency, and Energy Efficiency in Advanced Biofuel and Bioelectrofuels Pathways: Towards Integrated Modeling for the North Sea Region
Short Introductive summary
Achieving climate goals requires a substantial expansion of low-carbon, renewable transport fuels for maritime, aviation and heavy freight applications. Due to its strategic role in energy supply and trade, the shift to renewable fuels creates both challenges and opportunities for the North Sea region. IEA Bioenergy Task 40 is evaluating the future deployment of efficient and sustainable biogenic carbon value chains, including advanced biofuels, hydrogen-integrated advanced biofuel and hybrid bio-electrofuel pathways. In this context, understanding how efficiently biogenic carbon and other renewable energy resources, including renewable hydrogen can be utilized in the most efficient way is essential. Carbon efficiency, energy efficiency, and hydrogen requirement serve as key indicators for evaluating these pathways, revealing critical trade-offs between carbon retention, energy use, and hydrogen consumption that determine system feasibility and cost-effectiveness. This study aims to develop a spatially explicit assessment for the North Sea Region linking biogenic resource supply chains with renewable hydrogen infrastructure for renewable fuel production.
Presenter
Ric HOEFNAGELS
Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute, THE NETHERLANDS
Presenter's biography
Dr. Ric Hoefnagels is an Assistant Professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University. His research focuses on biobased economy projects, specifically examining biomass supply, demand, and trade within emerging markets. He is the Dutch NTL of IEA Bioenergy Task 40.
Biographies and Short introductive summaries are supplied directly by presenters and are published here unedited
Co-authors:
E.T.A. Hoefnagels, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
M.J. Junginger, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
K.P. Karin Pettersson, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Gothernburg, SWEDEN
Session reference: 5DV.1.4