IEA Bioenergy Task 39 'Commercializing 1st- and 2nd-Generation Liquid Biofuels from Biomass' is an international network dedicated to the development and deployment of biofuels for transportation fuel use.  The Task is part of the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s Implementing Agreement on Bioenergy und currently comprises 15 countries. More information on the task is available at www.task39.org.

Task 39 has commissioned an overview on pilot and demonstration facilities for the production of biofuels from lignocellulosic raw materials. Companies that undertake such projects were contacted and asked for more detailed information, such as type of product, type of conversion technology, production capacity, current status of the project, project owner and location.

All information was inserted into a database and is displayed in an interactive map which is available at http://biofuels.abc-energy.at/demoplants/. It allows the user to quickly obtain an overview on ongoing lignocellulosic biofuel projects, and to find detailed information on specific projects.

The respective presentation will give an overview on the current status of development of lignocellulosic biofuels technologies. If presented orally, different technological options will be highlighted and compared; in poster format all projects will be displayed in the map and the companies will be listed.

For more information please contact: dina.bacovsky@bioenergy2020.eu