1. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Data base: Miscanthus field trial results

2. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Results of MiscandMod

3. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Results of MiscandMod For countries: Austria - Belgium - Czech Republic - Germany - Denmark - Estonia - Spain - Finland - France – Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Latvia - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Sweden - Slovenia - Slovakia - United Kingdom Results of SwitchgrassMod Not yet available - Data from A & F are urgently needed!!

4. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Biomass supply - choice of regions for miscanthus production 2 x 4 regions are included. What is the goal of the selection? To identify region which represent the range of variation in yields and/or climate and/or agricultural production system? To identify regions with high yield potential for miscanthus? Other criteria…? One cost for each NUTS 2 region (€/t), or range of costs based on variation in land suitability within a NUTS 2 region?

5. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management PL 32 (Podkarpackie) 29 / 20 t DM ha -1 a -1 (peak / harvestable yield) Biomass supply - choice of regions for miscanthus production (example)

6. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management DE 14 (Tuebingen) 26 / 18 t DM ha -1 a -1 (peak / harvestable yield) Biomass supply - choice of regions for miscanthus production (example)

7. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management UK K4 (Devon) 23 / 16 t DM ha -1 a -1 (peak / harvestable yield) Biomass supply - choice of regions for miscanthus production (example)

8. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management ICT4 (Lombardia) 33 / 23 t DM ha -1 a -1 (peak / harvestable yield) Biomass supply - choice of regions for miscanthus production (example)

9. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Chain selectionFU Cocombustion in coal fired power plants / small scale combustion for heating GJe / GJth Biofuels (ethanol from fermentation and advanced biofuels from gasification) km Poly lactic acidkg Medium Density Fibre Boardkg Miscanthus/switchgrass chain selection based on scan of market size and economic viability Excluded are: paper, animal bedding, PTT, ethylene, insulation, composites, concrete and other construction applications

10. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Cost analysis - production (1/2) Costs include production, transport and processing Standard production system: operations, input and output costs: machinery costs fertilizer input fuel input (machinery, irrigation) chemicals input labour hours

11. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Cost analysis - production (2/2) Costs variation may include erosion prevention measures, type of N fertilizer (organic, mineral), harvest method, farm owned/contract machinery Costs of transporation are important. Transport chains and distance will be selected later

12. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Cost analysis - processing (1/1) Processing costs are scale-dependant. Scale (and transport distance) will be selected later Processing costs are not specified per NUTS 2 region Processing costs are also calculated for reference chains

13. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Environmental impacts – production (1/2) Energy use (mainly NUTS 2 unspecific) Greenhouse gas emissions (mainly NUTS 2 unspecific) Erosion (EPIC; site specific analysis) Nutrient leaching (EPIC; site specific analysis) Water use (EPIC; site specific analysis) Soil compaction (site unspecific analysis; literature) Input agrochemicals (site unspecific) Landscape (site unspecific analysis; literature scan) Biodiversity

14. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management Environmental impacts - processing Energy use (NUTS 2 unspecific) Greenhouse gas emissions (NUTS 2 unspecific)

15. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Innovation Management System boundaries Including second order energy use (e.g. energy for fertilizer production) Excluding third order energy use (e.g. energy for machinery production) International standards Environmental impacts – processing & production For the reference chains only greenhouse gas emissions and energy use are included