B2B Biomass Netherlands – Ukraine | Kiev | 26 September 2012

Supply of certification services from the

Netherlands

Ярно Дакхорст

NEN Енергетичні ресурси

Supply of certification services from the Netherlands

Overview

• The Netherlands need to import biomass to meet

renewable energy targets

• Companies valorising biomass for electricity, heat or fuel

production look among other things at:

• Quality => do technical specifications of biomass meet

company’s specifications for efficient and clean processing

• Sustainability => is biomass sourced in a way that planet,

people, profit are respected

• Conformity assessment (CA) is a way to demonstrate

compliance with quality and sustainability requirements

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General requirements CA process

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ISO/IEC 17011

CAB

Product

certification

CAB

management

systems

CAB

Certification of

persons

CAB

inspectionslaboratory

producer / service provider

customer

ISO/IEC 17021 Guide 65 ISO/IEC 17020 ISO/IEC 17024 ISO/IEC 17025

Accreditation body

CAB = conformity

assessment body

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Specific requirements CA process

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Requirements concerning

content:

• product / services

• system

• person

Requirements concerning:

• method to conduct

determination activities

• review and attestation

• need for surveillance

Separated according to ISO 17007

Standard xxx Certification

scheme xxx

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Example in biomass sector

Wood pellets

Quality:

• Standards EN 14961-2 & EN 15234-2

• Certification scheme ENplus

Sustainability:

• Standard NTA 8080

• Certification scheme NTA 8081

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Standardization activities (1)

• Quality:

• CEN/TC 19 ‘Petroleum products and liquid and gaseous (bio)fuels’

=> bio-ethanol, biodiesel, blending in fossil fuels

• CEN/TC 335 ‘Solid biofuels’ => finished programme, both woody

and non-woody, focus on non-industrial use

• CEN/PC 408 ‘Biomethane’ => automotive, injection in grid

• CEN/TC 411 ‘Biobased products’ => horizontal topics like

biobased content, certification and declaration tools

• ISO/TC 238 ‘Solid biofuels’ => transforming European standards to

international standards, also applicable to industrial use

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Standardization activities (2)

• Sustainability:

• NTA 8080 certification system for sustainably produced biomass

for energy application => input in and aligned with CEN and ISO

• CEN/TC 383 ‘Sustainably produced biomass for energy

applications’ => focus on RED (biofuels and bioliquids)

• CEN/TC 411 ‘Biobased products’ => also sustainability criteria for

biobased products

• ISO/PC 248 ‘Sustainability criteria for bioenergy’ => environmental,

social and economic criteria for all types of biomass and bioenergy

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Simplified biomass supply chain

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‘Producer’ ‘Processor’ ‘End-user’

LOGISTICS

‘Trader’

PROCESSING ORIGIN VALORISATION

LOGISTICS

‘Trader’

For biomass producers

(e.g., agriculture,

forestry) focus is on

sustainability

For biomass processors

(e.g., pelletizers) focus is

on quality of product

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For all operators in supply chain traceability (e.g., origin of products, mass

balance) shall be ensured

Conformity assessment throughout supply chain is tool to demonstrate

compliance with all quality and sustainability requirements

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Experiences in the Netherlands

• Port of Rotterdam is main port of Europe (but also other

major ports in NL) with a broad variety of commodities

(incl. biomass) being transferred and stored

=> several parties offer conformity assessment services

(many operating globally)

• Both national and international biomass supply chains

using conformity assessment

• Quality is a mature market (e.g. coal), although biomass

new product to portfolio

• Sustainability is an new and emerging market, mainly

addressing biomass (energy and products applications)

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NEN and conformity assessment

NEN is not a conformity assessment body, but:

• facilitates standardization process

• facilitates unambiguous and transparent conditions for

certification by developing certification schemes

• facilitates continuous and credible process of conformity

assessment process by acting as scheme owner

NEN is more visible now, because of coordinating role

during actual process of certification

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Ukraine and biomass certification

Two key issues for implementation of biomass certification

in Ukraine:

• (pilot) projects with respect to quality and sustainability

certification => creating a biomass market (both local

and international)

• eligible conformity assessment bodies (CABs) and

auditors with appropriate competences in biomass area

The Netherlands can help by:

• importing biomass (products) fulfilling conditions

• capacity building amongst CABs

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Questions?

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Thank you for your attention

NEN Energy Resources

energy@nen.nl

+31 15 2 690 326

www.sustainable-biomass.org

www.solidstandards.eu