Methods for foreground life cycle inventory

Method for addressing competition for biomass

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·         Method for modelling constraints to biomass availability

The document presents a method to model constraints to biomass availability under different situations. First it provides a theoretical introduction to how the problem is approached from a consequential perspective. Furthermore, specific recommendations are provided for modelling supply of biomass in line with this theory and indications for which types of data to use with respect to the methodological choices are provided.

·         Screening and comparison of data sources to calculate market mix

The document presents a screening of potentially useful literature and data sources as basis for modelling a market mix of unconstrained suppliers of biomass feedstocks, as well as a comparison of the data from three selected sources, that showed poor agreement. Based on the screening of the literature and on the analysis, the FAOSTAT data is recommended for calculating a market mix of unconstrained suppliers for use in the LCAs of the ALIGNED project.

·         Comparison data sources (.xlsx file)

Spreadsheet with data and calculations on which the above-mentioned screening and comparison of data sources to calculate market mix is based.

·         Modelling a market mix from FAOSTAT data

This tutorial serves as a tool for users seeking to model a market mix for selected biomass products, starting from the Forestry Production and Trade data from FAOSTAT. By utilizing the tutorial, the user can generate overviews of annual production quantity of biomass for different countries.

·         Coding for implementation of calculations for marginal mix (.xlsx, .py, .pynb .html and .R files)

Models and code to implement the calculations described in the guideline to calculate a marginal mix starting from FAOSTAT data. Coding is provided in both Excel, R, and Python for different users.

·         Datasets used for market mix calculation analyses (.csv files)

Raw data from FAOSTAT to be used in the example market mix calculation analyses.