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1. e Step 6 Organic soils calculation for organic soil actual calculations must be made for the evaluation of the SOC but actual calculations or default values can be used for the evaluation of Cygo e Step 7 Check in the last line that the proper value is called If this is not the case get back to step 4 and choose the appropriate calculation type il Green ad Ll J4 He satin ame Ca T uli atat s algi Se Ga a 19 it cyt Bi or oline Harmonised Ts ric eG for Ele e Step 8 Check in the bioenergy production pathway where you need to declare a Land Use Change that the LUC value is there Please also check that no Improved agricultural management is declared in the module right below See the next section for more information 4 culations from Cool temperate Wet Grassland No till High with manu Does land use change occur yes Go to Cool temperate Wet Perennial crops poplar wilow sheet LUC Medium to calculate the land use change Emissions per M g Co g 2 70 i 116 Result q 6 2 Howto use the Esca sheet The Ea sheet is to be used when the user wants to claim increased carbon stock in soils because of improved agricultural practices like no tillage increased residue incorporation etc This Excel sheet is built on the same model than the LUC sheet The same steps are needed to use it Please have a look at the LUC section to have a step
2. x clectricity Heat E a 8 m 20 RRAN 0 0 E de u mE CE 21 m PE ae Cooling a i E 22 Hamme een hy SHER nnp peeeeeee be EEE BER Geseseneees 23 e are a af a 4 u Detailed Global results EC reports Final energy amp GHG Allocation factor results to use default values emission reduction amp references The first lines of each Excel sheet present the results synthetically for the pathway calculated in this Excel sheet It is made of 5 main parts Detailed results this first part gives the step by step results before and after allocation The aggregated results written in white text correspond to the disaggregated results provided in the JRC report see the box below Several calculation modules can contribute to each step This part also provides information on CO emissions caused by the CH and N20 emissions at final combustion e Box 2 Basis for assessing the GHG emission savings of solid and gaseous biomass The assessment of GHG emission savings of biomass carried out by JRC for this Staff Working Document is based broadly on the simplified methodology contained in the Commission report on biomass sustainability published in 2010 see Annex 1 of COM 2010 11 which is based on the following formula E e t Et Ep F Cu T Cu Cuer Cees Car 18 culations from n yarmonised OA eating for Electricity a gt Bi Eec Bar Eee Cu 5 a Csca Cep N uc ea NF Rep
3. boxes are provided see paragraph below Intermediate calculation information some relevant information is given in the central part of the module columns E F and G They are helpful to give easier understanding of some calculation stages They can also provide intermediate calculation useful for further parts of the tool In this example the quantity of product in MJ wood chips per MJ forest residues and intermediate yield data appear GHG Calculation the right side of the tool is the calculation part The global warming potentials for the three main gases are taken from the Standard values sheet Results are given in the bottom of the module in blue cells The unit g CO2 per MJ final carrier is also given in order to easily keep track of it Results in another unit the last column offers results or intermediate data in a more easy to manipulate unit in general g CO q per kg of chips Note that in this module column N data are given per kg of energy carrier including moisture Assistance with unit conversions this box provides some guidance to convert input data from the user specific unit into the proper unit of the module For instance to convert a distance from nautical sea miles into km Some modules dealing with specific issues can be found at the bottom of each calculation sheet Indeed some agricultural practices or local conditions also need to be taken into account within the EC reports methodology for
4. ih ons use GAS Sue ee Biomass monised Gre Aoo a Cooling ff Hea tricity re Elect User manual for the BioGrace greenhouse gas calculation tool for electricity heating and cooling Version 2 January 2015 ors by LLIGENT ENERGY www biograce net PE W ations a Gas a C Om Biomass d creen and Cooling atl city He S Harmon s This support document is designed to assist the economic operators to understand and use the BioGrace Greenhouse gas GHG calculation tool for electricity heating and cooling from biomass The main questions that arise concerning the tool are presented below with a link to the appropriate chapter within this user manual If the BioGrace II tool is to be used for making actual calculations then the user shall also refer to the BioGrace calculation rules This chapter details the different ways of using this tool You will find why this tool was developed and what it can do He do SMe are This chapter explains how the tool is designed and the general 5 o principles of the calculations This part describes how the result module in head of each pathway works It also explains how to choose between disaggregated default value and actual default value Functions of the tool How to understand and pilot the results How can I use the tool to calculate my own actual value How can I use the tool to understand These chapters allow you to make the bes
5. means that the value used for this step in column D is coming from the JRC report disaggregated default value presented in column G For instance if you want to use for the cultivation step e the disaggregated default value of the JRC report and only for this part than you should choose the letter D from the checkbox list of line 8 The letter on lines 10 and 12 of the same column E should stay positioned on A to get back actual 20 ations C fromm Biomass values calculated in the modules below of the BioGrace tool Please also refer to BioGrace II calculation rules for more explanation on the methodological rules for applying such possibility 2 4 9 Presentation of the final conversion module In all pathways expect for the production of biogas and biomethane see 2 4 8 the last module of pathway is the final conversion see figure below In this module N20 and CH emissions caused by the combustion of the final energy carrier into the final energy are calculated More information on the COs CH and NO emissions due to the final conversion can be found in the help box associated with these emissions see red triangles in the figure below This module is automatically filled using the information from the General settings box Al B D z F G J K L M 37 Emissions from final conversion 38 km Final conversion CH and N20 emissions only 40 Combustion emissions already included N
6. value called see the section on how to modify or add an input e Cells in BY Oia Ue cage offer calculation results for a module or for an aggregation of modules Please note in case a calculation is made that will be used to show the GHG performance of a bioenergy as part of fulfilling the sustainability criteria of the EC reports the function track changes should be turned on On each of the Excel sheets for the bioenergy production pathways you can find on the right near the top of the sheet under the general settings an orange button which is named Track changes ON or Track changes OFF You should leave this button to Track changes ON which is the standard setting when you open the tool This will cause that a change in a cell will be marked by a yellow background colour and a red box around the cell This function keep track of changes from the original document which will help the work of the verifiers in case of certification supervision 2 3 Comment and help boxes in the tool When you open the BioGrace tool a popup box called Help for the cell that is selected appears see figure below This box gives you all needed information to understand and manage the comments included in the cells of the tool o_o Help for this cell The cells with the red triangle in the right upper corner contain help texts A help text which is specific for each cell will be displayed
7. or Electricity Contents 1 Functio 0 0 xr Gee eee peer 5 2 Gegem epresentation Of thiakmak C C O 6 2l Emand fast navigati Gaiman the tod e essseeerertreerrereeeesseseeresreeeeersese 6 Die ColdM mo Oee Cells in calculation Sheets ccccccssssessssssseseeeeeeeceecccsscecesssseseseeereceeeceesseseceassees 9 2 3 Comment and help boxes in the tool cccccseceesssssseesseeeeeceeccccssccecesssssesseseeeecececccssececesssseeeseseceeeceseeneees 10 2 4 How GHG calculations are made within this tool cccsssssssssssssssessssesssssseesseseseeeseeseseeseseseeseeeeeeees 11 2 4 1 General 00 e_____ _ _ ee 11 2 4 2 Presentation ot the General settings DOX vecicccnicedaccenesiccxeinddncdexesixiacivadictaxixaisaciesiactexcsivtacieedietexerinees 11 2 4 3 Presentation of the Values calculated from complete pathway bOX ccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 12 2 4 4 Presentation of the Consistency check DOX cisveicasccendsscdesteassnceadisidaoeiia seca niidedesteaeiachedid ideo nia aetandsdeden 13 2 4 5 Presentation of a module xs scesscssscaseneseceasatsacatonseacesoodsscasaneseaesagbssasbanieacasncdtacaiensseaesnnbsscabonseucesoodnecains 14 2 4 6 Presentation of the Overview Results mod le issssecnrinioneninninninnnen nannaa 15 2 4 7 Presentation of the final conversion Modules scssssissiirniniina d a 18 2 4 8 OTEA E a EE T E T A E A EAE A AT A N T ET A E 18 2 4 9
8. 118 Factor from typical to default values 1 7 119 120 Energy consumption 421 Electricity including input into boiler 0 0499 MJ Mdivcca pene gras missions are calculated below the light grey boiler CHP box 122 Diesel 0 0020 MJ S Mliwo penes gros internal transport 019 0 00 123 CH and N0 emissions from use of diesel 0 00 0 00 124 Heat 0 1853 MJ Mdyoca eros to pe men 133 Wood chip boiler 1 Emissions wood chip boiler included in final results Emissions from wood chip boile 134 135 Thermal efficiency of wood chip boiler 65 0 Yo Monee Mwoa Please note not dried wood chips will lead to a lower thermal effiency of the boiler 136 Wood chips to be fired in CHP are dried The chips are dried towards same moisture content as chips fed to pelletiser requ 137 Wood chip consumption in boiler 0 2815 MJ MJyecd peses gees Amount of wood chips used for generation of heat 423 CH and N O emissions from wood chip boiler 0 00 0 00 139 Electricity use in boiler No input needed as the electricity use in the boiler is already included in the electricity use given above 0 0499 MJ MJywocd penes gross Information on the calculation strategy can be found in the orange box or in the document BioGrace I calculation rules 2 4 13 Specific calculation points to be known Result g Cze MJ Cultivation of maize of product Calculated emissions Info Yield Emissions per MJ Biomethane per kg maize per ha year Corn Maize whole crop
9. Actual calculation module Default with mineral sols Actual calculation In this case you should use Actual calculation module for both C and SOC Organic soils calculation Actual calculation e Step 5 Default calculation with mineral soils First you need to have with you the Commission Decision of 10 June 2010 on guidelines for the calculation of land use carbon stocks for the purpose of Annex V of Directive 2009 28 EC where all formula and data are available In the part dedicated to default calculation fill the needed information and data in the white cells These cells are not using a pre defined list You should refer to the information given in column L to find the tables from the Commission decision Please use the same wording than the one used in the communication paper of the Commission Note that cells in light red are automatically filled from other cells For that begin by filling the actual land use part In the bellow example the actual land use is a perennial crop such as poplar or willow Default values provided in the Commission Decision paragraph 8 have been used for the estimation of Cyeg both for the actual and the reference land use 39 il a culatl mare omass e Gas nousi ing from Green Co oli ty Heating a nd il sjations rm aT G alc 5 re 7 eon ads oling ire I5 d 5 ta i A ry Lo onise eating anu AS e om Biom Harn cit for Fle Ti trl Calculation of direct
10. Initial formula in cell 151 of the previous picture C51 VLOOKUP B51 Standard values C 9 S 275 3 FALSE C 35 New formula in cell 150 C51 VLOOKUP B51 User defined standard values C 9 S 275 3 FALSE C 35 The number 3 refer to the columns where the values are taken from This number can change if the unit change from CO per kg to C0 per MJ for example 3 4 Adding an input in a pathway that exists in the user defined standard value sheet Step by step example The tool user wants to add a new input in one of the pathways For that the following steps must be performed e Step 1 First in the pathway you are working on get to the module where you want to add an input im Baling of straw ity of product Calculated emissions Yield Emissions per MJ straw pellets Straw bales 0 98 WM acetates Me eee 0 96 Ml earan raes Mca gus g co g CH g N O Moisture content 13 5 0 06F a en Bn dh on an Mi Oe T Qi en en Diesel 0 0115 MJ I MJ corey nese u CH and N 0 emissions from use of diesel forestry collection Result E CO 30g I AD straw pellets e Step 2 Insert a new line with the function insert of Excel right click 36 ww peses MJsyaw noz because this value is included in all ways in cell C38 uver 39 O Paste Special 40 41 42 Delete Quantity of product Calculated emissions 43 Yield Clear Contents Emissions per MJ straw pellets 44 Straw g CO g CH g N 20 4
11. Soe ou Input Data Intermediate Calculation GHG calculations Assistance with Results in unit conversion or Information and results another unit A module contains the following data see figure above Input data the left hand side shows the main technical information of the process step modelled in the module e Names and quantity of inputs of yields etc are given here Three main types of input data are listed in the module 16 ih enion Harmon Siit eg rat atin for Electri ations eg from Biomass e Gas and Coolin o Yield of the step using the appropriate unit These yields are given for the main product and also for all the existing co products No co product mentioned means that this step doesn t have any co product o Energy consumption electricity heat and diesel consumption Heat or electricity can either be bought or come from a boiler or a CHP In such cases more complex calculations are made to calculate the GHG emissions with if necessary allocations The use of boilers and CHPs is further explained in paragraph 2 4 11 o Other inputs such as chemical transports etc e Units this is the key information to take into account Beware that the units are often given per MJ of products As explained in paragraph 2 4 9 units used in the tool should not be changed To help the user of the tool to convert his input data into the correct unit Assistance with unit conversions
12. then enter the name of the crop in Table 1 and fill in Table 4 of this module More information on how to fill in Table 4 is available in IPCC 2006 chapter 11 Table 11 2 EQUATION 11 6 N FROM CROP RESIDUES AND FORAGE PASTURE RENEWAL TIER 1 TOP y rear Area burnt Step 3 In case of Land Use Changes LUC or modified management practices then the LUC or Esca sheets should be used to calculate the carbon loss and enter the value in cell D29 Go to sections 6 1 and 6 2 of this manual to know how to use these sheets When the Esca sheet is used to calculated C losses due to change in agricultural management please note that only when negative results are obtained C losses are actually occurring In this case you should change the sign of the result and insert the obtained value in cell D29 45 arable Ly Use arable to arable land in case of modified practices a Unalyeat Please calculate this value by using the LUC sheet or the E sheet for modified practices Step 4 Calculation of direct N O emissions from managed soils Two more input data are needed for direct N O emissions calculations the quantities of N synthetic fertilizer and N organic fertilizer applied You should refer to the BioGrace calculation rules manual to know which fertilizer should be taken into account Intermediate calculations are shown in Tables 2 3 4 and 5 and the total of direct N2O emissions are found at the bott
13. appearance of the figure below Step 2 Value and text called from the LUC Excel sheet then appear 38 pa Production of electricity and or heat or cooling from WOOd Chips from short rotation forestry 102 Land use change including bonus for production on non agriculture or degraded land 103 e Land use change 104 From Cool temperate Wet Grassland No till High with manu 105 Does land use change occur yes 106 Go to To Cool temperate Wet Perennial crops poplar willow 107 sheet LUC Medium 108 to calculate the land use change Emissions per M 109 g CO 9 110 Resulting land use change 0 59 ton CO ha year 2 70 i 111 112 113 Bonus eB a g CO gn l MJ erano 0 00 i 114 115 116 Result g e Step 3 Go to the LUC sheet You will there find a framework for calculating the carbon stock changes from reference situation to actual utilisation The annual GHG emissions that need to be added to your pathway will be calculated from that e Step 4 Select the type of calculation you want to use Three kinds of calculation are possible according to the type of the soil and the information collected e With mineral soils using the default values listed in de tables Commission Decision of 10 June 2010 on guidelines for the calculation of land use carbon stocks for the purpose of Annex V of Directive 2009 28 EC called default calculation with mineral soils e If you have your
14. be added in order to keep track of the source and quality of these data In case of methods other than measurements you should confirm that climate soil type etc are taken into account If this is not the case you cannot use your actual data At last add the actual Carbon stock in soils SOC and carbon contained in vegetation Cygc for actual and reference uses The formula from the RED methodology is then used to get the annual carbon changes 40 Cale wha OTs Naat Hal se GAS na i rom Bi ome AC goli Calculation of direct land use change LUC 62 Type of data use 63 More detail information Example If model name oi lf measurements For all details ab 69 Organic soils 7o For organic soils refer to paragraph 4 2 of the guidelines published by the Commission see above for the link Wiere rabon sot affected by soil drainat Ti the basic methodology described by IPCC starting from the equation 2 26 on page 2 35 0f httpviwwew ipoc ngai T2 73 fusing data from other methods than measurements 74 Please confirm that they take into account 75 climate TG soil type Tr land cover 78 land management and inputs i 0 0 T9 80 Resulting carbon stock in soils SOc ton C ha SOC ton C ha Please fill these t 81 Resulting carbon stock in vegetation Cepa ton C ha eg A ton C ha Please fill these i Br so ton C ha 0 0 tonC ha a3 Resulting land use change amp 0 0 ton CO ha year Please note that
15. been inputted causing the result line s columns A G for the individual step s in question to become orange coloured One result for multiple steps Step 1 One combined result for more than one step shall be entered in the cells with white background colour in column N for the last step in the combined result so the combined result culations from n yarmonised OA eating for Electricity for cultivation chipping and transport of chips is put into the result in column N for the step Transport of wood chips e Step 2 In the cells with white background colour in column N for the previous steps that are included in the combined result the value 0 shall be entered e Step 3 In the result section of the pathway it shall be indicated in row E that a combined result from a previous calculation has been inputted This shall also be done for all the previous steps included in the combined result causing the result lines rows A G for these steps to become orange coloured If needs be Land use change el as well as improved agricultural management esca shall be considered to be steps different from cultivation and as a result the combination of cultivation plus land use change as well as the combination cultivation plus improved agricultural management shall be considered to be multiple steps e Step 4 If a co product is formed in one of the steps included in the combined resul
16. buy ready to use energy carriers and transform them into final energy This sheet will allow them to calculate the GHG emission reduction see 6 5 How to use the Final Conversion Only sheet Specific calculation rules have been written in the document BioGrace II calculation rules These rules should be followed while using the result from previous and partial GHG calculations General information and requirements when doing such modifications These results of the previous calculation shall be expressed in g CO eq per kg of feedstock including moisture if relevant Changing such a value will overwrite all values and calculations in that step Changes shall be done also in the result module at the top of the sheet to make the modification more transparent There are two different kinds of values that can be entered One or more unallocated results for individual steps One result for multiple steps For each type of value specific modifications are needed in the pathway The practical modifications needed are explained below followed by one example for each type of value l 26 One or more unallocated results for individual steps Step 1 Result s for individual step s shall be entered in the cells with white background colour in column N for the corresponding step Step 2 In the result section of the pathway it shall be indicated in column E that an individual result from a previous calculation has
17. emission sum of syntt a E com ear Carried b Internal LCA studies on chemical production 2009 Carried b Bm Mze Bm Bw User specific calculations User defined standard values Standard values 4 Step 5 Go to the pathway where you want to use this modified standard value Modify the name of the N fertiliser input called in column B into N fertiliser User1 Please note that the name must be exactly written in the same way as in the user defined standard value sheet Modify the quantity if needed in column C of the same line 63 2 kg N ha year fkg Mha pea 123 8 kg N ha year Ca0 fertiiser calculated as kg CaCO3 458 7 kg CaO ha year K 0 fertiliser kg K 0 24 0 kg K 0 ha year P O fertiliser kg P 0 38 5 kg P O ha year Bm Mze Bm Bw User specific calculations User defined standard values Standard values e Step 6 Check and modify the formulas in columns I J and K if they are not are calling the right columns At least one modification must be done in the formula because the new data is stored in the sheet User defined standard values and not Standard values any more Others modifications in the formula may be necessary This could be the case if the unit of your modified standard value is not the same as the unit of the pre defined standard value of the same product To change formulae follow the example below the column position to change are shown in yellow
18. for the technical and market developments in the bioenergy sector 53 ations pare Biomass Harmonised GHG calculations for electricity heating and cooling from biomass in Europe BioGrace II Project funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme Contract number EE 09 736 SI2 558249 Project coordinator John Neeft Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO former Agency NL info biograce net www biograce net Co funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Union The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein 54
19. in this help box if you select such a cell Itis possible to keep the window of the help box open when working in the tool To do so you can move this help box to any location on your screen You cannot resize this help box Excel unfortunately does not offer this function If you do not want to show this help box any more you can either select a cell without a red triangle which will cause this help box to disappear or dose it by the close button at the bottom right corner help box is hidden until selecting another cell with a red tangle or by first ticking the tick box in the lower left corner before pressing the dose button this help box is hidden permanently for all cells and all pathways until reopening the Excel tool 5 2 co oN 0 in b w i mak k 20 Do not show this help box any more As explained in the help box comments appear with the usual format of Excel comments as a small red triangle in the right corner of the commented cells These comments are helpful to understand e how the calculations for the JRC report default value were made e the purpose of some intermediate calculations made in the tool e how to use the tool properly following the BioGrace Calculation Rules In order to make the BioGrace II tool more user friendly it is possible to disable this help box In such a case the help box will not appear anymore when selected a cell with a comment To be able to read the comment a
20. one pathway to another the pathway x Overall yield per MIJ input 0 926 lasad abina l MIdrk inp because this value is included in all pathways in cell C38 E hippimg Wuantity of product Calculated emissions z Info Yield z Emissions per MJ wood chips z per kg chips Wood chips O 37T6 Pe beedabipe FoR l g CO g CH g M0 o Inputs and Msisture content 30 SE DOPE Kavarna hind tin Calculations an a input data Energy consumption using standard Diesel DODAO MEM Lea stipe a o z ala values a ee mju a CH and MO emissions from use of diesel chipping mju 0 00 E E E 038 a a a e g E B E E SSR The two sheets user defined standard values and standard values present the generic data necessary for the calculations The Standard values sheet refers to conversion factors used for the calculation of the JRC report default values Their main data are GHG emission coefficients which are the emissions of the main GHG gases associated with 1 MJ or 1 kilogram inputs N fertilizers chemicals electricity natural gas etc It also contains other data necessary for the conversion steps of the calculation Lower Heating Values LHV for fuels and energy products fossil energy inputs fuel efficiency for transport etc These data are also to be used in case the user creates a new pathway The user defined standard values sheet is provided in case the user wants to use conversion
21. reason is that the fossil fuel reference value refers to MJ_biomethane that is injected into the natural gas grid Do not show this help box any more Allocation factors amp references this part provides two important data The first information is on the allocation factors for the whole production chain and or for the CHP if any The allocation factor for the whole production chain is only relevant for stakeholders that generate co products during the production chain In such a case the emissions of processing steps up to this separation point are split between the main product and the co product based on their yield and energy content The allocation factor for the CHP is only relevant for stakeholders that produce electricity and heat as a final energy i e users that have selected Electricity and heat as main output in the General settings box see paragraph 2 4 2 The second information is the fossil fuel references used to calculate the GHG emission factors see next paragraph Please note You will find in column E of the result module very important checkboxes They are here for implementing the possibility left by the EC reports to assess GHG emission from a mix between disaggregated defaults values given in the JRC report and disaggregated actual values The A of the checkbox list means that the value used for this step in column D is coming from the Excel sheet actual calculation The letter D
22. standard value should be different from all the existing names of column C of the standard value sheet e The name of the standard value once defined has to be written exactly in the same way in calculation sheets where it is used e The formulas in columns I J and K of the calculation sheet have to be checked For instance the column position of the LOOKUP function must to be modified to be coherent with the given unit of the new standard value e Sources of the data should be clearly stated see the BioGrace I calculation rules 30 Step by step example The tool user wants to add a specific standard value for a specific fertiliser instead of using the N fertiliser standard value pre defined in the tool The following example corresponds to the modification of the standard value used for the N fertiliser used for the production of electricity heat or cooling from biomethane from maize For that the following steps must be performed Step 1 first get to the User defined standard value sheet This sheet is framed exactly the same as the Standard value sheet User Defined Standard Values parameter Comments GHG emission coefficient D0 ke D g kg gCO M gCH M Pang io aie Aa g ee MTT Sea ea a E E E E a ee a anew Bm Mze Bm Bw User specific calculations User defined standard values St CH 4 Step 2 Write the name in the first available free line of the st
23. the result from an individual calculation for all the emissions that occurred at the cultivation and harvesting of stemwood step until the transport of woodchips step also included in the wood pellets briquettes from stemwood plantation pathway The unit of the result provided is in g CO eq per kg of wood chips This could happen in practice to a company which produces pellets from wood chips To make the calculations the following steps must be performed e Step 1 The value must be put into the result in column N for the step Transport of wood chips i e cell N95 since it is the last step in the combined result Cc D port of wood chips Quantity of Wood chips 1 000 MJwoos emos MJiwoca cnies Emissions per MJ wood pellets Moisture content 50 0 976 MJ woos cries MJ ssemwoca g CO g CH gN 0 0 106 kGwoos eres wel MJyocs penes Transport per Truck 40 ton for chips and similar siz 120 km 0 0123 ton km Mi seanoa nat Fuel Diesel No emissions 0 0000 ton km MJ ssemwoca not Fuel d No emissions 0 0000 ton km MJ ssemwoc not Fuel Diesel g CO2 2 j MJ woos Deliets Step 2 A 0 is put into the cells with a white background colour in column N for all the previous steps that are included in the combined result i e cells N51 for the cultivation and harvesting cell N65 for Transport of stemwood and cell N79 for Chipping of stemwood Step 3 In the result section of the pathwa
24. this tutorial However the tool does not offer user friendly functionalities for this function the user should first have obtained a thorough understanding of the tool before creating a new pathway Each function is described in more detail in their specific chapters General information about the tool is given in the following chapter before detailing how to use the tool for the functions mentioned above Gr monised ver electricity 2 General presentation of the tool 2 1 First and fast navigation within the tool The tool is organised in several Excel sheets The first sheet About explains some of the vocabulary and calculations allowed by this tool The second sheet Directory shows all the links to the Excel sheets with explicit names for instance Wood chips from forestry residues is linked to the Ch F_r sheet 1 3 4 5 1 Wood chips from forest residues 15 Pure plant oil from rapeseed E 2 Wood chips from short rotation coppice Eucalyptus 16 Pure plant oil from sunflower seed 7 3 Wood chips from short rotation coppice Poplar 17 Pure plant oil from soybean 4 Wood chips from stemwood 18 Pure plant oil from jatropha seed 4 5 Wood chips from industry residues 19 Pure plant oil from palm oil 10 6 Wood briquettes or pellets from forest residues 20 Waste cooking oil 1i T Wood briquettes or pellets from short rotation coppice Eucalyptus 21 Animal fats from animal waste 12 8 Wood bri
25. to use Me LUC SI aonana onn tayo tt T e T T J5 6 2 How 1G Use CNG a E ea E E E E EREE 39 6 3 How to usse O Oa a O eee a oona 39 6 4 Howto ueni ssions IPCC sheet 2 ceneensereccsccnereeereeessesssesersrssessetostrertsessetrserssrssssesesere 42 6 5 How to use the Final G iikession Onl yfsicckai i Ne eee ccccsscecessssseseeeeereseeeeeeesues 43 6 6 Hay to use the Co digesmmn shects deme CD eeose eare 45 6 6 1 HoratOSeatheaC O 0TL_default SIVCRIMMIO ccccccccecccccssscessssssssesececeeeeccccsseececasssesseeeeeeeeeceeeenees 45 6 6 2 How to use the Bg co dig_actual and Bm co dig_actual sheets 0 0 0 cccccccssssseseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaas 46 6 7 meer to use the CalcUlcrICICNCICS sheet o 1sscevsvssacessessevesseedsors senaneessnensous sonsneesseadeons berazeresnnadcnseenaneeseese 47 6 8 O MPA Pa 0 EE ssn nsec AE A E AA AT 49 7 DOSS ae 50 1 Functions of the tool Different kind of stakeholders such as employees at energy companies national and local governments and consultancies have an interest in understanding GHG calculations for electricity heating and cooling from biomass For this reason Excel was used to set up the BioGrace II GHG calculation tool The calculations as set up in the Excel tool and presented in this document use the methodology as given in the following three documents further referred as the EC reports Commission Staff Working Do
26. 3 Function 1 Adapting pathways to calculate an actual value 2 4 6 Presentation of the Consistency check box Each pathway ends with a consistency check box This box aims at checking that calculations have been made properly when the pathways have been changed 160 Consistency check 161 Total emission without allocation CO 30g MJ coins 162 Total emission with allocation tag A 163 ls pathway consistent J RA J Chip A comment box explaining the purpose of this consistency box is provided in the Yes or No cell placed at the bottom right corner of the box 15 from This consistency check is especially useful when new steps are inserted into the pathway or when steps are deleted from the pathway Such actions require adaptation of the top section in which the results are calculated and in the parts where an allocation is made if any In this check the unallocated and allocated results from the top section where the overall results are given are compared with the two values in the two rows above which also need to be recalculated when steps are deleted and or inserted If the value in this cell is Yes then the two results calculated in a slightly different way give the same value If the value in this cell is Wo then an error is stil made somewhere This consistency check does not say anything about whether the calculations WITHIN steps are correctly made there is no way to make such
27. 46167 kgha year 273076 MJnexe ha year g CO g CH g N O erae IC kg CO ea Moisture content 65 1 000 MJ Myaze noz 0 35 kOhtetze MJ siomenane Energy consumption Diesel 4230 MJ ha year j 278 0 00 0 00 2 78 8 03 370 5 CH and N O emissions from use of diesel harvesting 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 03 0 09 41 Agro chemicals N fertiliser kg N 71 9 kg N ha year 2 00 0 00 0 00 3 21 9 27 428 0 Manure 0 0 kg N ha year g 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 CaO fertiliser calculated as kg CaO 256 9 kg CaO ha year 0 12 0 00 0 00 0 13 0 38 17 5 K 0 fertiliser kg K 0 27 3 kg K O ha year 0a 0 00 0 00 0 12 0 34 15 5 P 0 fertiliser kg P 0 43 9 kg P O ha year 0 33 0 00 0 00 0 34 0 99 45 7 Pesticides 7 9 kg ha year j oi 0 00 0 00 0 68 1 95 90 0 In this example the agro chemicals needed for the cultivation step of maize are shown on the left in kg per hectare and per year On the right part the emissions of greenhouse gas per MJ of biomethane are calculated using conversion formulas in the cells This calculation relies on the match between the name of the inputs N fertiliser K O fertiliser etc and the names in the standard values sheet Excel formulas are used to call the right GHG emission coefficients for each input formula VLOOKUP in English It is therefore very important to use the or VERT ZOEKEN
28. 5 sz Quick Analysis 22 9 0 Insert Filter 47 E TT 48 4 5 y Insert Comment Quantity of Calculated emissions 51 Yield E Format Calk p Emissions per MJ straw pellets per kg straw bales 52 Straw bales 0 98 MJsrew vates MJ svan mot g CO g CH gN O0 Moisture content Pick From Drop down List 0 068 ee E Result 9g CO2 0 I MJ straw petiets Sort Define Name Energy consump Diesel Ge Hyperlink CH and N O emiss Result g CO3 sa I MJ Straw paliets Step 3 Fill in the line with the name of the input column B the unit used column D and the quantity used column C Please check that the name of the added input is the same as in the table of the standard value sheet Also verify that you use the same unit as existing inputs Quantity of product Calculated emissions Emissions per MJ straw pellets 0 98 M a MJsvew noxe Ef omens 1 Seon gCO gCH gN 13 5 OE E T A Result g COs 2 I MS straw pelists Step 4 On the same line add the calculation formulas in columns I J and K according to the unit in which the GHG emission coefficients are expressed per kg or per MJ The formula can be copied pasted from existing input When the formula is written or copied please check that the proper cells have been used in the formula and that units are consistent The same work can be carried out in column N info 49 50 BEM E EE ity of product Calculated emissions 51 Emissions per MJ st
29. 8 70 EC as regards the specification of petrol diesel gas oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999 32 EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93 12 EEC Input numbers information on the itineraries of cultivation industrial processes yields etc The input numbers are the values in the white cells in the BioGrace GHG calculation tool In all these cells actual input numbers can be given to calculate an actual GHG value Starting values the input numbers that are in the BioGrace II GHG calculation tool when it is downloaded and opened These numbers were provided by the JRC consortium for the RED default values of the Directive RED Renewable Energy Directive or Directive 2009 28 EC 1s the Directive on the promotion and the use of energy from renewable energy sources GHG Greenhouse gases responsible for global warming LHV Lower heating value LUC Land Use Changes This term refers to the GHG emissions linked with a change in the carbon stock because of changes in the use of the land An Excel sheet called the LUC Excel sheet provides information on how assessing them SWD Staff Working Document or SWD 2014 259 State of play on the sustainability of solid and gaseous biomass used for electricity heating and cooling in the EU updates the values defined in the COM 2010 11 to account
30. Calculation details about N O emissions due to crop cultivation 00soeeoeeeeeeesssssssssssssseererssssssss 18 2 4 10 Calculation details about GHG emissions from boilers and CHP ccccecssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeees 19 2411 Specific calculation points to be KNOWN cisecscviisicsiariscadsacdodssoatasariiebiedesieciannsiscguliasediaeriadieniaisaciosaccaeiv 20 3 Function 1 Adapting pathways to calculate an actual value cccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeeees 22 Al Modi ine AAAI AO cs ca saz R A E N A AE O T S 22 I2 Using the result from previous and partial GHG calculations cccccccccccceccceeeeesseeseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeaaaaaenes 23 3 3 Adding specific standard values for existing input saccxswscusceecctistccwscusridccadataswseasidcreiadancxeeseiteceeteuweauseorsis 2 3 4 Adding an input in a pathway that exists in the user defined standard value sheet ccceeeeees 29 33 Adding a new input in a pathway soe cs ancapees snrmtecteoaaistedesetacanscusmeesncsantten awiletaaasayeesaecumeqraaanteclesautientecttaceeewenuass 30 4 Function 2 Using the tool to have details on default value calculations nnnnessssssseseoeeeerssssssssssssssseeereee aM 5 Funciono or AN anew I A aetna see tes amici ea ccmcme tant ond E E Erdin 33 6 Technical detail on specie ls lt ELok So er eee eee ert reat aaia eia enie tenet terece a rer stents erern en rcr ete tte ara et 35 6 1 How
31. a check As a result actual calculations should be checked by verifiers who should look at all modifications made in the tool which are marked when the option Track changes is left to ON Please note if you have chosen to use one or more disaggregated default values by changing one or more of the A s in column E in the Overview results section into D s then the result of this consistency check will always be NO the pathway is not consistent If you would like to make this check then turn the D s back into A s then check if the pathway is consistent and finally turn the Ds back into A s to complete your calculation Do not show this help box any more 2 4 7 Presentation of a module Each pathway is composed of several modules which correspond to different steps of the pathway a an a i Chipping OTE Ty melas Calculated emissions 5 Yield Ez E E E a m Wood chips r 0 976 MJywoos emes Mex a 0007 Ml see Whe cee g CO g CH g N 20 BE Input material industry residues E Moisture content 30 z OFS Miler rage a Output material Wood chips OS Moisture content input material a E r N a a a 0 0040 MJ MJiwooa enes m n a 1 ca m CH and N O emissions from use of diesel chipping a EDiesel m m n m 4 literdieselisequalto 35 9 MJ diesel m m 7 m 1 kgdieselisequalto 43 1 MJ diesel C E E L E C an hunny eR BEEBE EER T eununhanup qt bee annue s 5 ae a
32. and C40 are filled in according to the actual end use l 5 The above claims 1 2 and 3 can be substantiated by documentation such as delivery notes and verification 18 7 statements which are accessible to the verifier which performs the verification of the calculation on this sheet 20 GHG emission of biomass feedstock energy carrier GHG emission reduction i Electricity He 22 Type of energy carrier give description e Step 2 Provide information on the type of final energy carrier give a small description and the total GHG emissions from all previous steps of the pathway Note If the energy carriers e g pellets or chips arrive at a sea harbour you will have to calculate the inland transport via truck or ship This can be done by using the corresponding pathway sheet e g pellets from forestry residues and adapting the final transport step e g transport of wood pellets The resulting emissions per MJ energy carrier have to be added to the GHG emissions that you received together with the energy carrier energ ier GHG emission reduction Electricity give description 5000 g COs e Mhen canier e Step 3 Fill in the General settings box In this box the user should provide information on the final energy produced the main type of output and the process efficiency associated with the final conversion of the pathway gt gt General settings 23 24 DUET et Conversion efficiencies When using
33. andard value in column C N fertiliser User1 Make sure that the given name is different from any other of your added values and of the Standard values sheet Step 3 Add your own values in the columns with the appropriate unit from column E to S If you have a unique value in g CO gt and not in CO2 CHy N20 than fill out the first column in g CO as the columns H and L with unit g CO is calculated automatically and should not be changed Please note that you also have to add 0 value to the two other columns for CH and N O the other cells to avoid error messages in pathway calculation User Defined Standard Values parameter Comments GHG emission coefficient Fossil energy i es kg gCOyMJ gCH M Bm Mze Bm Bw User specific calculations User defined standard values Standard values 4 Step 4 Then you need to fill in the column T and U with detailed information on the sources of these data name of the sources in column T and remarks and details in column U like in the example below User Defined Standard Values t exhaust parameter issions Source Remark question gN 0 t km m mmn smn me m e e e JRC scientific report EUR 26696 EN Crude oil extraction data derived from ICCT 2014 lt El a a ee 31 Example 3 Urea ammonium nitrate UAN LCA studies 2 N fertiliser Useri Example 2 methanol from standard values JRC scientific report EUR 26696 EN Methanol
34. by step tutorial The main difference comes from the fact that only carbon stock in soil is taken into account Please also note that esca has a different sign than e a positive e g means that carbon stocks are improving in your soil and thus that the GHG result of the pathway should decrease whereas a positive e means carbon stock losses This difference comes from the formula of box 2 of the EC report SWD 2014 259 that defines esa has a carbon stock accumulation from which the feedstock produced should take some advantages Please note that if you have also a change in the above ground carbon stock due to a change in land use type then you should use the LUC sheet Do not use Esca sheet if a land use change is also declared for the same final energy 6 3 Howto use the N20 emissions GNOC sheet The sheet NO emissions GNOC should be used to estimate NO field emissions for all the types of crops available in the GNOC see the list of crops in the online tool http gnoc jrc ec europa eu 42 it culato e pot Ges ing from q Gre Hariri ity Heat orBiomass This sheet is not meant to make any calculation but to gather all information that has been used to make the calculations These calculations must be done directly on the website see Figure 1 and used directly in the cultivation module of the pathway see 2 4 11 H M N o P www Seon net Counted by he inetigeet Energy Europe rogrammne of the E
35. culated For each pathway of production a dedicated Excel sheet presents the details of the default value calculations The list of the pathways can be found in the Directory sheet with links to each pathway Excel sheet All calculations are presented step by step following the well to wheel approach Looking in detail at a calculation sheet gives a lot of information on how the calculations were made and on how the EC reports methodology was applied For instance and without being exhaustive you can find detailed information on the following issues 34 Which steps and inputs have been taken into account in the JRC report default value calculations o The different steps encompassed and the way they are modelled e g has the transport of bagasse pellets been taken into account in the JRC report default value o All the different inputs taken into account for the calculation and conversely one can deduct the inputs not taken into account Input quantities taken into account for instance yields for cultivation and processing steps energy consumption chemical consumption distance etc It 1s possible to click on each cell in order to see if the number is a raw data figure or if it is a calculated value the formula is then visible Standard values used for calculating default values like LHV the GHG emission for producing one MJ of natural gas etc How energetic allocations are made see the al
36. cument State of play on the sustainability of solid and gaseous biomass used for electricity heating and cooling in the EU SWD 2014 259 Report on sustainability requirements for the use of solid and gaseous biomass sources in electricity heating and cooling COM 2010 11 JRC scientific report on the default and input values for GHG emissions of biomass Report EUR 26696 EN further referred as the JRC report The present document gives insight on how to understand and use this tool Three main functions have been identified when developing the tool l 2 Give details on EC reports default value calculations the calculation sheets have been developed to detail the exact and comprehensive methodology applied to calculate default values presented in the JRC report Adapt existing pathways for actual value calculations adapting some input numbers of the calculation sheet allows easy calculations with own actual value and EC reports compatible Own standard values or conversion factors see part 3 3 definition in the glossary part 7 may also be inserted in the calculations for example adding a specific chemical input The tool can also be used to estimate the contribution to total GHG emissions of any process or any improvement actions Create a new pathway next to the two main functions it 1s also possible to create a whole new pathway within the tool Some advice on how to do this is given at the end of
37. d observation of how calculations are made The present part cannot provide a comprehensive description of the process However a short tutorial is provided below to highlight major steps 36 Step 1 Copy an existing pathway and rename it Choose the pathway that is the closest to yours Step 2 Erase all data in the white cells of column C Erase the names of inputs and outputs in column B when necessary Make sure to keep the result overview box at the top of your pathway the Overall yield per MJ input in cell C36 see 2 4 5 Presentation of the Values calculated from complete pathway box and the 4 last generic modules Final conversion CH and N O emissions only except for biomethane injection Improved Agricultural Management CO capture and replacement CO capture and geological storage and Consistency check Step 3 the most important part is to define the frame of the new pathway meaning the numbers of steps the allocations when needed etc This frame is to be translated in independent modules To add up new lines please use the insert line function by right clicking on the appropriate line Beware of adding allocation modules when needed right after the separation step of the co products Step 4 Fill in the new frame with appropriate inputs and outputs into column B with the associated input numbers in column C The tool user needs to pay particula
38. ded information to ensure that the GHG emissions calculated in previous steps are compliant with the BioGrace II calculation rules This box should at least contain the following information The name of the company person that sold the final energy carrier The methodology used for the calculation of the GHG emissions from previous steps methodology following the BioGrace II rules default values etc Incase of actual GHG calculations whether or not a verifier has verified the GHG calculations Information on the documents delivery notes and verification statements that can attest the above claims E F G H J p www biogra 1 gt Calculation on final conversion a a GHG emissions of biomass Results 5 mess eee Pee ra ear ere Sacre Lee ard ee Scat re a ee an a es i PS Final energy Explanatio 7 l This sheet can be used by the company that has bought the biomass energy carrier Certain calculation rules apply 8l must be respected These rules can be found in the document BioGrace l calculation rules The most important rules are Electricity He 9 1 The GHG value of the biomass energy carrier is either a default value or has been calculated using BioGrace l 44 results ang fff 2 DE Allocation Allocated Alloc 10 2 eee ee a ne ut the inland transpor factor results fac 11 ee eee ee eee ek ae ears es a a atica I C37 is set to No and the values in cels C38 C39
39. e nett electricity and or heat produced information on the gross energy production internal use of energy and energy losses must be provided For calculating the efficiency for heat production information on the average heat quality in C should also be given Annual output Gross electricity production Internal usage electricity Net electricity production Total nett heat production e Step 3 Report results in the pathways The results efficiency of electricity and or of heat are automatically calculated and provided at the bottom of the sheet This information as well as the heat quality should be reported in the relevant pathway pe ee ee E 24 Results 25 na Efficiency electricity ne Ce Allocation factor electricity l Mes Efficiency heat 100 C Ma Cna Allocation factor heat 100 C a7 Maz Efficiency heat 170 C Tha Csa Allocation factor heat 170 C 28 l ns Efficiency heat 250 C e Cra Allocation factor heat 250 C 29 l nu Efficiency heat 300 C na Cna Allocation factor heat 300 C 30 l Total thermal efficiency yll Total efficiency a adl 5I onised GF rm for El 6 8 Declaring the 29g Bonus If you are carrying out your own calculation and that your land enters into one of the two categories of land described in point 8 of annex I of the COM 2010 11 you can add an extra bonus of 29 g eCO MJ to your pathway Within the BioGrace tool this bonus has to be added in the La
40. energy Finally the Track change button presented in paragraph 2 2 Colour coding of Excel cells in calculation sheets is part of the General settings box 14 ations C from Biomass Greenn onised gt Harelectricity Heating 2 4 5 Presentation of the Values calculated from complete pathway box In each pathway calculations start with a box called Value calculated from complete pathway This box contains either one or two values depending on the pathway These values correspond to the overall yield for two different units in case of two values for the total pathway These values are used in the calculations to convert MJ feedstock into MJ final energy carrier 3 Calculation per phase 32 33 Values calculated from complete pathwa 34 Goyer Wen perithecia d vent 18234140 Mlwoa pms ha year 35 Overall yield per MJ mi 0 7419 36 These values are used in the calculations below to Convert MJasssoa INTO Myos penes The purpose of this box is to facilitate copying rows or steps from one pathway to another because these values are included in all pathways in cells C34 and C35 MJ wood pemes TMl sme mps FF As explained in the box the purpose of this box is to facilitate copying rows or steps from one pathway to another because these values are included in all pathways in cells C36 and C37 more detailed information on copying rows or steps are provided in paragraph
41. f actual values For more information on the calculation rules related to this sheet please have a look at the document BioGrace II calculation rules A step by step description of the use of this sheet is presented in the table below Step by step description of the use of this sheet e Step 1 Fill in the description of the process the description includes 3 types of information the final energy carrier the type and origin of the energy used in digestion if biogas has been chosen as final energy carrier or the upgrade process if biomethane has been chosen as final energy carrier and the IZ Bi oqas dl Electricity and heat from CHP Closed digestate Step 2 Provide information on the actual feedstock share and the moisture content of each feedstock used B Cc D E F G Actual feedstock share Calculated value Feedstock share in energy content S F Calculated emission factor g C per MJ biogas e Step 3 In case of biogas as final energy carrier fill in the General settings box In this box the user should provide information on the final energy produced the main type of output and the process efficiency associated with the final conversion of the pathway General settings only for biogas pathways Main output Conversion efficiencies O Cooling fincluding heat and or electricity 4 Blecricity and heat Temp of useful heat C e Step 4 The total GHG emission reductions are given in the res
42. gain the user has to save and close the Excel tool and reopening it More information on the management of the help box is provided in the above figure 10 arm i fol plectricit 2 4 How GHG calculations are made within this tool 2 4 1 General principles The EC reports and the calculations in the BioGrace II tool follow a Life Cycle Assessment LCA perspective to evaluate the GHG emissions of one MJ of final energy This means that e The functional unit is the production and use of one MJ of final energy e All life cycle steps from biomass production to final energy use are taken into account Each step of the life cycle is presented in the calculation sheet within a dedicated module representing one step in the bioenergy production pathway e The last step of most of the pathways all pathways except for the biomethane pathways is the final conversion combustion of the final energy carrier final type of biomass into electricity heat cooling or electricity and heat For this final conversion CH and N20 emissions are calculated e A module gathers the inputs consumptions and calculates the emissions of the three main gases contributing to climate change CO2 CH4 and N20 Details of the contribution of each gas in the results are presented in the last step of the calculation in order to have a high traceability of the contributions as required in the ISO norm e GHG emissions of each module are
43. hat they are especially designed to calculate GHG emissions from the digestion of several feedstock Therefore the step by step description below will focus on the first steps of these sheets for calculation of GHG emissions from upstream and from transport of substrates Step by step description of the use of this sheet e Step 1 Describe the upstream GHG emissions related to non waste feedstock the description includes 5 types of information the type of substrate the amount of substrate the upstream GHG emissions per kg of substrate the moisture content and the LHV B c D Totel amount Upstream emissions moisture LH KQye l Year g C z eg Eres content MJ kg Total Input Average upstream emissions per MJ input Average upstream emissions per MJ biogas I Overall biogas yield MJ i year eee biogas yield MJ Bioge Result g CO Step 2 Provide the overall biogas yield see figure above Step 3 Provide information related to the transport of all substrates even for waste biomass Select the most convenient truck type from the dropdown list and specify the distance of transport in km Truck 40 ton for manure Diesel Truck 40 ton for dry product Diesel Average transport emissions per MJ biogas FDI g COs f MJincges Result GQ COs ea l MJgsogas Step 4 Complete the rest of the sheet as for any other pathway for the production of biogas and biomethane 6 7 Howto use the Calculate effic
44. hen be used for information purposes and will give a result in g CO2 eq per MJ of energy carrier and in the info boxes in column N in g CO2 eq per kg of energy carrier for solid and liquid biomass Do not show this screen any more As explained in the comment box in order to calculate GHG emission reductions the user must provide information regarding the type of final energy produced called Main output its characteristics called Conversion efficiencies and for some pathways about the general features of the pathway called Pathway configuration The conversion efficiencies can be calculated using the Calculate efficiencies sheet see paragraph 0 There are 3 sheets in the tool for the calculation of GHG emissions related to co digestion of biomass e Co dig_ default sheet can only be used for the purpose of calculating a new default value for the production of biogas or biomethane from codigestion of a combination of the following substrates maize wet manure and biowaste e Bg co dig_actual sheet can be used to calculate actual GHG emissions for the production of electricity and or heat or cooling from biogas from a combination of any biomass e bBm co dig_actual sheet can be used to calculate actual GHG emissions for the production of electricity and or heat or cooling from biomethane from a combination of any biomass 2 4 3 How to use the Co dig_default sheet This sheet can only be used for the calculation o
45. iencies sheet This sheet aims at providing information on the thermal and or electrical efficiency for the use of boilers or CHP This information is needed to fill in the General settings box see paragraph 2 4 2 and process modules whenever a boiler or a CHP is used in the process In case calculations are made for verification and declaration if several boilers or CHP are used in the pathways this sheet should be duplicated to keep a record of the calculations made for each boiler and or CHP This will help the work of verification of calculations For more information on the calculation rules related to this sheet please have a look at the document BioGrace II calculation rules A step by step description of the use of this sheet is presented in the table below Step by step description of the use of this sheet e Step 1 Fill in the description of the annual input the description includes 4 types of information the type of input fuels the weighted average low heating value the amount of fuel and its water content The amount of energy in MWh is then automatically calculated 50 sa cula house Gas ing from B cag Green and Coo Harmonis y Heating for Elects 1 Calculate efficiencies Lower heating value a fon dry basis 6 LU Liu els al LKQ T Pellets G SRF wood chips g Fossil fuel oil 19 Total annual input of fuel e Step 2 Fill in the description of the annual output To calculate th
46. in Dutch or RECHERCHEV in French or SVERWEIS in German language respectively 23 onised GF rmos pa ectriclty for El appropriate name of input output if one changes an input value in the calculation sheets For instance if the user wants to use an own standard value this value has to be created in the user defined standard values and the same name must be used in the calculation sheet 24 3 Function 1 Adapting pathways to calculate an actual value The BioGrace II tool allows economic operators to adapt the default value calculations for available pathways It could thus be used for setting up calculations of own actual values The following chapters give a step by step tutorial on how to adapt an existing pathway for several situations e Changing input data e Using the result from previous and partial GHG calculations e Adding specific standard values for existing inputs e Adding new input in the process 3 1 Modifying input data only Calculation sheets of the BioGrace II tool allow economic operators to calculate an actual value for existing pathways This adaptation can be performed by changing the input values in the appropriate calculation sheet You should first take notice of the document BioGrace II calculation rules which includes a specific chapter Use of starting values in the BioGrace GHG calculation tool Complying with these rules you can modify the va
47. instance no tillage or carbon storage Issues like Land Use Changes CO storage Improved agricultural management have been added to specifically address and take into account these subjects in each calculation sheet 17 Ss alculatio gt mass Greenhouse be oling from BIO Harmonises Heating and Kri for Elec 2 4 8 Presentation of the Overview Results module Version 2 for Tecting Overview Results Energy Carrier including emissions from the fuel in use 4 5 Final energy 6 Non aliocateu Total Actualt 7 Allocation factors amp references ao E e meee Detault vaiues TT s ciectricity neat siete Be Aliocation factors a m eae ruth oe BE g CO 20g MJ seow pemes results allocated results Default E JRC report m 2 results nglO zs per Ms as indicated oductic i 8 A aha 0 Allocation Allocated Allocation Allocated E gog i ao a factor results factor results 0 0 to co product s m L ao 10 eee kes 6 4 a ag 6 1 m a m m m 11 Baling of straw 1438 m nu Pi E 90 8 to electricity a r L a an 12 m Straw pellet production 501 z a5 B El n E 13 Transport erg A ave u z z 144 m af E m mE OE 15 ma a a 16 m PUES ER emt TE 3 A mu nie m 17 CH and N O emissions at final convers 0 29 602 sid ae m m z ee y 7 13 DEG Cer een not applicabl m z GHG emission reduction F r m 19 m Bonus Or cca not applicable
48. ion ec Allocation Allocated Allocation Allocated a Feedstock is a residue f LEH Ce results factor results z Processing p Forest residues collection 1 48 E Forest residues seasoning 0 00 Chipping 0 38 Transport eg Transport of forestry residues 0 00 Transport of wood chips 22 77 Emissions from the fuel in use e Land use change ei not applicable Bonus OF cca not applicable Ccer Eces 0 0 Summary of the Results GHG emission reduction Electricity Heat Cooling Fem BBP BPR BRR RRR RR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RR RRR eee ee eee eee eee BHEREBRHE EEE BERR BERBER ee PO ee ee ee ee Conversion efficiencies Pathway configuration When using this GHG calculation tool the BioGrace calculation i i Transport distance chips rules must be respected The rules are included in the zip file i above 10 000 km containing the complete tool and also at www BioGrace net General settings CD Cooling induding heat and or electricity x Z Electricity and heat Temp of useful heat C _Trackchanges ON General settings HBHRHRBRBBRBRHERBR ERE BRB BR BEB RBBB RP RE RRP RRP RR RRR RRR RR RRR RR RR RR RRR RRR RR RR RR RRP RR eR RB RR eR eR eR eR ee ee ee ee eee E of the pathway Calculation per phase i Values calculated from complete pathway Overall yield of This value is used in the calculations below to conwert Mlreedstock into Midwood chips The purpose of this bos is bo Facilitate copying rows or steps From
49. ion step because of soil s microorganism s activity In each pathway during the crop cultivation step field N O emissions are to be calculated 21 from 39 DE eae F Quantity of product Calculated emissions 40 Yield 41 Corn Maize whole crop 46167 kg ha year 42 Moisture content 65 45 Diesel 4230 MJ ha year 456 A7 CH and N 0 emissions from use of diesel harvesting 43 49 Agro chemicals 50 N fertilizer kg M 71 9 kg N ha year Manure 0 0 kg N ha year 57 58 Seeding material 59 Seeds corn 25 4 kg ha year 60 51 Field N O emissions 5 92 kg ha year 62 Field N20 emissions can be calculated with GNOC 63 Please also fill in the sheet N20 field emissions GNOC 64 In the tool two models are used to evaluate N O field emissions the Global Nitrous Oxide Calculator GNOC see paragraph 6 3 and the IPCC TIER 1 methodology see paragraph 6 4 A specific sheet has been provided for each method of calculation The GNOC is an online calculator http gnoc jrc ec europa eu developed by JRC that should be used to estimate N20 field emissions for all the types of crops available in the model see the list of crops in the online tool For other types of biomass such as jatropha energy grass and short rotation forestry poplar and eucalyptus in the tool calculation following the IPCC TIER 1 methodology should be used A link to the sheets N20 emissions IPCC and N20 emissio
50. l Type mineral Ls i Irrigation no i Fresh Yield kg ha T i Mineral Fertilizer Fsw kg N ha i Manure Foy kg N hat i Figure 1 screenshot of the homepage GNOC website http gnoc jrc ec europa eu Once the user has provided all relevant information the website provides the result total NO emissions see figure below Note that the result in kg N O N ha and the value to report in your pathway in kg N O N ha are given in the same unit Therefore you should take the result 2 2523 in the example below and multiply it by 1 53143 to get the result in the proper unit to report in your pathway ee Show change GNOC default values Result Total N20 Emissions Location ID 2147 500 Li Country name FRANCE i Dn ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee l l Total soil N20 emmissions kg N20 N ha t 22523 i i ee E E ee ee ee L L LLL ee E E E Result details values are given in kg N20 N ha unles Dirert Na emuecions from fertilizer annhlicatinn Narco 44 28 1 53143 44 from sed Green io armon city Heating 6 4 How to use the N20 emissions IPCC sheet For crops that are not covered by the GNOC a specific module in the sheet N O emissions IPCC is dedicated to this calculation The sheet N20 emissions IPCC of the BioGrace II tool follows IPCC guidelines 2006 for N O emission calculation as explained in chapter 11 NO emissions from managed soils and CO e
51. land use change LUC 33 Actual land use Reference land use 34 35 Climate region 35 Vegetation crop land use Perennial crops poplar willow af a 39 Ecological zone if eee There are two w 40 Continent if relevant OF YOU can use is pee ton ha ton ha Ee er 42 43 Carbon stock in mineral soil 44 Climate region Determine using 45 Soil type High activity clay Determine using 46 Soil management Determine using 47 Input Medi High with manure Determine using 43 49 S0C ton C ha i 95 tonC ha Loop up in Table 50 Fiu 0 69 0 69 Look up in Table e The resulting LUC is calculated right below this part by applying the RED methodology A negative value shows an increase in the carbon stock from the reference situation il ations eC alci ulg cg mig 4 BE Gas ami Bi ayit i ree snhouse 8 cooling iron 1 i3 ai Ti Ha rmoni ce Hee ating t tf ric i if for Elec 2 49 S0C 95 tonC ha d 95 tonC ha Loop up in Table 50 Fou Look up in Table 51 Look up in Table 52 F Look up in Table 53 54 55 Resulting carbon stock cs 118 6 tonC ha CS 115 4 tonC ha cs Resulting land use change a j 0 59 ton CO ha year Please note tha rT e Step 5 Actual calculation Fill in the white cells of the Actual calculation part You should refer to the information required in column B and to information given in column L First general references for your actual value should
52. location module for this as well as the calculation rules How energy surplus is taken into account see the energetic calculation in each pathway with energy surplus for detail examples Intermediate calculations in column E where all the yields are expressed GHG emissions as calculated from the input numbers in columns I J and K respectively for CO CH and N20 nised Gree tricity Me n Harmo ating for Elec e The difference between typical and default values default values correspond to conservative estimations of GHG emissions which are calculated by multiplying typical values by a factor 1 2 or 1 4 depending on the pathway considered For more details please look at the About sheet in the Excel tool or in box 3 of the Commission Staff Working Document SWD 2014 259 e Specific emissions calculated in modules at the end of each Excel sheet annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land use change CO storage etc An overview box summing up all the results can be found at the beginning of each Excel sheet For most of the default values listed in the JRC report the corresponding calculation in the BioGrace II tool gives a result that comes very close deviation less than 0 1 g CO gt q MJ 35 5 Function 3 Creating a new pathway The BioGrace II tool can also be used to set up new bioenergy production chains This requires some knowledge of Excel and a detaile
53. lue of all white cells In order to keep track of these changes we recommend turning on Track changes On each of the Excel sheets for the bioenergy production pathways you can find on the right near the top of the sheet under the results an orange button which is named Track changes ON or Track changes OFF For calculations performed as part of a scheme you should keep this button to Track changes ON see the document BioGrace II calculation rules This will cause that a change in a cell will be marked by a yellow background colour and a red box around the cell This helps to keep track of changes from the original document which will be helpful for any certification supervision of any actual value certification Specific attention has to be paid when the input numbers are available in a different unit The new value has to be expressed in the exact unit mentioned in column D Please also check the obtained result for any error or inconsistency 25 arm i i Electricit 3 2 Using the result from previous and partial GHG calculations Calculation sheets of the BioGrace II tool allow that GHG calculations are made for part of the bioenergy pathway and after verification are used as input in a new calculation for the rest of the bioenergy pathway These inputs can take into account individual or multiple steps Note that the sheet Final conv Only has been created for companies that
54. missions from lime and urea application see the BioGrace calculation rules document for specific recommendations about the use of this method At the beginning of the NO emissions IPCC module a short introduction presents the methodology used with the additional hypothesis used in JRC calculations that have been incorporated in the module This module details the calculation of the three N20 emission sources that occur during the agricultural step direct N2O emissions from the field indirect NO emissions due to leaching and runoff and indirect N O emissions due to NH and NOx volatilization Step by step example For field NO emissions calculations for a pathway please apply the following steps e Step 1 Choose the name of the crop and the general information about your pathway in the Crop data box You can choose between 3 different crops Eucalyptus Poplar Corn maize whole crop or add crops see Step 2 come no kg ha year Crop yield dry matter Put yes when the crop is irrigated OR when rainfall in rainy season ls the soil water saturation high Not known 1 minus potential evaporation is higher than soil water holding Capacity If not known the average nitrate leakage will be applied 1 Rainy season period when rainfall gt 0 5 Pan Evaporation Please enter the data for your crop in the blue cells General information Step 2 To calculate N O emissions for a crop that is not listed in Table 1
55. nd Use Change module as shown in the picture bellow A B D E F G H J K L 203 225 Land use change including bonus for production on non agriculture or degraded land 287 e Land use change 288 z289 Does land use change occur hid 250 291 292 Emissions per MJ Wood pellets 293 g c g CH gN 0 g C eg 294 Resulting land use change 0 00 ton CO ha year 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 295 0 00 M6 000 o m 297 Bonus eB 2a C0 yf Miana 29 00 0 00 0 00 29 00 p 29 00 300 Result g COs MJyyood ponet 29 00 52 7 Glossary To use the tool several terms have to be clearly defined Some of these definitions are based on the directive 2009 28 EC Standard value data needed to convert input numbers given in kg kWh etc into GHG emissions Examples are Lower Heating Values and values to convert 1 kg N fertiliser or 1 MJ of natural gas into CO CH and N20 emissions They are sometime also called conversion factors Default values default values are the GHG emissions given in the JRC report There are step by step default values and one global value for the whole pathway They are derived from the typical value by adding an extra 20 or 40 of energy consumption during the process stage depending on the pathway used They may be used instead of actual values under certain circumstances defined in the EC reports FQD Fuel Quality Directive or Directive 2009 30 EC is the Directive amending Directive 9
56. ns GNOC have been placed right below the cell where the information about NO field emissions should be provided see figure above 2 4 12 Calculation details about GHG emissions from boilers and CHP For pathways using heat in their process e g most pellets production pathways several configurations regarding the source of heat can be selected by the user of the tool For pellet pathways the user can choose between five configurations see figure below according to the process boiler or CHP the type of fuel wood chip or wood pellet and the possibility to make actual calculations General settings 26 27 i Conversion efficiencies al 30 31 Pathway confic a Woon CG i 1 j i Wood chip CHF heat dim Wood chip boiler CHP fact calc 42 Wood pellet boiler CHF fact calc When the user selects a configuration the related processing step e g Wood pellet briquette production is be automatically adjusted to fit the selection The part of the process that is specific to the configuration selected is coloured in light grey in the process see figure below 22 Calculated emissions 111 Yield Emissions per MJ wood pe 112 Pelletising efficiency 0 990 Mwoa penen f Miwa OP55 Myers penen pens f Milyn mpa g CO g CH 113 Wood pellets OTS Miwa een oa f Mad 0 755 Mhie eneas ma f Milyn m 114 Wood pellets OTTS Wie mi Miwa 0 058 Kiwe ranni ean 115 Moisture content of wood pellets 10 116 117
57. o are the combustion emissions already included in the result given in cell D21 default 41 Type of fuel used in end conversion Wood chip g CO g CH 9 N 0 g CO ea 42 Type of end conversion Boiler Actual 43 Include following CHA and N20 emissions from Wood chip Boiler J 0 00 d 0 00 0 00 0 41 44 45 Emissions will be added in result section 0 50 D 46 2 4 10 Units used A major point of attention is that the tool is designed with all the data associated to specific units Therefore to avoid any calculation errors changing units is not permitted instead the user should convert his her data collected into the units that are used in the tool For each input consumed during the life cycle the quantity of input is converted in the quantity needed per MJ of final energy carrier This quantity is then multiplied by the global warming potentials for CO CH and N20 which results in CO equivalents per MJ of final energy carrier Then the final conversion see 2 4 9 enables to get all emissions per MJ of final energy To convert input data from the user specific unit into the unit used in the tool Assistance with unit conversions boxes are provided see paragraph 2 4 7 2 4 11 Calculation details about N O emissions due to crop cultivation For pathways with crop cultivation field NO emissions are to be taken into account in the GHG calculation of your product These emissions mainly occur during the crop product
58. o dig_actual sheet estimates the Production of electricity and or heat or cooling from biogas from biowaste Bm co dig_actual sheet estimates the Production of electricity and or heat or cooling from biomethane from wet manure Co dig_default sheet estimates calculates the default emissions for biogas or biomethane in case they stem from co digestion of different substrates in a biogas plant Calculation efficiencies sheet is used to calculate net heat and electricity efficiencies Final conv only sheet enables a company who has bought biomass or any energy carrier and wants to use it for heat electricity cooling to evaluate its final GHG emission reduction The user will then find the pathway calculation sheets These sheets contain all the input numbers and results for all the pathways in the scope of the tool with one sheet per pathway in the most transparent way possible The following example shows how a calculation sheet is built See the BioGrace calculation rules document for explanations on why this model is recommended 7 Version 2 for Compliance Overview Results z Energy carrier including emissions from the fuel in use Final energy Allocation factors amp references z All results in Non allocated Total Actual Default values Electricity Heat Allocation factors E g CO z224 MJ wood cnips results allocated results Default JRC report AH results fa g OE zs pet Md as indicated Cultivat
59. odology described in the Commission Decision of 10 June 2010 on guidelines for the calculation of land use carbon stocks for the purpose of Annex V of Directive 2009 28 EC to determine when and how to take these carbon changes into account A dedicated module is available in the BioGrace II tool near the bottom of each pathway It will collect the emissions caused by carbon stock changes from the LUC sheet Thus you will need to fill in this LUC sheet to calculate your actual changes in carbon stock A declared LUC for a pathway will apply to the whole result of the pathway If you have several consignments with two different LUC values to be integrated for instance one with no LUC and one with a conversion from grassland to short rotation forest please use a separate copy of the BioGrace GHG calculation tool to declare it The tool has been designed with a single LUC sheet that doesn t enable calculating simultaneously two or more GHG values with different LUC values by step tutorial If you need to take into account a Land Use Change for a pathway for instance it is not the case when the energy carrier is a residue please apply the following steps Step 1 In the pathway you are studying answer yes to the question Does land use change occur of the LUC module For that use the checkbox list next to the question Make sure that macro is authorised to operate this is the case when the text in the LUC module changes into the
60. om of the box Step 5 Calculation of indirect N O emissions from managed soils Automatic calculations are made using previous input data Intermediate calculations for NO indirect emissions due to NH NOx volatilization and leaching are shown in Tables 6 and 7 resp B Quantity of NH volatilized IPCC Tier 1 Quantity of nitrate leaching IPCC Tier 1 Emission factor for NH volatilization IPCC Tier 1 0 2 5 0 Emission factor for Nitrate leaching IPCC Tier 1 0 1 2 5 N 0 from atmospheric deposition of N volatilised Emission of N O from nitrate leaching effect e Step 6 The total N O emissions are given in yellow at the bottom of the sheet B C D E TOTAL N O EMISSIONS Direct Indirect N O from managed soils Tier1 Value to report in your pathway 6 5 How to use the Final Conversion Only sheet This sheet should be used only by companies that buy ready to use energy carriers and transform it into final energy This sheet will allow them to calculate the GHG emission reduction To be able to use this sheet the companies should get information regarding the energy carriers they bought the methodology used for previous steps calculations etc and information about the final energy it will be transformed into Step by step example For GHG emissions calculations from a ready to use energy carrier please apply the following steps e Step 1 Fill in the explanation box This box should contain all nee
61. own list B C D E F G Help for the cell that is selected Indicate use of previous result This cell allows to indicate whether for this step the result of a previous and partial calculation has been inputted in the corresponding cell with white background colour in column N Indicating that a previous and partial calculation has been used will cause that columns AF of this row are marked with an orange background colour Doing so allows to easily see that the calculation has been based on a previous and partial calculation and that this excel sheet is used to complete the GHG calculation for the other steps in the pathway When a verifier will check this calculation itis obligatory to indicate using this cell that the result of a previous and partial calculation has been used in column N Please refer to the user manual for further instructions and examples Do not show this help box any more The line should then become orange coloured see figure below 28 A B D E F G fa Production of electricity and or heat or cooling from Wood pellets briquettes from 4 Overview Results Energy camer including emissions from the fuel in use All results in Non allocated Total Actuall Default values g CO 20g f MS woos pent results allocated results Default JRC report 1 0 11 A 1 05 Land use change e Bonus OF Gera Ecer Coes Step by step example for one value including multiple steps This example explains how to use
62. own value for carbon stocks calculated according to the guidelines in the same Commission Decision called actual calculation e With organic soils default values do not exist for the whole formula so a mix of default and actual calculation can be used according to the guidelines in the same Commission Decision called Organic soils calculation F Calculation of direct land use change LUC Version 2 for Testing SOC Soil organic carbon ton C ha Fu Land use factor reflecting the difference in soil organic carbon associated with the type of land use compared to the standard organic carbon Fue Management factor reflecting the difference in soil organic carbon associated with the principle management practice compared to the standard soil organic carbon Input factor reflecting the difference in soil organic carbon associated with different levels of carbon input to soil compared to the standard soil organic carbon Calculation Please choose your calculation type bellow and then fill the adequate part of the questionnaire m eee Default with mineral soils In this case please use the Default calculation module bellow Default with mineral soils In this case you should use Actual calculation module because no predefined SOC values are given i i at O ni il iculati X s 4 i i Which type of calculation do you want to use l ee E Default calculation can help for Cyes Transfer the C result in
63. p eta Global results to use the first column of this part gives step by step actual results calculated for the present Excel sheet The second column column E is very important to calculate final GHG emissions for this pathway It enables using a mix of both disaggregated default value and disaggregated actual values The box at the end of this paragraph of the user manual highlights this aspect JRC report default values column G gives a clear and direct comparison with the default values taken from the JRC report Final energy amp GHG emission reduction this part brings important information to the user The main one is the GHG emission reduction achieved with this bioenergy pathway as compared to fossil fuel This data is to be used to show that the sustainability criteria on GHG savings are met or not According to the final energy selected in the general settings box see 2 4 2 Presentation of the General settings box final results are presented in g CO eq per MJ of cooling electricity and or heat Note that for biomethane pathways the final energy part is different because the biomethane is injected into the natural gas grid without final conversion see figure below 19 Please note In the biomethane pathways the final conversion step for producing heat and or electricity is not induded in the calculation sheet Thus no allocation factors for heat and electricity are needed The
64. quettes or pellets from short rotation coppice Poplar 22 Biogas from wet manure 13 9 Wood briquettes or pellets from stemwood 23 Biogas from maize 1 10 Wood briquettes or pellets from wood industry residues 24 Biogas from biowaste 5 11 Agricultural residues 25 Biomethane from wet manure 12 Pellets from straw 26 Biomethane from maize 13 Pellets from bagasse 2 Biomethane trom biowaste 14 Palm kernel meal 20 Calculation of direct land use change LUC 21 Calculation of Improved Agricultural Management 22 Calculation of N O field emissions according to IPCC Tier 1 23 Calculation of N O field emissions with GNOC 24 Calculation of net heat and electricity efficiencies 25 Calculation of default values for co digestion 26 Calculation of actual values for co digestion biogas 27 ilat 2g Final conversion only 29 30 About 31 32 standard values 33 User defined standard values 34 User specific calculations After these generic sheets the user can find several calculation sheets dedicated to one precise aspect of the calculation e LUC sheet assesses the GHG impacts of possible Land Use Changes culations from Esca sheet for carbon stock changes due to improved agricultural practices NO emissions GNOC sheet estimates N O emissions in accordance with the Global Nitrous Oxide Calculator GNOC N O emissions IPCC sheet estimates NO emissions in accordance with the IPCC TIER 1 methodologies Bg c
65. r attention to the units in which the input numbers are expressed Units in column D have to be compatible with the units of the standard value in the standard value sheet Step 5 Add new standard values if needed for more detail please refer to adding new standard value part in the previous section Adapting pathways Step 6 Adapt the formulas of the columns I to L when needed see adding a new input part in previous section Adapting pathways for more details Step 7 Add if necessary comments or intermediate calculations in columns F to H Step 8 Adapt all the summing cells from the allocation module the consistency check module and the Values calculated from complete pathway box Ti culations ge jomass nouse A Cooling rom Bl NG arm io Electriclty e Step 9 Adapt the overview results box to your new pathway by inserting lines and linking cells to each name and results obtained 37 Step ations C from Biomass Greenn onised gt Ha Electricity Heating 6 Technical detail on specific issues 6 1 How to use the LUC sheet Land Use Changes LUC are to be taken into account in the GHG calculation of your product A LUC occurs when the crop cultivation has a different carbon stock per hectare than a reference situation e g conversion of non highly biodiverse grassland land into short rotation forest The Annex I point 9 of the COM 2010 11 refers to the meth
66. raw pellets 52 0 98 MJarewoses MJsreu nee 0 98 Microw ses Maran noa gCO gCH gMO 53 i 13 5 0 068 kOzrew vores MJ syaw peses 54 56 Diesel 0 0115 MJ MJsvaw oses f 0 00 OPO 0 wi6 10 57 Gasoline 0 0030 IMJ MJ svaw taies 0 00 SCS7 E53 VLOOKUP S857 Standard values SCS9 58 CH and N O emissions from use of diesel forestry collection 59 60 Result g COs sa I MJ straw peliets e Step 5 Check that the Total line is correctly taking into account the added input For that the sum in column I to L must include the added line 50 Elite Me ELUEA Quantity of product Calculated emissions Yield Emissions per MJ straw pellets Straw bales 0 98 Me RCs ee Gk TES g CO g CH g N O Moisture content 13 5 EA ee EEA Energy consumption Diesel i 0 0115 MJ MJswew veses Gasoline 0 0030 MJ MJ syaw voies CH and N O emissions from use of diesel forestry collection 00 ty er SUM 55 159 3 5 Adding a new input in a pathway Adding a new input that does not yet exist in the BioGrace II calculation tool can be done by using the two previous step by step tutorials You will first have to add a new standard value in the User defined standard value then insert your new input in the biofuel pathway you are working on 33 4 Function 2 Using the tool to have details on default value calculations The BioGrace II tool makes transparent how the default values of the JRC report were cal
67. scription of the process the description includes 3 types of information the final energy carrier the type and origin of the energy used in digestion if biogas has been chosen as final energy carrier or the upgrade process if biomethane has been chosen as final energy carrier and the type of digestate storage B asmana E F G Combination of default GHG values for codigestion 48 Electricity and heat from CHP Closed digestate Step 2 Provide information on the actual feedstock share and the moisture content of each feedstock used Feedstock share in energy content S 25 21 Calculated emission factor g C z per MJ biogas e Step 3 In case of biogas as final energy carrier fill in the General settings box In this box the user should provide information on the final energy produced the main type of output and the process efficiency associated with the final conversion of the pathway General settings only for biogas pathways Main output Conversion efficiencies When J Electricity Electrical efficiency rules r C Hest Thermal efficiency contair C Cooling including hest and or electricity Electricity and heat Temp of useful heat C e Step 4 The total GHG emission reductions are given in the results box 6 6 2 How to use the Bg co dig_actual and Bm co dig_actual sheets These sheets are built in the same way as other pathways for the production of biogas or biomethane except t
68. sel 0 0107 MJ J MJssemnoon CH and N O emissions from use of diesel harvesting Result g fe sa MJ woos petiets When selecting this cell a help box appears see below which provides more details on how to use the results from previous calculations 21 from Please note This cell allows to input a result of a previous and partial calculation which is expressed in g CO2 eq per kg of the material that is produced in this step If you insert a value in this cell then this value will overwrite the more detailed calculations in this step and then the two summed up values for CO2 eq to the left of this value will not be the same anymore as the upper one follows from the detailed calculations in this step and the lower one follows from the value that you enter in this cell The lower value is used for the calculation of the final result in this Excel sheet When changing the value in this cell you must indicate in column E under overview results that you have used the result of a previous and partial calculation Please refer to the user manual for further instructions and examples Do not show this help box any more Step 2 In the result section at the top of the pathway the value in cell E9 should be put to Individual result of previous calculation using the dropdown list When selecting cell E9 a help box appears to explain the purpose of this cell and how to select the right value within the dropd
69. t then in the BioGrace II Excel tool the allocation factor for this step shall be set to 100 towards the main product and 0 to the co product This shall be done by entering the value 100 for the related factor placed into the Allocation factors box which is situated on the top of the sheet at the right of the result section Step by step example for one or more unallocated results for individual steps This example explains how to use the result from an individual calculation for cultivation and harvesting of stemwood step in the wood pellets briquettes from stemwood pathway in the BioGrace II calculation tool The unit of the result provided is in g CO eq per kg of stemwood This could happen in practice to a company responsible for transport and chipping of stemwood which gets stemwood for which a calculation has already been made and verified Please note that in this example there was no land use change and no improved agricultural management To use the result of the individual calculation for cultivation and harvesting of stemwood the following steps must be performed e Step 1 The result for the cultivation and harvesting of stemwood step shall be entered in cell N51 Cc D E F Cultivation and harvesting Quantity of product Yield Stemwood Pine Give value kg ha year 0 0E 00 MJSteMyocs ha year Moisture content 50 100 Wig ea 0 109 kOssemnoos wed Mvicos peses Energy consumption Die
70. t use of the tool depending the default values on your personal objective How can I create a new pathway with the tool How touse He UCh A step by step tutorial may help you to declare a land use change in one of your pathways Horionn tie Eea Information about Improved agricultural management can help you E take into account carbon stock changes related to improved practices How to use the N20 emissions GNOC A step by step tutorial may help you to calculate the N20 emissions of sheet your pathway using the Global Nitrous Oxide Calculator GNOC y l l How to use a late efficienc A step by step tutorial may help you to use this sheet How taasounesCasticeston seca A step by step tutorial may help you to calculate new default values sow so USE Me 0 tection for co digestion of several substrates in a biogas plant How to use the Final conversion only A step by step tutorial may help you to understand the purpose of this sheet sheet This section provides you with the definition of the specific wording used in the tool or in this document How to use the NO emissions IPCC A step by step tutorial may help you to calculate the N O emissions of sheet your pathway using the IPCC TIER 1 methodology Glossary l Please find the BioGrace II calculation rules document as part of the zip file in which you downloaded the Excel tool and this user manual 2 S Greenhou e Ga alom Biomass yarmonised eating and C
71. the distance of transport in km c D E F G Transport emissions transport of substrates as given in step above Totel amount Total amount Type of truck Type of substrate kg year MJ J year Select truck type from dropdown list Truck 40 ton for manure Diesel Truck 40 ton for dry product Diesel 0 Total Input Total emissions per year 0 0 g CO year Average transport emissions per MJ input FDMIO g COs l Minn Average transport emissions per MJ biogas OMNO g CO seg Md pioges Result g COs oy Merg DIVIO e Step 4 Complete the rest of the sheet as for any other pathway for the production of biogas and biomethane How to use the Calculate efficiencies sheet As explained in the comment box the most appropriate pathway configuration should be selected but these configurations can also be adapted with actual values further down the calculation sheet General settings Conversion efficiencies Pathway configuration When using this GHG calculation tool the BioGrace calculation Electrical efficiency Transport distance chips rules must be respected The rules are included in the zip file 85 0 above 10 000 km containing the complete tool and also at www BioGrace net Cooling induding heat and or electricity _56 0 Blecricity and heat 150 0 Providing information on the final conversion main output efficiency of the process etc makes it possible to calculate CO emissions in MJ final
72. then summarized to obtain the GHG emission of the whole pathway Details of the modules aggregated under each of the JRC report defined step are given under 2 4 6 Presentation of the Overview Results module e Detailed calculation formulas can be seen by clicking each cell in the sheet Methodological rules can be understood either from looking at the formula calculated or by reading the help boxes attached to some specific cells whenever available All the different rules cannot be defined here For more details please refer to the EC reports and to the BioGrace calculation rules 2 4 2 Presentation of the General settings box Each pathway is composed of a General settings box When a user opens a sheet for the first time a comment box called Please note appears see below to explain the purpose of the General setting box 11 from Please note When starting to use this Excel tool you should first enter values in the General settings by choosing the main output by entering the conversion efficiencies and by choosing the most appropriate pathway configuration note that boiler CHP settings and transport distances can always be adjusted to actual values further down this calculation sheet If you do not select the main output and enter conversion efficiencies there will be no GHG emission reduction calculated for electricity heat or cooling which is the purpose of this tool The tool can t
73. this Gt 25 rules must be re 26 containing the com 27 28 20 e Step 4 The total GHG emission reductions are given at the bottom of the results box 47 culations from Results Final energy Electricity Alf results fag OE z Allocation Allocated factor results GHG emission reduction Electricity 6 6 How to use the Co digestion sheets There are 3 sheets in the tool for the calculation of GHG emissions related to co digestion of biomass 6 6 1 Co dig_default sheet can only be used for the purpose of calculating a new default value for the production of biogas or biomethane from codigestion of a combination of the following substrates maize wet manure and biowaste Bg co dig_actual sheet can be used to calculate actual GHG emissions for the production of electricity and or heat or cooling from biogas from a combination of any biomass Bm co dig_actual sheet can be used to calculate actual GHG emissions for the production of electricity and or heat or cooling from biomethane from a combination of any biomass How to use the Co dig_default sheet This sheet can only be used for the calculation of actual values For more information on the calculation rules related to this sheet please have a look at the document BioGrace II calculation rules A step by step description of the use of this sheet is presented in the table below Step by step description of the use of this sheet Step 1 Fill in the de
74. ults box 2 4 4 How to use the Bg co dig_actual and Bm co dig_actual sheets These sheets are built in the same way as other pathways for the production of biogas or biomethane except that they are especially designed to calculate GHG emissions from the digestion of several feedstock Therefore the step by step description below will focus on the first steps of these sheets for calculation of GHG emissions from upstream and from transport of substrates Step by step description of the use of this sheet 13 e Step 1 Describe the upstream GHG emissions related to non waste feedstock the description includes 5 types of information the type of substrate the amount of substrate the upstream GHG emissions per kg of substrate the moisture content and the LHV Upstream emissions Upstream emissions cultivation or point of generation of waste residue Totel amount Upstream emissions moisture LHVy Total amount Type of substrate kOe Year g C z eg l Egres content MJ kg MJ year Total Input Average upstream emissions per MJ input Average upstream emissions per MJ biogas Bi yield Overall biogas yield MJ Biogas year Specific biogas yield HOMAN MJ MJ input Result g CO Step 2 Provide the overall biogas yield see figure above Step 3 Provide information related to the transport of all substrates even for waste biomass Select the most convenient truck type from the dropdown list and specify
75. uropean Version 2 for Testing The calculation of N20 field emission on DO em WwW Ne gt 12 Information needed in GNOC 14 Crop 15 Soiltype 16 Irrigation 17 Fresh yield kg ha year 18 Synthetic N fertiliser kg N kg N ha year 19 Manure kg N ha year 20 4 gt Directory LUC Esca N20 emissions IPCC N20 emissions GNOC Bg co dig_actual Bm co dig_actual Co dig_dt 4 4 The GNOC evaluates direct and indirect N20 field emissions combining IPCC 2006 TIER 1 and 2 approaches and the statistical model developed by Stehfest and Bouwman 2006 for direct emissions from mineral and organic fertilizers To use this model the minimum information required is see Figure 1 the location of the field or forest the type of soil organic mineral the use of irrigation the fresh yield and the amount of synthetic and organic N fertilizers used For actual calculations more specific information can be used regarding the following parameters environmental parameters crop residue parameters conversion factors For more detail on the GNOC and its calculations please refer to the GNOC website and its online tool manual 43 ennouse G Cooling from B ng R JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE ie GNOC Global Nitrous Oxide Calculator European Commission gt JRC gt IET gt Sustainable Transport Unit gt GNOC place e x yl Select Insert Parameters Crop Barley _ Soi
76. values that are not included in the list of standard values see paragraph 3 3 detailing how to use the tool for this specific use Please note that BioGrace has formulated rules on when own standard values can be used these rules can be found in the BioGrace calculation rules 8 a culations d Gree da and Cooling city s Harmon i for Elect User Defined Standard Values parameter Comments GHG emission coefficient SS as User defined standard values 4 r Bm Mze Bm Bw User specific calculations User defined standard values St CF 4 Finally the user specific calculations sheet 1s provided to keep track of all intermediate calculations made by the user of the tool and ease the work of the verifiers in case of certification supervision Any kind of calculation can be put in that sheet for instance calculations to convert inputs into other units 2 2 Colour coding of Excel cells in calculation sheets Generalities The tool is built on a very simple colour code for cells e Cells in red and bold font with white background are used for input numbers The existing values are the ones used for the JRC report default value calculation These cells can be changed by any user to test or adapt any pathway e Cells in black font with grey background are used for calculations and information that should not be changed except when adapting a pathway by adding new inputs or modifying the standard
77. y the value in cells E9 Ell E14 and E15 should be put to combined result from a previous calculation using the dropdown list The lines become orange coloured see next figure Also for el and for esca it shall be indicated in row E when a combined result from a previous calculation has been inputted 29 from 3 a Overview Results Energy carrier including emissions from the fuel in use All results in Non allocated Total Actual Default values g CO zeg MJ woos puet results allocated results Default JRC report Cultivation Bec 1 0 A as 1 Processing p 31 1 pers 1 Transport g fe at Emissions aio the fuel in use e al use ae Bonus OF Gers Ecer ccs 3 3 Adding specific standard values for existing input Standard values are used to convert input numbers into greenhouse gas emissions The tool applied the same standard values as the European Commission has used for calculating the default values However users can define their own standard values and use them in the tool This part gives a step by step example for modifying one of the pre defined standard values In order to do so the dedicated Excel sheet named user defined standard values should be used as the Excel sheet standard values is protected and cannot be changed Adding new standard value requires applying the following principles e The name given to the added input in the user defined

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