A priori list of potentials is to be investigated: i) Resource efficiency:
tapping largely unexplored local biomass sources, e.g. in privately owned
forests, small woodlots, riparian greenery, urban biomass, green wastes; ii)
Land use: protective functions through enhanced harvesting of biomass, e.g.
wind erosion risk > increased landscaping of hedges/linear tree structures,
forest fire risk potential > increased forest harvesting levels; iii)
Synergies: exploiting different biomass types via cost reduction, substitution
of inefficient use of high grade material, high grade mixed fuels, design
pellets, high grade wood chips; iv) Byproducts, e.g. clean ashes as components
for fertilizer or bioplastics; v) Complementary bioenergy production: biomass
as additional source in renewable fuel mix, e.g. cogeneration plants.

#  Types of data and characteristics

During Life Cycle Assessment different data are collected, analysed, modelled
and produced along the whole supply chain (Figure1).

**Figure1: Data relevant steps within LCA (Source** **:**
**_http://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu_ ) **

For the Life Cycle Inventory in the first instance company data is collected
from participating SMEs covering their inputs and outputs such as used biomass
material, energy usage for transports and processing of materials, energy
output, emissions to air, water and soil. Secondly data from literature and
existing data bases like ecoinvent or GaBi Life Cycle data sets are used to
model the impact of the whole life cycle. This includes e.g. datasets on the
production of oil and the connected environmental impacts or process specific
data. On the basis of this data inventory the impact of the bioenergy supply
will be measured according to existing Environmental and Health impact models
like ReCiPe, LCM or Ecoinvent.

Additionally data and considerations on allocation (e.g. which part of the
impact can be allocated to forest or agricultural waste) and substitution
(e.g. which energy is substituted by the new bioenergy) have to be
investigated. Finally the environmental impacts of different bioenergy plant
types will be modelled and new LCA data sets will be available.

There are three new data types that might be produced within the project: i)
Life Cycle Inventory data, ii) Data on allocation and substitution, and iii)
LCA datasets. Depending on the type of data (Life Cycle Inventory data, LCA
datasets, Live Cycle Impact Assessment Data, Allocation and Substitution data
sets or primary produced LCA data-sets), some of these can be made publicly
available to a certain extent and under certain conditions (e.g. aggregated
sets ensuring confidentiality of enterprise-level information).

#  i) Life Cycle Inventory data

If the inventory data can be made public is a case-by-case decision depending
on the restrictions of the participating companies.

#  ii) Data on allocation and substitution

This Meta Data will be published following the H2020 open access approach.
Efforts will be made to ensure open access to peer-reviewed articles not
already freely available through the project website. Appropriate peer-
reviewed academic journals with open access will be favoured. Otherwise,
access rights for publishing articles on the project website will be paid to
the respective journals, thus allowing free access to the publication.

#  iii) LCA datasets

LCA datasets are the main output of the study. There are different formats
available for LCA datasets which which are compatible or can with a certain
effort be made compatible to other databases. For LCA studies both open source
tools and fee based software is available. Principally, each database in
EcoSpold or ILCD format can be directly imported into openLCA. Tools like the
openLCA format converter or the EcoSpoldAccess spreadsheet macro formerly
provided by the ecoinvent centre can be used to create data in the appropriate
formats. A possibility is to create formats which could feed into the European
reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD). The ELCD generally provides Life Cycle
Inventory (LCI) data from frontrunning EU-level business associations and
other sources for key materials, energy carriers, transport, and waste
management. Focus is to freely provide background data that are required in a
high percentage of LCAs in a European market context. Coherence and quality
are facilitated through compliance with the entry-level requirements of the
Life Cycle Data Network (LCDN), as well as through endorsement by the
organisations that provide the data.

#  2.3 Standards and metadata

The LCA conducted in the project will be based on ISO14040ff as well as on the
handbook and guidelines from the International Reference Life Cycle Data
System (ILCD)  1  .

Within the project the produced LCA datasets will follow the ILCD Entry-Level
requirements, as far as necessary inventory data are available. An
implementation of the data in ILCD is envisaged. Besides, BOKU plans to build
up an own Open Access LCA database. Data will also be implemented and made
available to the broad public in this BOKU database once this database goes
online.

A publication is planned in form of a scientific article, which describes the
main project findings on LCA-based sustainability evaluation of local
bioenergy chains, to be submitted for peer review to an open access journal in
the bioenergy field (D4.4, M36).

#  2.4 Data sharing

The open access data will be shared using a suitable data repository and
broadly accessible open data formats. Due protection of personal data will be
ensured. Further details will be developed in line with the final open access
dataset.

#  2.5 Archiving and preservation

The open access data will be archived using a suitable data repository.
Further details will be developed in line with the final open access dataset.  
  
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_Acknowledgement and Disclaimer_

IIWH / BOKU / CLUBE –Internationales Institut für Wald und Holz e.V.,

Universität für Bodenkultur – Institut für Abfallwirtschaft, Cluster of
Bioenergy, 2016.

SecureChain, Horizon 2020 project no. 646457, Data Management Plan (DMP).
Report D6.5. Münster, Vienna, Kozani.

www.securechain.eu

The SecureChain project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 Programme under the grant agreement n°646457 from 01/04/2015 to
31/03/2018.

The content of the document reflects only the authors’ views. The European
Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained
therein.

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