Susanne Köppen
Biomass and Food
Research Topics
- Development of Excel-based tools for assessing the greenhouse gas emissions of bioenergy (BioGrace, ENZO2)
- Methodology for the sustainability assessment of biomass (energy, material use)
- Life cycle assessment and material flow analysis for bioenergy and biomaterials
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2014 Senior project manager at ifeu Berlin
- Since 2007 Research associate at ifeu Heidelberg
- 2000–2005 Studies in landscape ecology and nature conservation at the University of Greifswald
Selected Projects
- VAU-Bio - Development of a procedure for estimating the environmental impacts associated with the production and use of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels
- BioNachRED
- NUTS2 - Report on typical GHG emission values for the cultivation of agricultural raw materials for NUTS 2 regions or a more disaggregated level in Germany according to RED II
- Shaping Nature-Friendly Consumption - Recommendations for selected Products to Protect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Worldwide
- NABIS - Scientific monitoring of the implementation plan for the National Bioeconomy Strategy
- BioSINK - Impact of the use of forest biomass for energy in Germany on German and international LULUCF sinks
- HIGFLY - HIGee to Furanic-based jet Fuel technologY
- BioWISE - Mechanisms of action of federal and state regulations and support instruments on the use of solid biomass in heat generation
- Long-term Scenarios for the Transformation of the Energy System in Germany (Long-term Scenarios III)
- BioGrace – Harmonisation of GHG emission calculations in Europe (EU)
- Development of the GHG calculation tool ENZO2 (BMUB)
- BioEm – Update of emission factors for bioenergy (UBA)
- Resource efficiency through cascade use of biomass (UBA)
- Protein2Food - Development of high quality food protein from multi-purpose crops through optimized, sustainable production and processing methods (EU)
- Biofuels Screening Toolkit – Guidelines for decision makers (GEF / UNIDO)
