Dr. Richard  Sikkema
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Dr. Richard Sikkema

Research Scientist
Joint Research Centre, Italy


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Energy from Utrecht University, Netherlands

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Area of Interest:

Energy
100%
Life Cycle Analysis
62%
Forest Products
90%
Agricultural Products
75%
Renewable Energy
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Sikkema, R., F. Dallemand, C.T. Matos, M. van der Velde and J.S.M. Ayanz, 2017. How can the ambitious goals for the EU's bioeconomy be supported by sustainable and efficient wood sourcing practices? Scand. J. For. Res., 32: 551-558.
  2. Bais-Moleman, A.L., R. Sikkema, M. Vis, P. Reumerman, M.C. Theurl and K.H. Erb, 2017. Assessing wood use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions of wood product cascading in the European Union. J. Cleaner Prod., (In Press). 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.153.
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  3. Van der Gaast, W., R. Sikkema and M. Vohrer, 2016. The contribution of forest carbon credit projects to addressing the climate change challenge. Climate Policy, 18: 42-48.
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  4. Proskurina, S., R. Sikkema, J. Heinimo and E. Vakkilainen, 2016. Five years left-how are the EU member states contributing to the 20% target for EU's renewable energy consumption; the role of woody biomass. Biomass Bioenergy, 95: 64-77.
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  5. Sikkema, R., M. Junginger, J. van Dam, G. Stegeman, D. Durrant and A. Faaij, 2014. Legal harvesting, sustainable sourcing and cascaded use of wood for bioenergy: Their coverage through existing certification frameworks for sustainable forest management. Forests, 5: 2163-2211.
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  6. Sikkema, R., A.P.C. Faaij, T. Ranta, J. Heinimo, Y.Y. Gerasimov, T. Karjalainen and G.J. Nabuurs, 2014. Mobilization of biomass for energy from boreal forests in Finland and Russia under present sustainable forest management certification and new sustainability requirements for solid biofuels. Biomass Bioenergy, 71: 23-36.
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  7. Sikkema, R., M. Junginger, P. McFarlane and A. Faaij, 2013. The GHG contribution of the cascaded use of harvested wood products in comparison with the use of wood for energy-A case study on available forest resources in Canada. Environ. Sci. Policy, 31: 96-108.
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  8. Wicke, B., R. Sikkema, V. Dornburg and A. Faaij, 2011. Exploring land use changes and the role of palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia. Land Use Policy, 28: 193-206.
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  9. Sikkema, R., M. Steiner, M. Junginger, W. Hiegl, M.T. Hansen and A. Faaij, 2011. The European wood pellet markets: Current status and prospects for 2020. Biofuels Bioprod. Biorefining, 5: 250-278.
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  10. Sikkema, R., M. Junginger, W. Pichler, S. Hayes and A.P. Faaij, 2010. The international logistics of wood pellets for heating and power production in Europe: Costs, energy‐input and greenhouse gas balances of pellet consumption in Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands. Biofuels Bioprod. Biorefining, 4: 132-153.
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  11. Junginger, M., M. de Wit, R. Sikkema and A. Faaij, 2008. International bioenergy trade in the Netherlands. Biomass Bioenergy, 32: 672-687.
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  12. Nabuurs, G.J. and R. Sikkema, 2001. International trade in wood products: Its role in the land use change and forestry carbon cycle. Climatic Change, 49: 377-395.
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  13. Kuiper, L.C., R. Sikkema and J.A.N. Stolp, 1998. Establishment needs for short rotation forestry in the EU to meet the goals of the commission’s White Paper on renewable energy (November 1997). Biomass Bioenergy, 15: 451-456.
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  14. Nabuurs, G.J., R. Paivinen, R. Sikkema and G.M.J. Mohren, 1997. The role of European forests in the global carbon cycle-a review. Biomass Bioenergy, 13: 345-358.
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  15. Sikkema, R. and G.J. Nabuurs, 1995. Forests and wood consumption on the carbon balance: Carbon emission reduction by use of wood products. Stud. Environ. Sci., 65: 1137-1142.
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