The simplified life cycle methodology, applied in(EC. 2014b) mitigat accounts for the GHG emissions(co2, CH4 and N20) related to the production of power or heat from biomass caused by: the com- 2. Mat bustion of fossil fuels, the combustion of biomass(only non-co2 GHG), cultivated soils, and direct Land Use Change(LUC) We 2.1. Go define the system boundaries and the results obtained with this methodology as"supply chains" (Figs. 1 and 2) The EC method ology suggests that bioenergy should deliver GHG savings of at the e least 70x with respect to a defined fossil fuel system. The scope of mal e such criterion is to compare the supply-chain GHG emissions of bioma various bioenergy pathways on a common basis(GHG savings) to the cr identify and exclude the pathways that perform worst on this and st relative scale.