bioenergy Articles
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Focus Bioenergy No 1 2003: Bioenergy - a sustainable alternative
Sweden is heavily dependent on imports when it comes to energy. The imported fossil fuels contribute to global environmentalproblems. They need to be replacedwith sustainable renewable sources of energy such as bioenergy. Changing from fossil fuels to biofuels mitigates the greenhouseeffect. If we use more bioenergy, and in the appropriate way, the Swedish energy system will become more ...
By Elmia AB
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DOE Awards $40 Million in Funding for Bioenergy Research Centers
On July 17, 2017, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that $40 million in Department of Energy (DOE) awards will be used to establish four DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRC) to be led by a DOE National Laboratory or top university. Each BRC will focus on laying the scientific groundwork for a new biobased economy by providing scientific breakthroughs for a new generation of ...
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Bioenergy 2015 Scheduled For June
DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the Clean Energy Research and Educational Foundation (CEREF) are co-hosting Bioenergy 2015: Opportunities in a Changing Energy Landscape, scheduled for June 23-24, 2015, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. This year's conference will focus on opportunities and challenges in our current highly dynamic energy ...
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Minnesota Department of Agriculture Offers Grant Opportunity
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is offering an opportunity for funding to advance a bioenergy or biochemical production technology toward commercial scale through the construction and operation of a pilot plant. To be eligible for the AGRI Bioenergy/Biochemical Pilot Project Grant, applicants must be a Minnesota-based company, learning institution, local government unit, Native American ...
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DOE Announces Dates Of Bioenergy 2016: Mobilizing The Bioeconomy Through Innovation Conference
On March 7, 2016, DOE's BETO sent out a save the date for the upcoming Bioenergy 2016: Mobilizing the Bioeconomy through Innovation conference. The ninth annual conference is co-hosted by the Clean Energy Research & Education Foundation (CEREF) and will focus on future feedstock opportunities and technology innovations in pursuit of a stronger bioeconomy. The event will take place on July ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 10 2004: Good examples for a sustainable energy system
Over the past 25 years, bioenergy has become a large and obvious component of the Swedish energy system. There are applications of all scales, as gas or in solid or fluid forms used with modern and commercial technology. Biofuels are renewable fuels suitable to use within the energy market’s three fields – industry, residential and transport. Used with steering instruments that take the ...
By Elmia AB
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Project 4Biomass - Case Study
Fostering the Sustainable Usage of Renewable Energy Sources in Central Europe – Putting Biomass into Action! – The Project 4Biomass, funded by the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, will foster the sustainable use of bioenergy throughout Central ...
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Project BioCaBa - Case Study
The project "BioCaBa" aims at extending the value chains of biomass utilization in Cauca Valley (Colombia) and Bavaria. In this project Umweltcluster Bayern collaborates with partners from the scientific sector as well as companies and the Bioenergy Cluster in Cali. Together, they will evaluate the potential of the energetic use of residues from agriculture as well as from the food industry in ...
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WRI report concludes biofuels competing with food sources
The World Resources Institute (WRI) issued a working paper, "Avoiding Bioenergy Competition for Food Crops and Land," as part of its series on "Creating a Sustainable Food Future." The paper concludes that using land for bioenergy purposes results in that land not being available for growing food or animal feed, and, as such, urges policy changes that would phase-out bioenergy and biofuel from ...
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Bioenergy Research Centers Reach 500th Invention Milestone
On March 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Centers (BRC) announced the 500th invention disclosure since 2007. The BRCs, which consist of the BioEnergy Science Center (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan State University), and the Joint BioEnergy Institute (Lawrence Berkeley National ...
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Dynamic analysis of biomass resources with a global land use and energy model
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate global bioenergy potential in consideration of land use competition using a global land use and energy model (GLUE) formulated with a system dynamics (SD) technique and a biomass balance table (BBT) that can show overall biomass flow and bioenergy potential quantitatively. Through a set of simulations, the following results were obtained: (1) The ...
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DOE Announces Funding for Bioenergy Research and Development Projects
On September 4, 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its support for projects in Bioenergy Research and Development. The projects total about $80 million and address early-stage research and development in the hopes of achieving DOE’s goal of reducing biobased costs in fuels by 2022. Funding for these projects comes from four different programs: BioEnergy Engineering for ...
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Global bioenergy: problems and prospects
This paper explores the future global potential for bioenergy. We use energy analysis, and more generally climate change effects, as our criteria for evaluation. Since widespread use of new bioenergy is probably decades away, our evaluation attempts to take into account likely future conditions. Previous research displays large variations in estimates of both energy ratio and technical potential. ...
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A Canadian perspective on the future of biofuels and bioenergy
Concerns about grain-based biofuels include their “impact on food prices and availability,” said David B. Layzell, and that their capacity to contribute to liquid fuels is inadequate. He said there are three main drivers for bioenergy: the rural economy, climate change, and energy security. In March 2008, the Government of Canada stated that its driver is the rural economy. “I think this is ...
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Why is a University in the Bioenergy Business?
Why is a University in the Bioenergy Business? This article provides an interesting read from the perspective of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh exploring the diverse range of benefits from their fleet of three anaerobic digesters. From campus sustianability, to unique learning opportunities, all the way to expanding digester opportunities to thesmall family dairies, and more. The original ...
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MDA Announces Grants To Expand Biofuel Access And Production
On August 6, 2019, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) announced four grants aiming to expand biofuel access and production to advance the state’s renewable energy efforts. Awarded to four recipients by MDA’s Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation (AGRI) Program, the grants total more than $500,000. One Bioenergy/Biochemical Pilot Project Grant was awarded, providing ...
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Bioenergy Technologies Office Releases Bioproducts To Enable Biofuels Workshop Report
On December 10, 2015, DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) released a summary report of the Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels Workshop, held on July 16, 2015. The workshop, co-sponsored by DOE and EERE, was held to receive input from stakeholders about the possible role of bioproducts in the biofuels industry, and to explore future research and development opportunities. The 40-page summary ...
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Profiting from inter-firm relations – a study in the evolving bioenergy industry
The role of inter-organisational relationships has become central in the quest for competitive success. Nevertheless, the rate of alliance formation has not been high in the forest industry, although the sector is in great need of new value-creating business. This study explores whether the widespread interest in renewable energy will open up new opportunities for the industry and also for the ...
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A Guide to District Heating Ireland
Following on from last week’s conference, please find below the link to A Guide to District Heating Ireland, which has been developed by Dublin’s energy agency Codema on behalf of the Irish Bioenergy Association and Tom Bruton of BioXL. The guide aims to understand district heating and its benefits and presents learnings for the Irish context from case studies of existing systems and ...
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Non-Profits Release Report On Improvements To The European Commission’s Bioenergy Policy
On September 5, 2016, a group of non-profits, including Oxfam International, Fern, and Greenpeace, published a report outlining policy measures that should be taken by the European Commission (EC) to ensure that bioenergy is as low-carbon and resource efficient as possible. The report, "A New EU Sustainable Bioenergy Policy Report," was published after EC stated a willingness to listen to new ...
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