8 News & Press Releases found
Wageningen University and Research Centre News
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ISRIC releases upgraded SoilGrids system: up to two times improved accuracy of predictions
ISRIC – World Soil Information has just released a major update of its global predictions of soil properties and classes, now available at a spatial resolution of 250 m. The previous SoilGrids system at 1 km resolution has been systematically ...
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New Bio-based Outlook: low fossil energy prices obstruct positive effect of bioeconomy
The transition from a fossil-based economy to a bioeconomy contributes to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels, to meet our greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, and strengthen the Dutch economy. This macroeconomic assessment of large-scale ...
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Zeeland`s road trial section of bio-asphalt: a world first
The first ever trial section of bio-asphalt made from lignin, which covers a 100-metre section of road in the Dutch province of Zeeland, will be officially opened later today. Bitumen in asphalt is usually made purely from petroleum, but in this new ...
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Opportunities for geothermal energy: New method reveals past underground temperatures
Rocks store information about the temperatures that they have experienced. Wageningen University researchers and international colleagues are the first to develop a method that reveals low-temperature information (from 35 °C and higher) on a ...
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Reliable method of determining biomass and carbon stocks in forests
Terrestrial laser scanning is a technique that allows the structure of vegetation to be 3D-mapped to the millimetre. A first research project in Australia has shown that this technique can be used to more accurately determine the biomass of trees; ...
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Opportunities for sustainable biomass in Ukraine
Ukraine is discovering the potential of biomass, thanks in part to the three-year biomass development project Pellets for Power. Carried out by Wageningen UR together with several private partners and with support from NL agency’s Sustainable ...
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Wageningen UR and Arke to work together on sustainable jet fuel
The airline Arke and Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) have joined forces to work on developing sustainable jet fuel derived from algae. Microalgae have great potential for producing sustainable biofuels, such as biokerosene, to meet ...
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Harvesting energy from CO2 emissions
The emissions from power plants and factories are a source of energy. When combustion gases mix with the outside air, energy is released. This was discovered by environmental technologists of Wageningen UR (University & Research center) and ...