Bioenergy Background

Industrial biotechnology - More than green fuel in a dirty economy?

Until now, most efforts to solve the climate crisis have focused on how to reduce the carbon footprint of our current economic system. However, this approach will not alone lead us onto the right path ...

Sep 2009
Market of biomass fuels in Finland

This study considers the current situation of solid and liquid biomass fuels in Finland. The fact that industry consumes more than half of the total primary energy, widely applied combined heat and power production and ...

Aug 2009
Bioenergy – A sustainable and reliable energy source - A review of status and prospects – Executive summary

The supply of sustainable energy is one of the main challenges that mankind will face over the coming decades, particularly because of the need to address climate change.Biomass can make a substantial contribution to supplying ...

Aug 2009
Market of biomass fuels in Finland

Finland has long-standing traditions in the utilisation of biomass in energy production, and bioenergy plays an important role in the Finnish energy system. The country is one of the world’s largest importers of raw wood; ...

Aug 2009
Country report 2009 for Norway - IEA Bioenergy task 40

This report is a part of the work of IEA Bioenergy Task 40 working group-“Sustainable International Bioenergy Trade: Securing Supply and Demand” and gives a picture of the situation regarding bioenergy in Norway for the ...

Aug 2009
Bio-carbon in Africa: harnessing carbon finance for forestry & bioenergy

The chapters are organised in terms of the production cycle, beginning with two chapters on forest bio-carbon (which can “grow” carbon): one on policy options and the second on forest bio-carbon methodologies. The review then ...

Aug 2009
Use of biomass energy in cement production - Opportunities in Ethiopia

Biomass and biomass residues, if sourced in an environmentally and socially sustainable fashion, represent a vast – and largely untapped – renewable energy source for the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. This guide seeks to outline ...

Aug 2009
Jatropha oil – The end of the biodiesel food vs fuel debate?

Jatropha has been hailed as the high-productivity crop to replace food crops such as soy or rape as sources of vegetable oil for biodiesel.This article reviews how jatropha oil production has developed recently and assesses ...

Jul 2009
Global trends in sustainable energy investment 2009

The drivers that have propelled investment in the sustainable energy sector so dramatically for the past five years are still at work – climate change, energy insecurity, fossil fuel depletion, new technologies etc. There is ...

Jun 2009
Analysis of opportunities for biofuel production in sub-Saharan Africa

Within the developing world, and especially Africa, biofuels, are regarded as a potential mechanism to stimulate agricultural development, create jobs and save foreign exchange. In reaction to the initial euphoria about biofuels as a carbon-neutral ...

Jun 2009
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