Minimising greenhouse gas emissions from biomass energy generation

Apr 2009

This report sets out the results of analysis carried out by AEA for the Environment Agency as part of its work to support the development of a sustainable bioenergy industry in England and Wales.
It assesses the greenhouse gas (GHG) savings that biomass feedstocks which could be used in heat and power schemes in the UK offer compared to fossil fuels.
The savings are calculated using the Biomass Environmental Assessment Tool Version 2 (BEAT2), which was developed for the Environment Agency and Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) by AEA and North Energy Associates. BEAT2 calculates the emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide over the whole lifecycle of a biomass energy scheme (including biofuels), from cultivation of the energy crop, through processing and transport of the fuel, to combustion of the crop at a power station or boiler and disposal of ashes.

By: Environment Agency

 
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