AgroCycle is a Sino-EU collaborative research and innovation venture on the application of the ‘circular economy’ across the agri-food industry. The project has 26 partners from across the EU, China…
Recycling and Valorization of Agri-Food Waste
Chiara Benetti
Inspire: Insights on Biofuels Innovation from IRENA’S Patents Database
Innovation is at the heart of the energy transition to a carbonfree world. Breakthroughs in renewable energy technologies have accelerated their deployment by reducing their costs and improving their performance.…
Prospects for Liquid Biofuels: Meeting the Challenge of EVs and Low Oil Prices
Reliable, sustainable and affordable energy supply is critical to economic activity, social development and poverty reduction. But two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions stem from energy production and use, which puts the energy sector at the core of…
Low TRL Biofuel Technologies
There are many technologies for the conversion of cellulosic biomass and other residues which are under development and research: this scientific know-how is not yet widely known but it would be more…
Bioenergy and Biofuels: Innovation and Technology Progress
Emerging new biofuels obtained from sustainable biomass either from biochemical-based pathways or thermochemical-based pathways are at advanced stage of development and new investments in Europe will be boosted by the new legislative EU…
Innovative Double-Loop Biogas Digestate Handling at Samsø
Samsø municipality is preparing the ground to build a biogas plant to ensure the necessary gas supply for the ferry line connecting the island to the mainland. Environmental permits and work plans…
Experience a Living Lab for Bioenergy Technology: Think Denmark
The Danish bioenergy cluster is already well known to readers of this magazine. Last year a mapping of the cluster revealed that the cluster encompasses 1,200 companies with a turnover of EUR 3.3 billion, employs 11,500 people…
Developing Sustainable Value Chains for Advanced Biofuels
The deployment of sustainable bioenergy is urgently needed to reach our climate targets, as set out in the Paris Agreement. Advanced biofuels produced from non-food biomass, such as wood, straw, and lignocellulosic energy crops, are a key solution…
The Potential of Marginal Lands for Bioenergy
For a long time, marginal lands have been considered as promising alternative for sustainable production of bioenergy. However, there are many issues to tackle before determining whether a marginal land is able…
Marginal Lands for Growing Industrial Crops: Turning a Burden into an Opportunity
Industrial crops can provide abundant renewable biomass feedstocks for the production of high-added-value bio-based commodities (i.e. bio-plastics, bio-lubricants, bio-chemicals, pharmaceuticals, bio-composites, etc.) and bioenergy. They can be broadly categorised as oil, lignocellulosic, carbohydrate or specialty crops. Most of them are multipurpose crops…
