Italian Biogasdoneright® a replicable and exportable model
The Italian model for agricultural biogas based on the principles of Biogasdoneright® is becoming an international case study. The state of play of the Italian…
Category: Biomass resources
Forest residues for bioenergy with CCS – a tool for global cooling?
Biomass from forestry residues such as thinning and harvest operations is often cited as an underutilized resource that could be mobilized for energy production.…
Low-emission biomass heating with electrostatic precipitators
Wood combustion in small scale boilers is widely used for domestic heating. The combination of different parameters such as fuel quality, combustion conditions and…
Online tar measurements to control biomass gasification
Tar and tar related problems are still major obstacles for the development and implementation of biomass gasification technologies. Aromatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)…
Bio-based Lubricants from Vegetable Oils
Lubricants are oil-based substances, with a wide industrial application along with some non-industrial use. Lots of refinery products find applications as lubricants, so this…
An integrated bioenergy and aquaculture system in the desert of Abu Dhabi
In Abu Dhabi, a pilot project conducted by Masdar Institute’s Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC) is developing an integrated bioenergy and aquaculture system to…
Long-term use of biogas digestate stores carbon and enhances soil fertility
Every year, intensive agriculture is directly responsible of 10 to 14 percent of emissions of greenhouse gases globally, therefore developing sustainable farming practices is…
The potential of agricultural residues for biogas in 2030
Biogas is a diverse energy source, suitable as a flexible and storable energy form. Between 2000 and 2013 the production of biogas in Europe…
US holds potential to produce billion tons of biomass, support bioeconomy
The 2016 Billion-Ton Report, jointly released by the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, concludes that the United States has the…
Computational modelling for enhancing the soil carbon storage
To help stakeholders in government and business make smart decisions about the best types of land and local climates for planting bioenergy crops, researchers…
