Wood pellets in Finland, an overview
Finland is an important producer country on the European wood pellet market. Despite the intensive development of wind and solar power, forest biomass remains…
The science behind bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Negative emission technologies are now included in many of the pathways suggested by a number of climate scientists to meet the internationally agreed limit of…
Designing effective biofuel policies in Canada
A recent research by Clean Energy Canada, an initiative of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, assessed the performance of…
SteamBio enabling sustainable carbon for industry
There is much talk nowadays about “decarbonising” the economy, would it be more appropriate for us to use a greener form of carbon instead?…
Cascading Use of Biomass and Classification of Used Wood
Wood products are typically considered to have lower environmental impacts than equivalent products made out of non-renewable raw materials. Woody biomass is presently used…
Performance analysis of a commercial pellet-fired stirling engine
The use of pellets in residential boilers allows the increase of the share of renewable sources in heat production with an added advantage that…
MacroFuels – Third Generation Biofuels from Seaweed
In the last decade, seaweed has received increasing interest worldwide as potential source of advanced biofuels production, which has resulted in a considerable attention…
Biomass heating resources from Bioenergy4Business
The international project Bioenergy4Business (B4B), funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union, supports and promotes the partial substitution of fossil fuels used for heating with available…
Stakeholders perceptions of biogas and land use in the UK
Anaerobic digestion is of growing importance within the UK bioenergy sector and can make an important contribution to the UK’s energy and climate change…
Teaming agreement to build new bioenergy facility in Germany
Five thousand homes and businesses in Herten, Germany, will soon benefit from a clean, renewable energy source as Lockheed Martin and Concord Blue begin…
