BE-Sustainable Magazine June 2017
BE-Sustainable Magazine June 2017 In this issue Bioenergy and green economy in the Nordic region Chemical looping combustion Bioenergy for sustainable development Driving innovation…
Bioenergy and climate change: nine presentations you cannot miss at EUBCE 2017
Most of the international Institutions agree that bioenergy is a fundamental tool to mitigate the effects of climate change. Bioenergy accounts for three-quarters of…
IEA Bioenergy replies to Chatham House report “Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate”
A recent report by UK think-tank ‘Chatham House’ on the impact of bioenergy on global climate adds to the increasing number of misleading statements in the…
Report explores opportunities and risks of seaweed biofuels in aviation
A new report by Bellona Foundation explores the potential and challenges of using seaweed biofuels in aviation. The report Opportunities and Risks of Seaweed…
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…
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.…
Reactive lignin technology for bio-based adhesives in wood products
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a technology to produce reactive lignin from pulp industry side streams, to be used as a…
Global bioenergies announces the production of 100% renewable ETBE
Global Bioenergies, a French company that is developing a process to convert renewable resources into hydrocarbons through fermentation, has announced the production of ETBE…
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)…