The project aims at pointing out national positions of strength in order to act proactive and identify benefits for the agricultural sector to increase the supply of raw materials for a growing bio-based economy including especially biofuels, but also biomaterials.
The transportation sector is responsible for about 19 % of all GHG emissions in Denmark, with an increasing trend though. A cost effective system is needed when converting from petroleum-based liquid fuels to bio-based liquid fuels including sustainability settings Both agriculture and forestry, and connected industries, have great possibilities to deliver biomass resources without decreasing the current food production. However, increased sale of bioresources for bioenergy purposes require that this resource is validated as a part of the whole farm or forestry system including political regulations like for instance the EU Natura 2000 directives. Different crops have additional functions/effects like groundwater protection, biodiversity, soil fertility (including carbon sequestration) which needs to be included when validating such biomass crops. Furthermore, several biomass resources which are regarded as waste at present represent a much higher value, and needs to be addressed in such perspective. Links to project reports (In Danish with English summary): http://www.risoe.dk/Knowledge_base/publications/Reports/ris-r-1665.aspx?sc_lang=en http://www.risoe.dtu.dk/en/Knowledge_base/publications/Reports/ris-r-1634.aspx?sc_lang=en Participants: Risø DTU, Biosystems Division Role: Risø DTU contributes with competences about sustainable use of biomass resources from the cultivated land and bioenergy conversion technologies. Resources: The Engestofte and Søholt foundation fund this project. Duration: The project runs from October 2007 - October 2008 Employees involved: Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen (biomass resources and conversion technologies)
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