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Electricity generation from moss with light-driven microbial fuel cells
Pablo Ampudia Castresana, Sara Monasterio Martinez, Emma Freeman, Salvador Eslava, Mirella Di Lorenzo
Mar 01, 2019
Fossil fuel depletion, increasing energy demands and concerns on greenhouse gas emissions heavily stress the search for sustainable and green energy alternatives. Plant microbial fuel cells (PMFCs) are an attractive...
Characterisation and variability of greenhouse gas emissions from biomethane production via anaerobic digestion of maize
Biomethane is a renewable gas that can be used in existing infrastructure to reduce dependency on natural gas and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Policy incentives have promoted a rapid implementation of biomethane...
Bioenergy Biogas Fugitive methane GHG LCA sustainability /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2300 name=General Environmental Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1408 name=Strategy and Management /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2209 name=Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Characterisation and variability of greenhouse gas emissions from biomethane production via anaerobic digestion of maize
Biomethane is a renewable gas that can be used in existing infrastructure to reduce dependency on natural gas and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Policy incentives have promoted a rapid implementation of biomethane...
Bioenergy Biogas Fugitive methane GHG LCA sustainability /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2300 name=General Environmental Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1408 name=Strategy and Management /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2209 name=Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Challenge clusters facing LCA in environmental decision-making—what we can learn from biofuels
Marcelle C. McManus, Caroline M. Taylor, Alison Mohr, Carly Whittaker, Corinne D. Scown, Aiduan Li Borrion, Neryssa J. Glithero, Yao Yin
Oct 01, 2015
Purpose: Bioenergy is increasingly used to help meet greenhouse gas (GHG) and renewable energy targets. However, bioenergy’s sustainability has been questioned, resulting in increasing use of life cycle assessment (LCA)....
Bioenergy biofuels LCA Policy sustainability uncertainty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Towards effective energy harvesting from stacks of soil microbial fuel cells
The 2050 net-zero carbon target can only be achieved with renewable energy solutions that can drastically reduce carbon emissions. Soil microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) have significant potential as a low-cost and carbon-neutral...
Bioenergy Equivalent electrical circuit Maximum power point tracking Soil microbial fuel cells /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2102 name=Energy Engineering and Power Technology /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600/1606 name=Physical and Theoretical Chemistry /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2208 name=Electrical and Electronic Engineering /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Understanding the greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems.
Paul Adams, Alice Bows, Paul Gilbert, Jim Hammond, David Howard, Rachel Lee, Niall McNamarra, Patricia Thornley, Carly Whittaker, Jeanette Whitaker
Sep 01, 2013
Bioenergy systems play a key role in the UK’s energy future because they offer the triple benefits of being renewable, sustainable and incurring lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than fossil fuels, such as coal, oil or...
Greenhouse gas Bioenergy Biomass energy crop carbon debt LCA life cycle assessment land use change GHG balance /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land
Biomass sustainability criteria
Biomass sustainability criteria were introduced in the UK following the EU Renewable Energy Directive. Criteria are now applicable to solid biomass and biogas, however because it is not mandatory criteria can be adapted by...
Anaerobic digestion Biogas biomethane Greenhouse gas life cycle assessment sustainability criteria LCA Bioenergy sustainability /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Development of an oligosaccharide library to characterise the structural variation in glucuronoarabinoxylan in the cell walls of vegetative tissues in grasses.
Theodora Tryfona, Mathias Sorieul, Carolina Feijao, Katherine Stott, Denis V Rubtsov, Nadine Anders, Paul Dupree
Apr 29, 2019
BACKGROUND: Grass glucuronoarabinoxylan (GAX) substitutions can inhibit enzymatic degradation and are involved in the interaction of xylan with cell wall cellulose and lignin, factors which contribute to the recalcitrance of...
An assessment of the torrefaction of North American pine and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions
P. McNamee, P. W R Adams, M. C. McManus, B. Dooley, L. I. Darvell, A. Williams, J. M. Jones
Apr 01, 2016
Bioenergy is increasingly being used to meet EU objectives for renewable energy generation and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Problems with using biomass however include high moisture contents, lower calorific value...
Small-scale biomass gasification CHP utilisation in industry
Biomass gasification is regarded as a sustainable energy technology used for waste management and producing renewable fuel. Using the techniques of life cycle assessment (LCA) and net energy analysis this study quantifies the...
life cycle assessment LCA Bioenergy Gasification CHP industry /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
A preliminary life cycle analysis of bioethanol production using seawater in a coastal biorefinery setting
Bioethanol has many environmental and practical benefits as a transportation fuel. It is one of the best alternatives to replace fossil fuels due to its liquid nature, which is similar to the gasoline and diesel fuels...
Eddy covariance captures four-phase crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) gas exchange signature in Agave.
Nick A Owen, Órlaith Ní Choncubhair, Jamie Males, José Ignacio Del Real Laborde, Ramón Rubio-Cortés, Howard Griffiths, Gary Lanigan
Aug 08, 2019
Agave tequilana CAM Bioenergy Biomass climate change adaptation crassulacean acid metabolism ecophysiology eddy covariance eddy flux Renewable Energy Acids Agave Biomass Carbon Carbon Dioxide Ecosystem Gases Models Biological Plant Leaves Regression Analysis Reproducibility of Results Respiration Soil Spectrum Analysis Thermodynamics water
Electricity generation from moss with light-driven microbial fuel cells
Pablo Ampudia Castresana, Sara Monasterio Martinez, Emma Freeman, Salvador Eslava, Mirella Di Lorenzo
Mar 01, 2019
Fossil fuel depletion, increasing energy demands and concerns on greenhouse gas emissions heavily stress the search for sustainable and green energy alternatives. Plant microbial fuel cells (PMFCs) are an attractive...
Voltage Evolution and Electrochemical Behaviour of Soil Microbial Fuel Cells Operated in Different Quality Soils
The desire for a net-zero carbon future is a key driver for innovation in renewable energy. Amongst several emerging solutions, soil microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) pose an interesting addition as a low-cost, carbon–neutral...
Bioanode Biocathode Bioenergy modelling Soil microbial fuel cells /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2102 name=Energy Engineering and Power Technology /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Understanding the greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems.
Paul Adams, Alice Bows, Paul Gilbert, Jim Hammond, David Howard, Rachel Lee, Niall McNamarra, Patricia Thornley, Carly Whittaker, Jeanette Whitaker
Sep 01, 2013
Bioenergy systems play a key role in the UK’s energy future because they offer the triple benefits of being renewable, sustainable and incurring lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than fossil fuels, such as coal, oil or...
Greenhouse gas Bioenergy Biomass energy crop carbon debt LCA life cycle assessment land use change GHG balance /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land
Comparative cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of wood pellet production with torrefaction
Torrefaction is a thermal pre-treatment process for upgrading raw biomass into a more energy dense fuel. Torrefied biomass is combined with a densification process to increase its bulk density similar to conventional...
life cycle assessment torrefaction wood pellets LCA Bioenergy torrefied pellets /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
The changing nature of life cycle assessment
LCA has evolved from its origins in energy analysis in the 1960s and 70s into a wide ranging tool used to determine impacts of products or systems over several environmental and resource issues. The approach has become more...
Bioenergy biofuels LCA Policy sustainability uncertainty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Climate regulation, energy provisioning and water purification
David Styles, Pål Börjesson, Tina D’Hertefeldt, Klaus Birkhofer, Jens Dauber, Paul Adams, Sopan Patil, Tim Pagella, Lars B. Pettersson, Philip Peck, Céline Vaneeckhaute, Håkan Rosenqvist
Dec 01, 2016
Whilst life cycle assessment (LCA) boundaries are expanded to account for negative indirect consequences of bioenergy such as indirect land use change (ILUC), ecosystem services such as water purification sometimes delivered...
agriculture Bioenergy Environment eutrophication greenhouse gas emissions LCA /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land
Small-scale biomass gasification CHP utilisation in industry
Biomass gasification is regarded as a sustainable energy technology used for waste management and producing renewable fuel. Using the techniques of life cycle assessment (LCA) and net energy analysis this study quantifies the...
life cycle assessment LCA Bioenergy Gasification CHP industry /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Biomass sustainability criteria
Biomass sustainability criteria were introduced in the UK following the EU Renewable Energy Directive. Criteria are now applicable to solid biomass and biogas, however because it is not mandatory criteria can be adapted by...
Anaerobic digestion Biogas biomethane Greenhouse gas life cycle assessment sustainability criteria LCA Bioenergy sustainability /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Exploring temporal aspects of climate-change effects due to bioenergy
Samuel J.G. Cooper, Rowan Green, Laura Hattam, Mirjam Röder, Andrew Welfle, Marcelle McManus
Nov 30, 2020
The greenhouse gas emissions associated with bioenergy are often temporally dispersed and can be a mixture of long-term forcers (such as carbon dioxide) and short-term forcers (such as methane). These factors affect the...
Bioenergy Carbon balance climate change Dynamic LCA GTP GWP /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1107 name=Forestry /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1102 name=Agronomy and Crop Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2311 name=Waste Management and Disposal /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Comparative cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of wood pellet production with torrefaction
Torrefaction is a thermal pre-treatment process for upgrading raw biomass into a more energy dense fuel. Torrefied biomass is combined with a densification process to increase its bulk density similar to conventional...
life cycle assessment torrefaction wood pellets LCA Bioenergy torrefied pellets /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Challenge clusters facing LCA in environmental decision-making—what we can learn from biofuels
Marcelle C. McManus, Caroline M. Taylor, Alison Mohr, Carly Whittaker, Corinne D. Scown, Aiduan Li Borrion, Neryssa J. Glithero, Yao Yin
Oct 01, 2015
Purpose: Bioenergy is increasingly used to help meet greenhouse gas (GHG) and renewable energy targets. However, bioenergy’s sustainability has been questioned, resulting in increasing use of life cycle assessment (LCA)....
Bioenergy biofuels LCA Policy sustainability uncertainty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
The changing nature of life cycle assessment
LCA has evolved from its origins in energy analysis in the 1960s and 70s into a wide ranging tool used to determine impacts of products or systems over several environmental and resource issues. The approach has become more...
Bioenergy biofuels LCA Policy sustainability uncertainty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
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