Education and Economics. oethis important research will help scientists develop switchgrass varieties that are more suitable for bioenergy production by identifying the genetic basis for traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance and the composition
The research also supports the USDA priority of developing new sources of bioenergy; the brachypodium genome is similar to that of the potential bioenergy crop switchgrass.
But the smaller genome of brachypodium makes it easier to find genes linked to specific traits, such as stem size and disease resistance.
As the scientists conclude the only way to encourage bioenergy facilities to source low-carbon biomass resources efficiently burn
and follows through on the standard it set for itself in issuing rules for the bioenergy industry.
Bioenergy is currently the fastest growing source of renewable energy. Cultivating energy crops on arable land can decrease dependency on depleting fossil resources
Enthusiasts have been promoting the use of industrial hemp for producing bioenergy for a long time now. With its potentially high biomass yield and its suitability to fit into existing crop rotations hemp could
Sustainable bioenergy production is not easy and a diversity of crops will be needed. Industrial hemp is not the ultimate energy crop.
Still if cultivated on good soil with decent fertilisation hemp can certainly be an environmentally sound crop for bioenergy production and for other industrial uses as well.
But Goulding adds that the models also do not include loss of land to bioenergy crops
which a team led by Arjen Hoekstra at the University of Twente in The netherlands suggested that jatropha needs more water than other bioenergy crops, such as maize (corn),
It will also cover at least 34 projects involving innovative technology for renewable sources such as solar power, bioenergy and wind, tidal and geothermal energy.
On the meeting's agenda are topics from bioenergy and informatics to the field's grand, overarching goal of predicting how a plant with a given set of genes will fare in different environments.
but adds"so far this has almost nothing to do with bioenergy production. The main challenge in biofuels is not the ability to degrade complex carbohydrates and turn them into simple sugars,
says Luiz Horta, a bioenergy researcher at the Federal University of Itajub ¡.Meanwhile, the government has tried to stimulate the economy with tax breaks on the sale of new cars.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (EMBRAPA) is also throwing its weight behind bioenergy. Its president, Maur  cio Lopes, a geneticist who took office in October,
water security and bioenergy. go. nature. com/cxmbqf
Departing head of biotech institute defends GM field trialsmaurice Moloney has led Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, UK,
says Harvey Blanch, a bioenergy researcher at the Joint Bioenergy Institute in Emeryville, California, who was involved not in the work.
Granbio and Fulcrum Bioenergy are all hoping to start producing cellulosic ethanol in commercial amounts in the United states
Claire Curry, a bioenergy analyst at the information firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance, expects that some 50 million to 60 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol could be produced commercially worldwide this year up from just a few
adds Thomas Foust, director of the National Bioenergy Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
or six years ago to close to $2 today, says Thomas Foust, director of the National Bioenergy Center, part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
The study appears in the journal Global Change Biology-Bioenergy. Wait you're telling me that burning large amounts of wood and other biofuels puts carbon into the atmosphere?
and dedicated bioenergy crops that can grow on marginal land and require low inputs they write.
When companies like Atlantic Bioenergy Corporation and Monsanto the largest seed and biotechnology company in the world have the same interests this is unlikely to also be in the interests of the environment or farmers.
The new research effort--a joint venture by Georgia Tech and the Department of energy's Joint Bioenergy Institute--builds on the work of the Navy by offloading pinene synthesis to bacteria.
and bioenergy compared to wind solar and nuclear energy because the combination of the two can lead to negative emissions says IIASA researcher Volker Krey lead author of the study published last week.
CCS is a yet-unproven technology that would remove carbon from fossil fuel or bioenergy combustion and store it underground.
In combination with bioenergy this results in carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere (owing to the previous carbon uptake of plants through photosynthesis)
The future availability of bioenergy and CCS technologies would also take some pressure off other sectors in terms of required mitigation effort says Krey.
Unless stringent mitigation action in transport and other end-use sectors is implemented almost immediately the only way to still achieve the 2 degree target will be to rely on carbon dioxide removal technologies such as bioenergy with CCS.
Bioenergy is an especially valuable energy resource because unlike solar wind and hydro power it can be converted into liquid and gaseous fuels
Team reports on US trials of bioenergy grassesthe first long-term U s. field trials of Miscanthus x giganteus a towering perennial grass used in bioenergy production reveal that its exceptional yields
though reduced somewhat after five years of growth are still more than twice those of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) another perennial grass used as a bioenergy feedstock.
Bioenergy. University of Illinois plant biology and Institute for Genomic Biology professor Stephen P. Long who led the study founded
In another study published in Bioenergy Research Long and his colleagues report that adding nitrogen to Miscanthus and switchgrass significantly improved yields over time (by 25 percent and 32 percent respectively).
and conditions critical for a sustainable growth of bioenergy plants but also staple crops a prerequisite to help feeding the world said Martin. Story Source:
For example the prevention of climate change the collection of wood for bioenergy and conflicting financial interests complicate the optimal use of ecological restoration.
Once again the study emphasizes how the use of bioenergy needs to take into account various factors. Given the conditions prevalent in Germany the use of straw in combined heat
if this strategy would work in bioenergy or feed crops said Xu. And there are challenges in finding ways to extract oil from leaves
While much improvement has been done for grain sorghum Brown said little improvement has been done for sweet or bioenergy types.
But now there is a lot of interest in using sorghum for other things such as growing sweet sorghum in areas where they grow sugarcane and growing biomass sorghum for bioenergy through combustion or cellulosic technology.
and fractionation difficult--the first step in extracting natural chemicals from wood to make products ranging from medicinal polymers to sugars that are the basis for bioenergy systems.
This research was financed co by the multidisciplinary research partnership'Biotechnology for a sustainable economy'of Ghent University the DOE Great lakes Bioenergy Research center and the'Global Climate and Energy Project'(GCEP.
Further after a few years the plants would produce bioenergy (in the form of tree trimmings) to support the power production required for the desalination and irrigation systems.
#Bioenergy potential unearthed in leaf-cutter ant communitiesas spring warms up Wisconsin humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens.
and is converted to energy for the ants says Frank Aylward a bacteriology graduate student and researcher with the Great lakes Bioenergy Research center.
They hope that a better understanding of these complex systems will help them share their biomass-degrading secrets with bioenergy researchers.
and his team's role in the EBI's feedstock production/agronomy program is to improve the production aspects of bioenergy crops.
The results appear in the journal Global Change Biology-Bioenergy. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Dartmouth College.
and forestry bioenergy production and vegetation fires doubled over the course of the past century.
In a study published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) researchers warn that an increased expansion of bioenergy use would drastically raise HANPP to over 40%.
and forestry bioenergy production construction of buildings and infrastructures soil degradation or human induced vegetation fires--and thus not available to other ecosystem processes.
One of the reasons for this is that--seen from a global perspective--bioenergy has increasingly been replaced by fossil energy.
However if bioenergy is to be expanded by as much as some IPCC scenarios suggest the value could climb as high as 44 per cent clearly exceeding the growth rate observed over the past decades
Caveats are warranted concerning bioenergy strategies. The utilization of vast land areas for the production of bioenergy can have a strong negative impact on food safety forest resources and biodiversity.
Unrealistic expectations regarding bioenergy can result in failing to achieve the target of reducing greenhouse gases.
Above all we have to focus on sustainable intensification and we have to be careful to prevent any potential negative consequences of forms land use intensification that further increase the pressure on ecosystems.
and Agribiosciences Research Centre (PABC) to improve the bioenergy crop Miscanthus. Also known as elephant grass miscanthus is one of a new generation of renewable energy crops that can be converted into renewable energy by being burned in biomass power stations.
#Setting the standard for sustainable bioenergy cropsbioenergy crops such as Miscanthus and switchgrass appear to be promising resources for renewable energy
Additional resources were contributed by the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life sciences'Biodesign and Bioprocessing Research center the Shell Gamechanger Program and the U s. Department of energy Bioenergy Science Center along with the Division of Chemical sciences
Additional resources were contributed by the Shell Gamechanger Program the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life sciences'Biodesign and Bioprocessing Research center and the U s. Department of energy Bioenergy Science Center along with the Division of Chemical sciences
The two studies also represent a major step forward for improving this vital crop in the face of global climate change growing human population and bioenergy.
For bioenergy researchers the size of the peach genome makes it ideal to serve as a plant model for studying genes found in related genomes such as poplar one of the DOE JGI's Plant Flagship Genomes
This is the conclusion of a study led by Universitat Autã noma de Barcelona (UAB) scientists in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) published recently in Biomass and Bioenergy.
However some plants that are ideal for bioenergy production come with a drawback--they can potentially become invasive weeds that can cause billions of dollars in economic damage.
whom have backed away bioenergy farming for fear of lawsuits from the Environmental protection agency. The federal government restricts the movement
but not limited to bioenergy crops. These policies they note should restrict known invaders while allowing flexibility to investigate
and commercialize noninvasive bioenergy feedstock. Listing would be faster and more inclusive if revamped regulatory boards with input from invasive and exotic weed councils evaluated plants based on criteria such as the plant's history ecology reproductive potential and the potential for rapid spreading.
Before he came to Virginia Tech he was at the University of California at Davis where he started researching bioenergy plants primarily switch grass which is not native to that state.
Other partners using NREL's rapid analytical tool for fuel research besides Arborgen are the University of Florida the University of Georgia Greenwood Resources the Bioenergy Science Center
In the domestication of wild plants for bioenergy long-lived plants are being selected for fast growth like annuals.
In the GCEP report Field and lead author Jennifer Milne describe a suite of emerging carbon-negative solutions to global warming--from bioenergy technologies to ocean sequestration.
One of the most promising net-negative technologies is BECCS or bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.
#Corn cobs eyed for bioenergy productioncorn crop residues are often left on harvested fields to protect soil quality
This work led by Agricultural research service (ARS) soil scientist Brian Wienhold supports the USDA priority of developing new sources of bioenergy.
and used for bioenergy feedstock without significantly interfering with the role of crop residues in protecting soils.
A collaborative study by researchers with the U s. Department of energy (DOE)' s Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBEI) a bioenergy research center led by Berkeley Lab
##Zoomable map of poplar proteins offers new view of bioenergy cropresearchers seeking to improve production of ethanol from woody crops have a new resource in the form of an extensive molecular map
Populus a fast-growing perennial tree holds potential as a bioenergy crop due to its ability to produce large amounts of biomass on nonagricultural land.
Now a study by ORNL scientists with the Department of energy's Bioenergy Science Center has provided the most comprehensive look to date at poplar's proteome the suite of proteins produced by a plant's cells.
and adapt to environmental surroundings by altering their proteins could help bioenergy researchers develop poplar trees better suited to biofuel production.
and this could well be the key to unlocking the future for sustainable bioenergy from willow.#
#This work forms part of the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) where it is linked with other programmes aimed at improving the conversion of biomass to fuels.
Focusing on 10 Midwest states Great lakes Bioenergy researchers from MSU and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used 20 years of data from MSU's Kellogg Biological Station
With conservation in mind these marginal lands can be made productive for bioenergy production and in so doing contribute to avoid the conflict between food
The research was funded primarily by the Department of energy's Great lakes Bioenergy Research center the National Science Foundation and MSU Agbioresearch.
and quality of cereal and bioenergy cropsa team of scientists led by Thomas Brutnell Ph d. director of the Enterprise Rent-a-car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant science Center have developed a new
and biomass of emerging bioenergy feedstocks such as miscanthus and switchgrass and that can be applied to improve food security and major cereal crops.
and yield and improving carbon capture in both food and bioenergy crops said Mockler. Story Source:
Grasslands support more species than cornfieldsin Wisconsin bioenergy is for the birds. Really. In a study published today in the journal PLOS ONE University of Wisconsin-Madison
whether corn and perennial grassland fields in southern Wisconsin could provide both biomass for bioenergy production and bountiful bird habitat.
and biofuels too by providing information for land managers farmers conservationists and policy makers as the bioenergy industry ramps up particularly in Wisconsin and the central U s as bioenergy production demand increases we should pay attention to the ecological consequences
when UW-Madison's Carol Williams coordinator of the Wisconsin Grasslands Bioenergy Network and the DNR's David Sample approached Turner
of which are used already for small-scale bioenergy production--and 11 cornfields in southern Wisconsin. Over the course of two years the researchers characterized the vegetation growing in each field calculated
and is one of only a few analyses to examine the impact of bioenergy production on birds.
and other types of vegetation the new findings indicate grassland fields may represent an acceptable tradeoff between creating biomass for bioenergy and providing habitat for grassland birds.
Our study suggests diverse bioenergy crop fields could benefit birds more so than less diverse fields.
new findings indicate grassland fields may represent an acceptable tradeoff between creating biomass for bioenergy and providing habitat for grassland birds.
We really can produce bioenergy and provide habitat for rare birds in the state. Story Source:
These results have an important market value for the bioenergy sector thus this study was protected by patent.
and the expansion of land use for the production of bioenergy says Zabel Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by PLOS.
but also for their economic importance in fields ranging from timber to bioenergy Evans noted that the ability to have plantations of poplars through vegetative propagation is a significant tree-breeding tool for picking the appropriate stocks for the task.
Researchers at the U s. Department of energy's Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBEI) have developed bionic liquids from lignin and hemicellulose two by-products of biofuel production from biorefineries.
what is now a bane to the bioenergy industry into a boon? says Blake Simmons a chemical engineer who is JBEI's Chief Science and Technology Officer and heads JBEI's Deconstruction Division.
and develop a new market for problematic by-products of the bioenergy industry. The project represents an excellent collaboration between academia
this research has the potential to transform the long-term economic viability of the bioenergy sector by turning by-products
The research also involves partnering with industry partners to ensure the resulting product meets the requirements of farmers and bioenergy producers.
and Maryland) that have any laws relating to how bioenergy crops can be grown and that include any language about invasive species
and Pennisetum purpurem (napier grass) despite public criticism added U of I professor of agricultural law A. Bryan Endres who co-authored the research to define legislative language for potentially invasive bioenergy feedstocks.
legislative language for potentially invasive bioenergy feedstocks was published in an issue of GCB Bioenergy. Co-authors include Elise Scott and James Mccubbins from the Energy Biosciences Institute A. Bryan Endres and Thomas Voigt from the University of Illinois and Jacob Barney from Virginia Tech.
Bioenergy feedstocks at low risk for invasion in the U s.:A'white list'approach was published in Bioenergy Research.
Co-authors include Aviva Glaser from the National Wildlife Federation Doria Gordon from the Nature Conservancy and Deah Lieurance and Luke Flory from the University of Florida.
A new resource for advanced biofuels researchresearchers at the U s. Department of energy (DOE)' s Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBEI) have unveiled the first glycosyltransferase clone collection specifically targeted for the study of the biosynthesis of plant cell walls.
This is a major drawback for bioenergy research where the goal is to modify plant biomass for maximum fuel yields.
This could revolutionise Norwegian bioenergy production he says. Four men including professors from Hawaii and Hungary and two SINTEF researchers are gathered round a machine in a heat technology laboratory at Glã¸shaugen in Trondheim.
Peak load is the portion of energy production from a bioenergy installation that cannot be covered by the plant's primary source of fuel on the coldest days.
Its white paper on climate said that there has to be a major focus on bioenergy including a tripling of funds for research combined with a target to double the use of bioenergy from 2008 levels by 2020.
Gerald Tuskan of the Oak ridge National Laboratory and the Bioenergy Science Center and U s. Department of energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI;
Combing through the 36000-plus genes found in Eucalyptus (nearly twice as many as in the human genome) the researchers homed in on those that may influence the production of secondary cell wall material that can be processed for pulp paper biomaterials and bioenergy applications.
Moreover the U s. Department of energy Office of Science has targeted research into the common bean because of its importance in enhancing nitrogen use efficiency for sustainability of bioenergy crops and for increasing plant resilience and productivity with fewer inputs on marginal lands
which seeks to build scientific communities around cornerstone species of relevance to DOE missions in bioenergy carbon cycling and biogeochemistry.
The role of sustainable woody bioenergy in the future EU energy system was analyzed for electricity heat and transport fuels taking into account the potentials for energy efficiency and non-bioenergy renewables.
Overall the study found that the lower mobilization of forest resources would be sufficient to meet woody material demands
or convert to producing bioenergy for energy generation if it can be made at profit and how willing are the forest owners to convert land used for pasture agriculture
and demand and another that assesses food security based on caloric consumption--to predict how global food security from 2006 to 2050 could be affected by changes in population income bioenergy agricultural productivity and climate.
Professor Bridgwater Director of the European Bioenergy Research Institute at Aston University said: This project will establish a knowledge platform for cost-effective production of all new sustainable fuels which have the potential to completely alter marine travel.
which represent a significant resource for bioenergy production. There is a net positive increment in biomass in Norway--it is growing faster than it is being consumed.
Study of these microbes may have unrealized potential for agriculture biomass digestion for bioenergy crops or other discovery research applications.
and water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while freeing up large areas of farmland for other purposes such as food export or bioenergy.
If humankind does not control the growth in greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade it increases the likelihood that we will need negative-emissions technologies such as bioenergy with CO2 capture
While branching has relevance in agriculture it is also very important in bioenergy crop production. Brookhaven plant biologist Benjamin Babst and Brittany Wienclaw who was a summer intern as part of the DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship program at Brookhaven
which has an ongoing interest in furthering understanding of plant functions that have relevance to generating bioenergy.
Understanding the factors that influence branching in the pea plants used in this study may offer valuable insights to help optimize the growth of bioenergy grasses such as switchgrass
The study a collaboration between researchers at the University of British columbia the University of Wisconsin-Madison Michigan State university is funded a collaboration by Great lakes Bioenergy Research center was published today in Science.
#Bioenergy from sustainable forestry does not meet EU emission reduction criteriathe levels of forest residue bioenergy considered to be sustainable from a forestry perspective may provide considerable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in European countries.
A new study estimated emission reductions achievable in European countries by producing bioenergy from forest harvest residues in amounts that have been considered to be sustainable from a forestry perspective earlier.
According to the study forest residue bioenergy must be used for 60 to 80 years before the emission savings reach the required 60%level in most European countries.
and reduce the interest in developing genuine low-emission climate-friendly practices of bioenergy production from forest residues.
Initial funds were from the ORNL Laboratory Directed Research and development and Technology Innovation programs and from the Bioenergy Science Center
The collaboration has won a £5000 SPARK Award and the sponsorship of the Algal Bioenergy Special interest Group (ABSIG.
We believe our findings have major implications for bioenergy research and policy said Doug Landis MSU entomologist and one of the paper's lead authors.
Landis and a team of researchers from the Great lakes Bioenergy Research center compared three potential biofuel crops:
Beverage giant Diageo is also currently constructing a $150-million bioenergy plant in Fife to capitalize on their whiskey waste
Seth Walker, Associate Bioenergy Economist, RISI A large part of that supply could come from the Southeast,
Seth Walker, Associate Bioenergy Economist, RISI However, it's still woefully undersized to meet European demand.
Most people assume that wood bioenergy will be carbon-neutral, because the forest re-grows and there's also the chance of protecting forests from carbon emissions due to wildfire.
In the study, bioenergy production did result in fewer emissions in one scenario: when a forest faces the double whammy of standing in a high fire-risk zone
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