Bioenergy Features for September 2015

Bioenergy Features Archive

Offshore wind playing a lead role in the UK’s green energy transformation Offshore wind playing a lead role in the UK’s green energy transformation

With lifetime costs for offshore wind having fallen by 11 per cent in the last four years, Dong Energy's Brent Cheshire looks at the future potential for further reductions and the critical role the industry has to play in the UK's energy mix.

Field to fuel: A biobased economy for a post-petroleum industrial society Field to fuel: A biobased economy for a post-petroleum industrial society

Jan Koninckx, Global Business Director for Biofuels at DuPont Industrial Biosciences, discusses the company's pioneering work in the development of biorefineries and the production of fuel fit for the 21st century.

Gasifying sludge and slurry: Europe’s circular economy in action Gasifying sludge and slurry: Europe’s circular economy in action

Research from Outotec and Stuttgart University, supported by KIC InnoEnergy, shows that green energy and nutrient recovery provide powerful incentives to explore and commercialise innovative solutions for processing and converting Europe’s sludge and slurry mountain, as Dr Dominic Buchholz explains.

Energy production: Is short-termism damaging our planet? Energy production: Is short-termism damaging our planet?

Lydia White ponders whether the very nature of our democratic societies stands in the way of a genuine move to a renewably-powered world.

Microwave potential for bioenergy production Microwave potential for bioenergy production

Despite investigations of microwave heating and biomass conversion, large-scale application of microwaves is very limited. Future industrial deployment of microwave technology depends on the understanding of the heating mechanism and the scalability options, as Dr Beatriz Fidalgo Fernandez explains.

Industrial symbiosis: Building on Kalundborg's waste management experience Industrial symbiosis: Building on Kalundborg's waste management experience

The small Danish city of Kalundborg is a leading light for effective industrial waste management, as Stefan Gulipac explains.