Energy
Global consensus is that the world can no longer afford to lean on the crutch of fossil fuels. It is likely that a number of alternatives will be needed to maintain the support that the growing population requires, biomass being one of them. The BIORESOURCE project is looking to improve efficiency and sustainability of biomass production by better exploiting the potential of land use and biomass conversion technologies
Enhancing the viability of biomass As the international community
continues to seek more economically and environmentally sustainable means of energy production, biomass has emerged as a possible solution to global demands. Traditionally biomass has been converted into energy via combustion, but more and more of this organic matter is being converted into biofuels and then used for a myriad of
different purposes, from powering machinery to fertilising crops. The
state of future economies and
international relations will undoubtedly rely heavily on the ubiquity and access to cheap energy as states put energy security further up their agendas. The system for procuring energy has historically been volatile, constantly hampered by anything from attacks on infrastructure
to political instability within energy producing nations. Many commentators have argued that
this could all be mitigated by a greater presence and diversification of renewable energy sources such as biomass. The BIORESOURCE project is looking to create a model for an affordable, fossil-free future, as coordinator Dr Uffe Jorgensen explains: “Denmark has made the political
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