Sustainable Biomass Production for Bioenergy, Where to Grow it and How?

Impacts on the development of renewable energy and the intensity of agricultural land use need to be taken into account when assessing the overall environmental benefits.

It seems likely that there will be increasing competition between food/fodder and bioenergy production on agricultural land. The current conversion technologies (1. generation) for biofuels to the transport technologies rely on starch (grain) and oil crops. This will change with advanced (2. generation) biofuels and also if heat and electricity production technologies are considered, as they can use virtually all crops. Impacts on the development of renewable energy and the intensity of agricultural land use need to be taken into account when assessing the overall environmental benefits.

Risø has strong interdisciplinary competences within the area of renewable and sustainable energy research, including bioenergy and systems analysis of crop production and energy systems and use.

Page updated 17.03.2008

Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen
Senior Scientist
Biosystems (BIO)
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