#bioenergy — Public Fediverse posts
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This methodology is an advanced, integrated waste treatment process that converts up to 80% of municipal sewage sludge into high-purity renewable natural gas. It optimizes energy recovery while significantly reducing the operational costs and environmental impact associated with wastewater management.
#ChemicalEngineering #EnvironmentalEngineering #Microbiology #Bioenergy #sflorg
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#Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (#BECCS) is a technology that captures and stores carbon dioxide (CO2) from biomass to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
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Interesting question here about #Denmark 's rapidly increasing bioenergy use to replace fossil fuels.
Denmark imports wood from USA forests and burns them for electricity.
Yearly increasing emissions from bioenergy mean, the area is expanded yearly as well on which forest is killed for Denmark.The increasing emissions from LULUCF of this activity are being accounted for in the USA. Or not, who knows.
Likewise, whether Denmark buys wood pellets made from ground litter, as they claim, also no one knows. More likely, profit-smelling private investors are felling old forests/are killing ecosystems.And all of this for the least efficient energy fuel: wood. One might argue, burning fossil gas is more sustainable because you need less of it for the same amount of energy.
Meanwhile, science is also undecided whether or not old forest stores more carbon than re-planted young forest. I side with old forests anytime –if nothing else, because of the biodiversity it hosts which we can't afford to lose anymore.Aside from LULUCF emissions accounting, ie disturbed soil, lost sink, there's an important disadvantage in introducing bioenergy use while our myopic economic system governs the dynamics down the line:
greedy profitability and blind Growth!Growth!
AND while Denmark is electrifying formerly fossil fuelled stuff = Growth!Growth!³
Expect growing³ "need" for felled trees. But tree re-growth naturally won't be able to serve this growing demand ➡️the result is, forest area felled increases³ in parallel.
Introducing growing demand for felled trees reminds me of the aviation industry now yodelling "Old cooking fat makes our fuel sustainable!"
All the while planning with 5% growth/year.
Are you guys ready to eat 5% more fish and chips year on year to keep planes flying and satisfy the Growth!Growth! idiocy?Bioenergy in a closed loop without demand growth is sustainable even with slow-growing trees: assign 1 plot and never allow a second plot. Period.
But in our growth-reliant, profit-driven economic and societal system, when you
create demand for felled trees by
allowing private money to invest in infrastructure and machinery,
the demand grows [for profits=for trees] inevitably as well.Which then also increases emissions and kills carbon sinks and biodiversity.
Life cycle emission analysis has to account for such systemically driven follow-up dynamics.
And when seen side-by-side, the LCA of renewable energy from PV and wind turbines wins.
PV begets PV, just look at roofs in neighborhoods. You'll seldom see only a single roof with PV. Because of the psychological pull-effect when 1 house gets PV, the neighbours remember that they too "always wanted PV", and now finally see this constant reminder for also starting the project. 🖖🏽#co2emissions #bioenergy #forest #LULUCF #energy #RenewableEnergy
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EU:n "hiilidioksidipäästöjen poistosuunnitelma" BECCS:n avulla uhkaa lisätä päästöjä. Se on ilmastotoimiksi naamioitua sääntelyn viherpesua. Saastuttajat voisivat ostaa päästöoikeuksia, jotka eivät vähennä ilmaperän hiiltä. Tässä tuhlattaisiin miljardeja ja sallittaisiin saastuttajien jatkaa vanhaan malliin.
Tarvitsemme todellisuutta vastaavaa hiililaskentaa, emme lisää tukia metsien tuhoamiselle ilmastotoimien nimissä.
https://www.fern.org/publications-insight/greenwashing-carbon-removal/
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As #ExtremeHeat Bakes US, 160+ #Global Groups Demand 'Real' #ClimateAction
Reject #FalseSolutions, such as #NaturalGas, #MegaDams, #geoengineering, #bioenergy, forest offsets, #CarbonTrading schemes, #NuclearEnergy, biodiversity credits, and #CarbonCapture and storage.
Jessica Corbett
Jun 23, 2025Excerpt: " 'While #governments and #corporations push us deeper into #ClimateChaos, movements around the world are rising,' she noted. 'From every corner of the Earth, women leaders are coming together with solutions and strategies to defend our planet and our communities. We call on governments and financial institutions to heed their voices and ensure effective and equitable policies—from Bonn to Belém and beyond. We must rise boldly, because climate change is not waiting for politics. Our movements are not bending. We are not breaking. We are defining and building a healthy and just future for all.'
"The new call to action points out that 'last year, the world breached this threshold with global average temperatures exceeding 1.5ºC above preindustrial levels. This alarming milestone is not yet a permanent breach of the Paris agreement guardrail, which refers to long-term warming, although scientists predict that 2024 will be the first of a 20-year period reaching 1.5ºC warming.'
" 'Although the pathway is drastically narrowing, the International Energy Agency affirms that the goal of the Paris agreement is still attainable,' the publication continues. 'Scientists assert that limiting global warming to 1.5ºC will require significant and urgent action from governments and financial institutions.'
"Specifically, the coalition outlined 10 broad actions for governments and financial institutions, beginning with urging both the public and private sectors to end fossil fuel expansion and extraction, and to 'reject false solutions, such as natural gas, mega-dams, geoengineering, bioenergy, forest offsets, carbon trading schemes, nuclear energy, biodiversity credits, and carbon capture and storage.'
"The collective also called for accelerating a just transition, promoting women's leadership and gender equity, protecting the rights of #IndigenousPeoples, safeguarding #forests and #biodiversity, preserving oceans and freshwater, advancing #FoodSecurity and #sovereignty, implementing the #RightsOfNature, providing robust climate finance, and cutting off financial institutions' support for 'harmful projects and redirecting resources into climate solutions.' "
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-solutions#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Klimatkris #WaterIsLife #Heatwaves #NoNukes #CorporateColonialism #CapitalismKills #ClimateSolutions #Greenwashing
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Let's delve into the “Biomass Waste to Energy Conversion Process,” explore key benefits, and highlight challenges and future directions.
#Bioenergy #WasteToEnergy #BiomassPower
#CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #GreenTech #SustainableSolutions #EnergyTransition
#CircularEconomy #ClimateAction #LowCarbon #EnergyEfficiency #EcoInnovation #NetZero
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🚀 Published! Our Article highlights the role of nanomaterials in enhancing biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. This breakthrough boosts efficiency in biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, bio-oil & biohydrogen production, making the energy future greener & more sustainable. 🌱
🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122840
#Nanomaterials #Biofuels #Sustainability #Bioenergy #RenewableEnergy #GreenTech #Bioethanol #Biodiesel #Innovation #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition #Research -
The most important #climate protection strategy of all remains to rapidly reduce #emissions to zero. #Climate plantations, or #bioenergy with #carbon capture & storage, is only feasible if our #foodsystem changes and focuses less on animal products… (1/2) https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/little-potential-for-climate-plantations-within-planetary-boundaries #BECCS
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Research team designs efficient #bioenergy #crops that need less #water to grow.
#C4_photosynthesis #stomata #genomics #gene_editing
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-team-efficient-bioenergy-crops.html
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Article is about a UK #bioenergy power plant that burns imported wood pellets from the US. It received scrutiny in a report because it produced more CO2 in 2023 than the now-offline last #coal power plant. But it's not the real problem, IMO.
The UK tax payers heavily subsidise the wood-burning as sustainable and CO2-neutral, and because of the promise 😁 of 100% carbon capture and storage by 2030.
#BECCS #CCS
But the claimed sustainability, ie not felling forests for the imported pellets, is not monitored by the government, at all.
Remember: everything profitable is attracting sociopaths and requires monitoring and harsh personal sentences for managers AND shareholders as incentive to adhere to rules.And now read this:
"The FTSE 100 owner of the Drax power plant made profits of £500m over the first half of this year, helped by biomass subsidies of almost £400m over this period. It handed its shareholders a windfall of £300m for the first half of the year." 😁 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/09/biomass-power-station-produced-four-times-emissions-of-uk-coal-plant-says-report
#CapitalismKills #Econobscene #Energy -
Energising Europe’s Future with Bioenergy [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/energising-europes-future-with-bioenergy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #bioenergy #biomass #fossilsfuels #heatingsystems #promoted
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New resource pinpoints inner workings of #sorghum #plant #cells for designing better #bioenergy feedstock.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-resource-sorghum-cells-bioenergy-feedstock.html
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The first-ever dataset bridging #molecular information about the poplar #tree #microbiome to #ecosystem-level processes has been released. The project aims to inform research regarding how natural systems function, their vulnerability to a changing #climate, and ultimately how plants might be #engineered for better performance as sources of #bioenergy and natural carbon storage.
#Biomolecular #Bioengineering #Biochemistry #Ecology #Microbiology #Genetics #sflorg
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‘A new chapter in EU climate policy’ – Swedish EU lawmaker talks carbon capture and bioenergy https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/interview/a-new-chapter-in-eu-climate-policy-swedish-eu-lawmaker-talks-carbon-capture-and-bioenergy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BECCS #BioCCS #bioenergy #biomass #CCS
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Vegan Electricity: A Deeper Dive into Green Energy and Its Vegan Credentials
Discover the complexities of vegan electricity and how ethical considerations shape our choices in green energy, with insights on renewable sources and environmental impact.
#animalwelfare #bioenergy #Ecotricity #environmentalimpact #ethicalenergy #greenenergy #renewablesources #solarpower #veganelectricity #vegan24newshttps://vegan24.news/vegan-electricity-a-deeper-dive-into-green-energy-and-its-vegan-credentials/
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Black Energy Policy and Sustainability Scholars: To apply to the UBC Forestry and Land and Food Systems Black Cohort position in Food, Forests and BioFuels – Policy:
https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacultyjobs/details/Assistant-Professor-in-Food--Forests-and--Bio-Fuels---Policy_JR15484-1#BlackScholars #BlackInSTEM #Policy #Sustainability #Energy #ClimateChange #Food #Forests #Farms #Biofuels #Bioenergy
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Black Ecologists: To apply to the UBC Forestry and Land and Food Systems Black Cohort position in Food, Forests and BioFuels – Ecology:
#Ecology #BlackScholars #BlackInSTEM #Food #Forests #Farms #Biofuels #Bioenergy
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Tomorrow at Plant & Animal Genome Conference #PAG30 in San Diego:
Plant Genomic Science workshop co-organized by #JGI and #KBase
@jgi @LBNLBioSci @berkeleylab #plant #genomes #bioenergy #BerkeleyLab
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Painful to follow the debate on sinking #forest #carbon #sinks in #Finland. Main position: cut the old forest &plant new!
#Forests are much more than C sinks, they are life itself. They've evolved and adapted just like you and me. They belong.
They are home to many. You destroy forest, you destroy them. Significant portion of 🌳goes to #bioenergy, releasing C back to atmosphere.
If you really want to mitigate #climate, start by cutting down #consumption & #emissions.
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The EC🇪🇺 has adopted a proposal for an EU-wide voluntary framework to certify #CarbonRemovals.
It will stimulate innovative, industrial technologies like #bioenergy with #CCS and direct air carbon capture and storage #BECCS #DACCS
More ➡️ https://europa.eu/!C7FpwD #EUGreenDeal
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Energy4Europe/status/1598681581895417857
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My #introduction Toot!
I work on #EnergyAccess, #EnergyPoverty, #EnergyJustice, #JustTransitions, #Bioenergy, #LandUseSustainability. https://erdelab.forestry.ubc.ca
We use mixed methods ranging from qualitative research to econometrics to modelling.
Outside of work I started into #TTRPG again after a long time away, am an hobbyist photographer, hiker and husband/dad with an amazing family that keeps me grounded.
You can find some of my photography here:
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My #introduction Toot!
I work on #EnergyAccess, #EnergyPoverty, #EnergyJustice, #JustTransitions, #Bioenergy, #LandUseSustainability. https://erdelab.forestry.ubc.ca
We use mixed methods ranging from qualitative research to econometrics to modelling.
Outside of work I started into #TTRPG again after a long time away, am an hobbyist photographer, hiker and husband/dad with an amazing family that keeps me grounded.
You can find some of my photography here: