In an online business magazine today - just shows the level of money in biomass energy production, and this is only in the UK: "Invicta Capital Ltd., a provider of investment opportunities for private clients, Monday launched a new fund seeking GBP300 million to invest in the construction and operation of an identified portfolio of biomass combined heat and power plants in Scotland."
Full article here (and more info here, and here (regarding Scotland)).
Bioenergy - indirect emissions
Interesting article in Science - with implications for use of forest residues and SRF for energy production.
Have pasted abstract and links below:
Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important?
Melillo, J et al. 2009.
A global biofuels program will lead to intense pressures on land supply and can increase greenhouse gas emissions from land-use changes. Using linked economic and terrestrial biogeochemistry models, we examine direct and indirect effects of possible land-use changes from an expanded global cellulosic bioenergy program on greenhouse gas emissions over the 21st century. Our model predicts that indirect land use will be responsible for substantially more carbon loss (up to twice as much) than direct land use; however, because of predicted increases in fertilizer use, nitrous oxide emissions will be more important than carbon losses themselves in terms of warming potential. A global greenhouse gas emissions policy that protects forests and encourages best practices for nitrogen fertilizer use can dramatically reduce emissions associated with biofuels production.
Have pasted abstract and links below:
Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important?
Melillo, J et al. 2009.
A global biofuels program will lead to intense pressures on land supply and can increase greenhouse gas emissions from land-use changes. Using linked economic and terrestrial biogeochemistry models, we examine direct and indirect effects of possible land-use changes from an expanded global cellulosic bioenergy program on greenhouse gas emissions over the 21st century. Our model predicts that indirect land use will be responsible for substantially more carbon loss (up to twice as much) than direct land use; however, because of predicted increases in fertilizer use, nitrous oxide emissions will be more important than carbon losses themselves in terms of warming potential. A global greenhouse gas emissions policy that protects forests and encourages best practices for nitrogen fertilizer use can dramatically reduce emissions associated with biofuels production.
Bioenergy, forest policy and climate change
A few months ago, METLA held the Joensuu Forestry Networking Week (24.5.–29.5.2009). The event was organised jointly by the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla), the European Forest Institute (EFI) and the University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forest Sciences in co-operation with the COST Action: Expected Climate Change and Options for European Silviculture (ECHOES). The main focus was on the relations between forest policy, forest management and climate change.
Just recently, METLA has published the resulting working paper with the contributions of all participants, and EDC was well represented. You can check the contents of the report at:
ELLISON D, KOIVISTO A, MUTANEN A, MOLA B, GRITTEN D, VERKERK H, ELLINGSON L, LEWIS S, AREVALO J. 2009. Role of Forest Policy In Fighting Climate Change – Forest Policy Work Group Report. In: Karjalainen T, Lindner M, Niskanen A, Lier M. 2009. Fighting Climate Change: Adapting Forest Policy and Forest Management in Europe. Working Papers of the Finnish Forest Research Institute. 135: 84 pp
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