In the Panacea project the current status and potential role of Non-Food Crops (NFC) in the rural renaissance has beeninvestigated. The needs and interests of farmers to produce NFC have therefore to match the demandof bio-based industries. NFCs are used to produce a wide range of bio-products and bioenergy. In spite of considerable investment in R...
Nederland en de meeste andere landen willen het gebruik van koolstofhoudende fossiele grondstoffen zoals aardolie, steenkool en aardgas verminderen. De twee belangrijkste motivaties hiervoor zijn de klimaatproblematiek en de eindigheid van de voorraden van deze grondstoffen. Het gebruik van fossiele brandstoffen en kunststoffen die gemaakt zijn uit...
We have compiled this booklet with the aim of providing an overview and, where possible, guidelines for policy and entrepreneurship. It offers an overview of the types of biomass and biomass availability on the scale of the Netherlands, Europe and the world, and the available technologies for converting biomass into a range of useful products.
Het toenemende gebruik van conventionele open haarden en houtkachels levert geen bijdrage aan de
vermindering van de opwarming van de aarde. Voor het klimaat is het beter het huis te ver warmen
met de cv-ketel. Daarentegen leveren pelletkachels wel klimaatwinst ten opzichte van de cv-ketel.
Verder worden voor alle vormen van houtstook de gezondheid...
GreenGas AD Plant is a farm based anaerobic digestion plant located near Shanagolden in County Limerick, Ireland. The the 250 kW el plant was constructed in the course of 2010 and when commissioned in 2011 it was one of the first such plants in Ireland. The plant has undergone a number of upgrades and now operates at 1MW el
Groot Zevert Vergisting (GZV) is located in Beltrum, in the eastern province of Gelderland (the Netherlands). The Demonstration plant operates from 2004 and employs 40 full time equivalent (Table 1). It is a fast-growing company whose treatment capacity is 102 kt per year, making it one of the largest anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the Netherlan...
With food insecurity, climate change and deforestation and forest degradation remaining key global issues, this paper highlights the role of sustainable woodfuel in improving food security. Food insecurity and a high dependence on woodfuel as a primary cooking fuel are characteristics common to vulnerable groups of people in developing regions of t...
Urban Agriculture magazine • number 32 • September 2017 49 www.ruaf.org High energy bills and litter on the streets caused a group of residents of the Wildeman neighbourhood in the district of Osdorp in Amsterdam to act. Expecting no solution from the municipality, they decided to take care of it themselves and tackled these two problems with one s...
