Sustainable production of bioenergy and other bio-based products

In the near future the land area of the planet will have to provide food, bioenergy and other ecosystem services for up to 9 billion people, which challenge both climate change concerns and energy security in terms of a need for a larger, sustainable production of biomass.

In dealing with the challenges in providing the needed biomass for food, feed and fuel in the future it is of key relevance to understand how biomass is produced and converted to energy within a complex and dynamic system of agriculture and forestry providing multiple goods and services, of which food production should not be compromised.

 

The main scientific objectives are:

 

1. To study the sustainability of systems of co-production of bioenergy and other bio-based products from agriculture and forestry.
2. To study the potential and development of bioenergy integrated with food and feed production.
3. To study the possibility of breeding plants for bioenergy and still maintain food and feed production by using by-products.
4. To study the conversion of biological products to usable end-products for energy or materials.
5. To assess the environmental effects of the uses of crops and forests for non-food production.

The mitigation studies are expected to open significant perspectives for assessing the sustainability of the production, conversion and utilization of bio-based resources including the effects of such systems on the provision of ecosystem services.

 

LIFE is a part of www.bio4bio.dk, strategic research centre with the goal to form a strong research community developing new technologies and new knowledge on biotechnology for bioenergy. Fuel for Life is the strategic research initiative on sustainable bioenergy

Contact: Professor Claus Felby ()