Supergen biomass and bio-energy consortium continuation plus activity on marine biomass

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Applications for heat and electricity)
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes))
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes))
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Other bio-energy)

Basic and strategic applied research

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences)

Not Cross-cutting

Dr A Karp
Agro-Ecology
Rothamsted Research

Institute Project

BBSRC

01 June 2007

30 November 2011

54 months

£11,074

Transport Systems and Vehicles

East of England

Dr A Karp, Agro-Ecology, Rothamsted Research

Dr I Shield, Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research

Objectives not supplied

Aim: To evaluate the options for energy, fuels and chemicals from marine biomass and also evaluate the potential to exploit this resource as determined by the economics and technical performance. Objectives (Tasks): 1. To select candidates species of marine biomass with potential to contribute significantly to the UK biomass resources, and to compare them to terrestrial sources. (Rothamsted Research and other partners) 2. To investigate the potential to culture the selected candidates for farming (Other partners). 3. To characterise and evaluate the selected biomass for their suitability to thermal and fermentation routes for energy, fuels and chemicals (Other partners). 4. To undertake process and techno-economic assessment of the farming, harvest, storage, transportation and utilisation of marine biomass (All partners contribute to input data). 5. To undertake public acceptability and life Cycle analysis -examination of sustainability and environmental issues (Other partners, Supergen Marine Consortium). 6. To evaluate the total biomass availability around the UK (Other partners).

22/11/13