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Reference Number	NE/G524436/1
Title	Sustainable Grasslands for Biological Energy Production
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 50%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 50%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences) 50%; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 50%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 25%;
Principal Investigator	Dr IS (Iain ) Donnison No email address given IBERS Aberystwyth University
Award Type	R&D
Funding Source	NERC
Start Date	01 October 2008
End Date	30 September 2012
Duration	48 months
Total Grant Value	£70,590
Industrial Sectors	Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region	Wales
Programme
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Dr IS (Iain ) Donnison , IBERS, Aberystwyth University (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Dr R (Richard ) Dinsdale , School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan (0.001%)
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Objectives	Objectives not supplied
Abstract	The overall aim is to investigate the potential of UK grassland as a biomass feedstock, including through the use of a new biohydrogen pilot plant, by collecting data to generate a model for biomass production and conversion. This will be used to develop a data set for the life cycle assessment (LCA) of this new bioenergy chain which includes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data.
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	05/09/08