Conference Report: Biomass for a clean-energy future

Title
Conference Report: Biomass for a clean-energy future
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
George, Brendan
Sims, Ralph
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Future Science Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.4155/CMT.11.13
UNE publication id
une:8418
Abstract
Bioenergy Australia, an alliance of 86 government and private sector organizations with an interest in the development of sustainable energy and products from biomass, held its 11th annual conference in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in December 2010. Several speakers reminded delegates that bioenergy is complex, not well understood and therefore tends to be considered as the 'poor renewable energy cousin' to hydro, wind, solar and geothermal energy. This perception remains a problem for the industry, even though bioenergy provides nearly 4% of Australia's total primary energy supply (approximately 71% of renewable energy in Australia). Bioenergy is a difficult concept and story to grasp for policy makers and the general public since it encompasses a mystifyingly wide range of feedstocks (from municipal wastes to purpose-grown energy crops) that can each be converted via numerous routes into either heat, electricity, liquid or gaseous fuels for the purpose of transport, biochemicals or biomaterials. Therefore, what the 'best use' is for the available biomass can be difficult to determine.
Link
Citation
Carbon Management, 2(2), p. 123-125
ISSN
1758-3012
1758-3004
Start page
123
End page
125

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