| Objectives |
This project is developing a model linking bio energy crop growth with technology options for logistics, pre-processing and final use as heat, power or transport fuel. It is developing a value chain optimisation framework and is looking at the economic and carbon impact of sustainably developing UK biomass resources whilst converting these to various energy vectors. It is also considering the relevant agronomic, techno-economic and geographic factors associated with the cultivation, collection, processing, transmission and distribution of biomass. Extract from Press Release dated 19 May 2011: This is a 9 month long £840,000 Biomass Systems Value Chain Modelling project, which will develop a spatial model linking bio energy crop growth with technology options for logistics, pre-processing and final use as heat, power or transport fuel. The project will develop an economic value chain optimisation framework and look at the carbon impact of sustainably developing UK biomass resources whilst converting these to various energy vectors. It will also consider the relevant agronomic, techno-economic and geographic factors associated with the cultivation, collection, processing, transmission and distribution of biomass |
