Title:
Promoting Sustainable Use of Underutilised Lands for Bioenergy Production through a Web-based Platform for Europe
Author(s):
Khawaja, C., Janssen, R., Rutz, D., Bonati, G., Budniok, M., Buiting, M., Calera, A., Ceylan, Ö., Cifuentes, D., Colangeli, M., Fabiani, S., Geletukha, G., Gyuris, P., Hirschmugl, M., Ion, N., Knoche, D., Köhler, R., Kuusisto, S., Morese, M., Pulighe, G., Schardt, M., Schlepphorst, R., Soininen, A., Tantareanu, C., Traverso, L., Tryboi, O., Uderszky, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Slide presentation
Abstract:
The BIOPLAT-EU project will promote and support the uptake of sustainable bioenergy projects on marginal, underutilized and contaminated lands (MUC lands). These lands cannot be used for food production or for recreational and conservation purposes, but in some cases, they still retain the potential to produce biomass for non-food purposes. Moreover, such use of these lands is not known to stakeholders, therefore the project will promote and inform about such opportunities through a web-based platform which will include a public user-friendly tool using geographic information system (webGIS tool) that will assess the environmental, social and techno-economic sustainability aspects of defined value chains for bioenergy production on MUC lands and through stakeholder engagement activities. In order to remove legal barriers for the uptake of such projects, communication activities with the responsible authorities will be organised. As for the technical and financial barriers, the project will support stakeholders and give guidance on how such projects can reach implementation stage. Moreover, it will link biomass producers and processors with investors and will guide them on how to make their projects bankable.
Keywords:
bioenergy, biomass, geographical information system (GIS), sustainability, MUC lands
Topic:
Industry Sessions
Subtopic:
Biomass resources (Crops, SRF, Algae and Organic Waste)
Event:
27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
ICO.12.3
Pages:
1921 - 1924
ISBN:
978-88-89407-19-6
Paper DOI:
10.5071/27thEUBCE2019-ICO.12.3
Price:
FREE
