Assessment of biomass residue availability and bioenergy yields in Ghana

Kemausuor, Francis; Kamp, Andreas; Thomsen, Sune Tjalfe; Bensah, Edem Cudjoe; Østergård, Hanne

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.01.007

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“…Coupled with the sustainable development goal, the economic valuation of the forest biomass is then indispensable to the development of the resource itself and the biomass conversion technology. Several studies on potential forest biomass resources such as forest residues have been conducted at country level, for instances Ackom et al (2013) for Cameroon, Kemausuor et al (2014) for Ghana, and (Scarlat et al, 2011) for Romania.…”

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Potential forest biomass resource as feedstock for bioenergy and its economic value in Indonesia

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Forest Policy and Economics

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Potential forest biomass resource as feedstock for bioenergy and its economic value in Indonesia

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Forest Policy and Economics

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“…Kemausuor et al (2014) estimate about 97 PJ per year of bioenergy from crop residues, forest residues, manure, municipal solid and liquid wastes. Estimates by Mohammed et al (2013) and Duku et al (2011) also place bioenergy potentials from crop residues at between 75 and 100 PJ and about 48 PJ from animal manure.…”

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Prospects for bioenergy use in Ghana using Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning model

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Mackenzie

2015

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As Ghana's economy grows, the choice of future energy paths and policies in the coming years will have a significant influence on its energy security. A Renewable Energy Act approved in 2011 seeks to encourage the influx of renewable energy sources in Ghana's energy mix. The new legal framework combined with increasing demand for energy has created an opportunity for dramatic changes in the way energy is generated in Ghana. However, the impending changes and their implication remain uncertain. This paper examines the extent to which future energy scenarios in Ghana could rely on energy from biomass sources, through the production of biogas, liquid biofuels and electricity. Analysis was based on moderate and high use of bioenergy for transportation, electricity generation and residential fuel using the LEAP model. Results obtained indicate that introducing bioenergy to the energy mix could reduce GHG emissions by about 6 million tonnes CO2e by 2030, equivalent to a 14% reduction in a businessas-usual scenario. This paper advocates the use of second generation ethanol for transport, to the extent that it is economically exploitable. Resorting to first generation ethanol would require the allocation of over 580,000 ha of agricultural land for ethanol production.

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“…If the economic importance of the main product is decreasing and production is declining, the co-product is not produced further as well. This leads to limited availability of the co-product [53][54][55]. Occurrence as co-product can influence the availability over the whole supply chain and affects biotic resources as well as man-made biotic materials since both can occur as main and co-products.…”

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Assessing the Availability of Terrestrial Biotic Materials in Product Systems (BIRD)

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Availability of abiotic resources has been a topic of concern in recent years, resulting in several approaches being published to determine their availability on country and product level. However, the availability of biotic materials has not been analyzed to this extent yet. Therefore, an approach to determine possible limitations to availability of terrestrial biotic materials over the entire supply chain is introduced. The approach considers 24 categories overall as well as associated category indicators for the five dimensions: physical, socio-economic, abiotic, social and environmental constraints. This ensures a comprehensive availability assessment of bio-based product systems. The approach is applied to a case study comparing biodiesel produced from rapeseed and soy beans. The study shows that the determination of indicator values is feasible for most categories and their interpretation leads to meaningful conclusions. Thus, the approach leads to a more comprehensive assessment of availability aspects and supports better informed decision making in industry and policy.

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Assessment of biomass residue availability and bioenergy yields in Ghana

Cited by 101 publications

References 32 publications

Potential forest biomass resource as feedstock for bioenergy and its economic value in Indonesia

Potential forest biomass resource as feedstock for bioenergy and its economic value in Indonesia

Prospects for bioenergy use in Ghana using Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning model

Assessing the Availability of Terrestrial Biotic Materials in Product Systems (BIRD)

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