When Bioeconomy Development Becomes a Biomass Energy Competitor

Lauka, Dace; Slišāne, Dzintra; Ievina, Linda; Muižniece, Indra; Blumberga, Dagnija

doi:10.2478/rtuect-2019-0100

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“…The productivity of a biogas plant depends on different aspects, like type of biomass [13], digestion [14], availability of biomass, impurities that may harm microorganisms [15] and lignin content [16].…”

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Ranking of Bioresources for Biogas Production

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Gancone

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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AbstractProduction of biogas using bioresources of agricultural origin plays an important role in Europe’s energy transition to sustainability and to a climate-neutral economy. The usage of some substrates like maize has been increasingly denounced in the last years and there is currently an active discussion about future subsidies to biogas producers depending on the substrate used. The aim of this study is to compare and rank different substrates for biogas production considering their economic feasibility, substrate efficiency and environmental aspects. During the research, eight substrates were evaluated: cattle manure, pig manure, poultry manure, straw, wood, maize silage, waste, and sewage sludge. In order to reach the research goal, multi-criteria analysis using TOPSIS methodology was applied to objectively determine which of the substrates considered would be the most suitable for biogas production in Latvia. The results obtained showed that pig manure is the most suitable raw material for biogas production in Latvia, while poultry manure was ranked second, with little difference in value from pig manure.

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Ranking of Bioresources for Biogas Production

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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“…Green growth implies enhancing economic growth and development while guaranteeing that natural assets (as forest resources) continue to deliver the resources and environmental services on which wellbeing relies [31]. For example, the forestry sector is the largest producer of biomass [32], which is an important input for green growth when forest exploitation is equitable, considering the fact that natural assets not infinitely substitutable and green growth policies. In this context, this study uses the deforestation rate as the ____________________________________________________________________________ 2021 / 25 36 dependent variable because it allows an analysis of the impossibility of green growth given a higher deforestation rate and the variables that could decrease the rate of deforestation and contribute to green growth through STI and environmental and energy performance.In general, green growth has a close relationship with the trends in the environmental and energy variables.…”

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The Importance of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Green Growth and Sustainable Development Goals of Colombia

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Poveda

2021

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Green growth and sustainable development goals (SDGs) are two strategies to improve the productivity and competitiveness of countries with respect to environmental protection. In these strategies, science, technology and innovation (STI) plays an important role in generating new knowledge. Colombia is a highly diversified country that is currently seeking to promote green growth initiatives and the SDGs through five axes: policy, new economic opportunities from the sustainable use of natural resources, the efficient use of natural capital and energy in production, business and human competences and capacities in STI. In this context, this study seeks to analyse the main contributions and adequate measures that determine the relationships between green growth, SDGs and STI in Colombia over recent years using different econometric models. The results of this study suggest the importance of STI in promoting green growth and achieving SDGs. In other words, higher investments in STI promote lower pollution and higher productivity, competitiveness and development, and new knowledge and technologies are found to be important to increasing the sustainable use of natural resources in productive processes. These results suggest policy implications with regard to energy use and conservation, resource efficiency, and the reduction of pollution. It is important to formulate and frequently measure the indicators of STI related to green growth and SDGs from a baseline, as this will allow us to analyse improvements in competitiveness and productivity from a sustainable development perspective.

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“…Biomass is an essential pillar of the bioeconomy as it serves as its main resource [48]. Access to sustainable biomass in sufficient quantity and quality at a competitive price is one of the driving forces for the implementation of biorefinery concepts [10].…”

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Development of Biorefineries in the Bioeconomy: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis among European Countries

Ding

Grundmann

2021

Sustainability

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This study aims to identify the configurational conditions that characterize the establishment of biorefineries in 20 European countries. After determining the conditions which support a bioeconomy transition, secondary data from national sources are used to represent their existing conditions within respective countries. Then, a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis is employed to compare and contrast the effect of varying combinations of the selected conditions on the development of biorefineries. The conditions chosen include coherent bioeconomy strategies, network intensity of regional bioclusters, intellectual capital, and natural resource availability. Our results reveal that the configuration of a coherent bioeconomy strategy, sizable public spending on R&D, abundant biomass supply, and a high level of network intensity is sufficient to explain the pronounced biorefineries development among some European countries. We recommend that countries with fragmented approaches review and redesign the policy and regulatory framework to create a holistic and consistent bioeconomy strategy, taking into account the configurations of conditions as an important prerequisite. In particular, factors such as the lack of best practice examples, the low level of public spending on research and development, the economic capacities for a skilled workforce in addition to the sustainable supply of raw materials should be addressed as focal points.

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When Bioeconomy Development Becomes a Biomass Energy Competitor

Cited by 8 publications

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Ranking of Bioresources for Biogas Production

Ranking of Bioresources for Biogas Production

The Importance of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Green Growth and Sustainable Development Goals of Colombia

Development of Biorefineries in the Bioeconomy: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis among European Countries

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