Improving bioenergy sources for a more sustainable world

Improving bioenergy sources for a more sustainable world

Coal-based power stations and industrial facilities are largely powered by harmful fossil fuels. If we replaced fossil fuels with solid biofuels, Europe would dramatically reduce its CO2 emissions. The EU-funded SECTOR project has optimised the production of new solid biofuels - so-called torrefied pellets. Standards to characterise the new properties are now being negotiated, and the product is ready for broad use.
Date: 
07/07/2016 - 18:55

“Torrefied biomass — heat-treated biomass fuel — is an additional and viable option to reducing greenhouse gases,” explains SECTOR project coordinator Daniela Thrän. If coal power stations and other industrial plants in Europe start to burn torrefied biomass materials instead of coal or at the same time as coal, Europe will be more likely to meet its renewable energy targets, she explains. By 2020, Europe aims to have 20% of its energy consumption coming from renewable fuels. By 2030, this figure could be as high as 27%.

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SECTOR
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Production of Solid Sustainable Energy Carriers from Biomass by Means of Torrefaction
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CORDIS
Project website: 
https://sector-project.eu/
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