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Conditions for the sustainability of biomass based fuel use

Name: Conditions for the sustainability of biomass based fuel use
Creator: Lucas Reijnders
Keywords: 13. Climate action, 11. Sustainability, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, 02 engineering and technology, 15. Life on land, 7. Clean energy, 6. Clean water, 12. Responsible consumption

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 01 May 2006Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Energy Policy, volume 34, pages 863-876 (issn: 0301-4215,

Authors: Lucas Reijnders;

doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.09.001

handle: 11245/1.263009

Conditions for the sustainability of biomass based fuel use

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Abstract Sustainability of biomass based fuel use requires that in biomass production erosion and water usage do not exceed addition to stocks of soil and water and that levels of nutrients and organic matter in soils do not decrease. Levels of volatile carbon compounds and N 2 O in the atmosphere should remain unaffected. To maintain ecosystems services of nature useful to mankind, restriction of biomass production to degraded and currently fallow land is to be preferred. Also sustainability of biomass-for-energy use requires a high efficiency recycling of nutrients present in ashes and low emissions of persistent organics, acidifying compounds and heavy metals due to biomass combustion. Meeting such conditions requires major efforts.

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