'Forest mobilisation:' Unlocking Europe's wood energy potential
Increasing the woody biomass supply sustainably, continuously and at acceptable prices is a huge challenge
Environment
Mar 31, 2017
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News tagged with woody biomass
Study shows trees with altered lignin are better for biofuels
Lignin is a natural component of plant cell walls, the scaffolding that surrounds each cell and plays a pivotal role in plants' ability to grow against gravity and reach heights ranging from stubbly grasses to the sky-scraping ...
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2016
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Space mission to 'weigh' Earth's forests moves closer to launch
A pioneering mission to measure the Earth's forests from space, conceived by an international team of researchers led by the University of Sheffield, has moved a step closer to launch following the signing of a contract to ...
Environment
May 10, 2016
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Experimental biomass harvest a step toward sustainable, biofuels-powered future
The first harvest of 34 acres of fast-growing shrub willow from a Penn State demonstration field this winter is a milestone in developing a sustainable biomass supply for renewable energy and bio-based economic development, ...
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2016
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Scientists harvest hybrid poplar stand in next step toward a biobased economy
A small stand of poplar trees harvested from a University of Tennessee AgResearch Center is set to help scientists progress further down the path toward low-cost, high-quality biomass and a bioeconomy.
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2016
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Cells work tightly together to form the water-conducting vascular tissue of plants
Plants transport water in pipe-like structures made of dead and empty cells within a vascular tissue called xylem. Sacha Escamez concludes in his doctoral dissertation that different cell types work together to build the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 25, 2016
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Scientists levitate wood on structured surfaces captured by high speed photography
Scientists from the University of Minnesota have discovered a new behavior of woody biomass that makes it levitate above heated surfaces. Announced in Nature Scientific Reports, the research captures via high speed photography ...
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2015
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Can we increase harvest of woody biomass from European forests?
The supply of woody biomass from the forests in the European Union can be increased significantly beyond the current level of resource use. However, this involves trade-offs with biodiversity and other services that forests ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2015
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First commercial quantities of cellulosic ethanol from woody biomass marketed
Scientists and engineers—including several at Michigan Technological University—have been talking for years about biofuel, particularly cellulosic ethanol, which is fuel made from trees and other woody plants. The stumbling ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 6, 2014
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Wood not so green a biofuel
Using wood for energy is considered cleaner than fossil fuels, but a Dartmouth College-led study finds that logging may release large amounts of carbon stored in deep forest soils. The results appear in the journal Global ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2013
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