Technical Reports and Tools

Latest Technical Reports and Tools in Bioenergy

• Measuring the energy and greenhouse gas balances of biofuels and bio-based chemicals using LCA, NNFCC 12-023

  02 May 2012

  This report investigates the importance of allocation procedures in reporting and understanding energy and greenhouse gas balances from life cycle assessment of biofuels and bio-based chemicals.

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• UK jobs in the bioenergy sectors by 2020, NNFCC 11-025

  26 Apr 2012

  This report examines the job creation potential for a UK bioenergy industry by 2020.

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• Domestic Energy Crops Potential and Constraints Review, NNFCC 12-021

  26 Apr 2012

  This report considers the potential of UK produced non-food crops grown specifically for energy generation.

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• Barriers to Bioenergy Matrix, NNFCC 12-022

  26 Apr 2012

  This spreadsheet overviews the barriers to deployment for bioenergy in the UK.

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• Energy Crop Boiler Guide

  03 Oct 2011

  The nature of some energy crops means that it may be necessary to choose a biomass boiler specifically designed for this type of fuel, rather than a general wood boiler.

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• Evaluation of Bioliquid Technologies for Dedicated Heat Generation, NNFCC 11-031

  26 Sep 2011

  This report examines the potential of bioliquid technologies for dedicated heat generation in the UK.

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• Economic Assessment of Anaerobic Digestion Technology & its Suitability to UK Farming & Waste Systems: AD Cost Calculator (Tool), NNFCC 10-010

  30 Jun 2011

  This is an updated version of the downloadable cost calculator for estimating costs of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities. The main report assesses the economics of new AD production technologies in the UK, and includes instructions for the use of this tool. In collaboration with Andersons (Update June 2011).

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• Farm-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Plant Efficiency, NNFCC 11-015

  05 May 2011

  This report examines the value of using crop material in AD, both in terms of the economic and energetic value.

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• Evaluation of Bioliquid Feedstocks & Heat, Elec. & CHP Technologies, NNFCC 11-016

  15 Apr 2011

  This report examines the uses of bioliquids for heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP) in the UK.

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• Techno-Economic Assessment of Biomass 'Densification' Technologies, NNFCC 08-015

  17 Sep 2010

  Treated or 'densified' biomass can be used as a fuel in a number of applications including co-firing, combined heat and power, heat production and, in the future, advanced lignocellulosic biofuel production. 

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