Biomass Connect will be at the EIPWales event – Gregynog Hall 5th May
April 26, 2023
Biomass Connect team members will be at the upcoming European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Wales and Farming Connect event: Welsh Farmers – Embracing New Ideas. EIP Wales have funded 46 on-farm projects […]
Hub Site Update – AFBI Hillsborough – February 2023
April 26, 2023
February 2023 We have sprayed the grass with glyphosate, where there was multispecies sward, we’ve sprayed with Glyphosate and Doxstar. We are looking to plough and cultivate next week to […]
Hub Site Update – Rothamsted Research – North Wyke – February 2023
April 26, 2023
February 2023 Extending the plough area for miscanthus varieties experiment guards. Not done yet. Ground conditions are improving by the day so possibly next week. Spraying. Still too cold. Will […]
Hub Site Update – BGI Chesham – February 2023
April 26, 2023
February 2023 Weather has been mild and dry, wetter weather is forecast. The fencing contractors have completed deer fencing. Willow and poplar harvesting, and data collection is ongoing (BioForce Lot […]
Hub Site Updates – IBERS Aberystwyth – February 2023
April 26, 2023
February 2023 The trial areas for the grass species that were left as furrows have dried well and should easily be workable by April assuming we don’t get significant unexpected […]
Easton College yield trial harvest
April 26, 2023
Biomass Connect staff coordinated the harvest of 3-year-old above ground biomass at a SRC willow yield trial in early February 2023.
Biomass Connect Project Staff at CEA 4.0
April 25, 2023
Staff from the BFI Innovation Project, TAEDA Tech, will be at the upcoming Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) 4.0 event. TAEDA Tech project lead Dr. Zoe Harris (University of Surrey) will […]
Exploring new visions for a sustainable bioeconomy
April 20, 2023
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has recently published a study aimed at sparking a positive conversation about the bioeconomy and the role that biomass takes in it.
Government’s Plans for “Powering Up Britain”
April 11, 2023
A new report by Government Report titled “Powering Up Britain: Joint Overview” has outlined a roadmap to achieving carbon-neutral energy in the UK. The report, which was developed in collaboration […]
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Biomass feedstock for fuelling gasification technologies
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Type: Technical Article
Date: 11th May 2023
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Keywords: Gasification
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Type: Factsheet
Date: 10th May 2023
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Keywords: Biofuel, Gasification
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Type: Technical Article
Date: 3rd May 2023
Crop: Miscanthus
Keywords: Miscanthus, biodiversity
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Type: Factsheet
Date: 26th April 2023
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Keywords: Hemp