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De Weerd, G.J.; Bergsma, G.C.
Centrum voor Energiebesparing en schone technologie CE, Delft (Netherlands)1999
Centrum voor Energiebesparing en schone technologie CE, Delft (Netherlands)1999
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[en] The main subject of the discussion at the title workshop was to determine which emission standards are feasible for the conversion of biomass to energy. Also the results of a brainstorm session on how to express the emission standards per unit of electricity or heat. for the discussion use has been made of a CE-report on the emission reduction for biomass technology combinations, including costs and standard options, a proposal of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Planning and Environment (VROM) for emission standards, a discussion paper of VROM on emission regulations for cofiring biomass in cola-fired power plants, and a presentation of CE on how to express emission standards per unit of product (heat or electricity)
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Verslag miniworkshop emissienormen voor biomassa 23 februari en 24 maart 1999
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May 1999; 36 p; Available from a href=http://www.milieuboek.nl/Milieuboek/a, Postbus 18169, 1001 ZB Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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[en] After briefly describing the pioneering changes which are occurring in U.K. environmental regulation, the application of integrated pollution control in power generation from landfill gas is analysed. Within this, the role of Her Majesty's Inspectorate is described. Government, industry and members of the public all have roles to play in this new approach to environmental protection. (UK)
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Landfill gas
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Gorman, J.F.; Maunder, D.H.; Richards, G.E. (eds.); Department of Energy, London (United Kingdom); 152 p; 1992; p. 27-38; Power generation from landfill gas workshop; Solihull (United Kingdom); 13 Nov 1991; Available from OSTI as DE94733278; NTIS (US Sales Only)
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[en] This article gives a brief introduction covering the objectives of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and sustainable development, before going on to describe the screening procedure to define the environmental and socio-economic impacts of projects. The EIA procedure outlined encompasses a description of the project, examination of all environmental effects (scoping), identification of existing and predicted environmental conditions and impacts, alternative measures and mitigating measures, co-ordination, with environmental regulations, public participation, and monitoring and approval of the EIA. (UK)
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Mitchell, C.P.; Bridgwater, A.V. (eds.); International Energy Agency (IEA), 75 - Paris (France); 174 p; ISBN 1 872691 21 8;
; May 1994; p. 1-6; CPL Press; Newbury (United Kingdom); International Energy Agency bioenergy agreement seminar on environmental impacts of bioenergy; Snekkersten (Denmark); 20-21 Sep 1993

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[en] This paper concentrates on the cultivation of wood solely for energy purposes in the form of Short Rotation Forestry including the possibility of cultivating with the use of less fertiliser, irrigation and pesticides. Short rotation forestry is a type of forest cultivation which depends on the fast juvenile growth of a few broad-leaved tree species and their ability to cut reproduction and formation of stump shoots. Through intensive cultivation, these characteristics are exploited with the aim of producing biomass which is used for production of energy. (author)
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Mitchell, C.P.; Bridgwater, A.V. (eds.); International Energy Agency (IEA), 75 - Paris (France); 174 p; ISBN 1 872691 21 8;
; May 1994; p. 54-58; CPL Press; Newbury (United Kingdom); International Energy Agency bioenergy agreement seminar on environmental impacts of bioenergy; Snekkersten (Denmark); 20-21 Sep 1993

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Lundborg, A.; Nohrstedt, H.Oe.
Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK), Stockholm (Sweden)1996
Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK), Stockholm (Sweden)1996
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[en] This compilation aims at drawing conclusions of the effects on the forest ecosystem from spreading of ashes. Ashes on forest soils should compensate for the withdrawal of wood fuels, or to counteract soil acidification. 109 refs, 11 tabs
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Effekter av askspridning i skogen. Askaaterfoering till skogsmark
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1996; 45 p; ISSN 1102-2574;
; Available from NUTEK Foerlag, Trycksaksexpeditionen, SE-117 86 Stockholm, Sweden

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[en] Cultivating the soil always leads to a higher loss of nutrients to the surrounding environment than the loss recorded from natural areas. Loss of nitrogen by leaching may have the effect that the set limit for nitrate of 50 mg NO3 per litre of water is exceeded in areas, where the water supply is based on ground water. Furthermore, nitrogen leaching may lead to eutrophication followed by oxygen depletion in inland waterways whereas it has hardly any significant environmental impact in freshwater areas. Ammonia volatilization followed by deposition influences nutrient-poor bio-topes like heaths, marshland etc. Increasing importance is attached to the loss of phosphorus from farmland as the discharge of sewage from urban areas and industries are reduced due to effective chemical and biological treatment plants. Environmental problems related to loss phosphorus is primarily eutrophication of freon water lakes. Nitrous oxide(N2O), resulting from denitrification of nitrate in the soil, and the emission of methane contribute considerably to the greenhouse effect. Both nitrous oxide and the emission of methane are influenced by the volume of animal production, but no certain data on the connection and the importance are available. Loss of nutrients from farm production is primarily related to animal production. The largest environmental impact concerns the loss of nutrients in areas, where the live-stock production is very intensive in large compact areas and, where the produced amount of nutrients in animal manure and other organic manures exceed the requirements of the crops. (EG) 13 refs
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Holm-Nielsen, J.B. (ed.); Sydjysk Univrsitetscenter, Esbjerg (Denmark). Biomasseinstituttet; [143 p.]; ISBN 87-90074-12-2;
; Aug 1997; p. 39-49; Workshop on the future of biogas in Europe 1997; Herning (Denmark); 8-10 Sep 1997; Available from OSTI as DE98736994; NTIS

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[en] Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have been funding a number of case studies under the initiative entitled ''Economic Development through Biomass Systems Integration'', with the objective of investigating the feasibility of integrated biomass energy systems utilizing a dedicated feedstock supply system (DFSS) for energy production. This paper deals with the full fuel cycle for four of these case studies, which have been examined with regard to the emissions of carbon dioxide., CO2. Although the conversion of biomass to electricity in itself does not emit more CO2 than is captured by the biomass through photosynthesis, there will be some CO2 emissions from the DFSS. External energy is required for the production and transportation of the biomass feedstock, and this energy is mainly based on fossil fuels. By using this input energy, CO2 and other greenhouse gases are emitted. However, by utilizing biomass with fossil fuels as external input fuels, we would get about 10-15 times more electric energy per unit fossil fuel, compared with a 100% coal power system. By introducing a DFSS on former farmland the amount of energy spent for production of crops can be reduced, the amount of fertilizers can be decreased, the soil can be improved and a significant amount of energy will be produced compared with an ordinary farm crop. Compared with traditional coal-based electricity production, the CO2 emissions are in the most cases reduced significantly by as much as 95%. The important conclusion is the great potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the offset of coal by biomass. (author)
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[en] In this paper, which was prepared as part of IEA Bioenergy Task XV (''Greenhouse Gas Balances of Bioenergy Systems''), we outline a standard methodology for comparing the greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems with those of fossil energy systems. Emphasis is on a careful definition of system boundaries. The following issues are dealt with in detail: time interval analysed and changes of carbon stocks; reference energy systems; energy inputs required to produce, process and transport fuels; mass and energy losses along the entire fuel chain; energy embodied in facility infrastructure; distribution systems; cogeneration systems; by-products; waste wood and other biomass waste for energy; reference land use; and other environmental issues. For each of these areas recommendations are given on how analyses of greenhouse gas balances should be performed. In some cases we also point out alternative ways of doing the greenhouse gas accounting. Finally, the paper gives some recommendations on how bioenergy systems should be optimized from a greenhouse-gas emissions point of view. (author)
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[en] In two old Norway spruce stands, the one at Garpenberg in central Sweden, the other at Flakatraesk in northern Sweden, the phytomass of the field- and ground-layer was measured before clearfelling and one and four years later. The phytomass of the field-layer was also measured 10 and 16 years after clearfelling. Of 13-14 plant species originally in the field-layer, 2-3 were not found after clearfelling. In contrast, 15 and 9 new species appeared on the plots on which slash was left, at Garpenberg and at Flakatraesk. Some were short-lived, and 16 years after clearfelling, only 11 and 7, respectively, persisted. Corresponding figures for the plots from which slash was removed were 9 and 8, and for the burnt plots 11 and 9. Clearfelling of the old forests also increased the phytomass of the field-layer. Removal of slash decreased the phytomass of some species, increased it for others. During the first years after burning, phytomass on the burnt plots was less than that on the controls, but three years later it was similar to that on the unburnt plots. The spatial variation in phytomass was great, and no significant difference was found between treatments after clearfelling. The biomass of the most common moss species of Swedish coniferous forests declined strongly after clearfelling. Two new mosses appeared on the clearfelled plots, viz. Polytrichum spp. and Ceratodon purpureus; the latter being found only on burnt plots at Flakatraesk four years after burning 17 refs, 16 figs, 18 tabs. four years after burning 17 refs, 16 figs, 18 tabs
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Studia Forestalia Suecica, 201; 1997; 33 p; Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences. Faculty of Forestry; Uppsala (Sweden); ISBN 91-576-5380-1;
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Kgathi, D.L.; Zhou, P.
African greenhouse gas emission inventories and mitigation options. Forestry, land-use change, and agriculture1995
African greenhouse gas emission inventories and mitigation options. Forestry, land-use change, and agriculture1995
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[en] The energy balances of most African countries suggest that biofuels (wood fuel, crop and wood dues, and dung) constitute the largest share of total energy consumption (up to 97% in some sub-Saharan African countries). There is, however an increasing scarcity of wood fuel (fuel wood and charcoal), the major biofuel, and a feared increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with biofuel combustion. The extent of GHG emissions is estimated from biofuel consumption levels that are in turn based on methodologies that might be inaccurate. A questionnaire, supplemented by informal interviews, are used to collect data, yielding information regarding end-uses, technologies used, scale of consumption, determinants of fuel consumption, and interfuel substitution (among other parameters). The survey revealed that cooking is the major end-use, with other common uses, such as space and water heating. Improved stoves that provide better combustion efficiency and, thus, reduce wood fuel consumption have not been widely disseminated and are associated with higher methane emissions than open fires. More than 90% of the households in Africa use open fires. Consumption is presented as per capita for households and as products and quantity of fuel in the small scale industries, commercial, and public sectors. Among the determinants for biofuel consumption are affordability, availability of the fuel, and interfuel substitutions. Flaws in estimating biofuel consumption yield large uncertainties in GHG emissions, with implications for the development of policies on energy planning and environmental protection. However, the application of scenarios can guide policy formulation. 5 tabs., 42 refs
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Fitzgerald, J.F. (ed.) (United States Country Studies Program, Washington DC, WA (United States)); Braatz, B.V. (ed.) (ICF Incorporated, Washington DC, WA (United States)); Brown, S. (ed.) (United States Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (United States)); Isichei, A.O. (ed.) (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (Nigeria)); Odada, E.O. (ed.) (University of Nairobi, Nairobi (Kenya)); Scholes, R.J. (ed.) (Division of Forest Science and Technology, CSIR, Pretoria (South Africa)); 334 p; ISBN 0-7923-3942-8;
; 1995; p. 147-163; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Dordrecht (Netherlands); African greenhouse gas emission inventories and mitigation options. Forestry, land-use change, and agriculture; Johannesburg (South Africa); 29 May - 2 Jun 1995; Available from Kluwer Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands

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AFRICA, AGRICULTURE, CHARCOAL, CROPS, DATA COMPILATION, EMISSION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, FOOD PROCESSING, FORESTRY, FUEL SUBSTITUTION, GREENHOUSE GASES, HOUSEHOLDS, INVENTORIES, LAND USE, MITIGATION, POLLUTION ABATEMENT, SECTORAL ANALYSIS, SMALL BUSINESSES, STOVES, WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES, WOOD FUELS
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