Analysis of Sustainable Biomass: A Three-Dimensional Approach
Journal Title: RECENT - Year 2011, Vol 12, Issue 33
Abstract
This paper aims to identify the possibilities of biomass to become more sustainable using a three-dimensional approach that seeks to integrate the economic, social and environmental concerns arisen from the production and use of biomass. This objective encompasses a critical analysis of the challenges faced by biomass. The first goal resides in clarifying the variety of biomass feedstock by exploring its definitions by different normative acts and by introducing a new classification in different categories depending on their sustainability. This explanation also contains considerations regarding origin, composition, characteristics and conversion routes for biomass. The second goal has in view to determine the Advantages and Barriers faced by biomass, accompanied by Corrective actions (ABC analysis). The main findings reveal the great variety of biomass resources that are facing multiple challenges and an inconsistency in defining it at international level. Consequently, a biomass differentiation is introduced by placing sustainability safeguards to different biomass resources. This recommends the use of the term biomass only for residues and wastes derived from agriculture and forestry, while the other resources should bear a name correlated with their specificity (bio-cultures, bio-wastes and bio-tech).
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Daniela MOMETE
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