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Brazil Bioenergy Bonanza: New Biofuel Refinery in the Works, Areva To Build 150-MW Biomass Plant

Brazil, known as a leader in the bioenergy scene, continues to show its dominance in the industry with plans for a new cellulosic ethanol plant and a 150-MW woody biomass plant, the nation's largest.




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Stockholm Power Goes Green as Biomass Ousts Coal

For a lesson in global energy history, look no further than Stockholm’s oldest power plant. Since 1903, Fortum Oyj’s Vaerta harbor site has generated power using coal, oil, natural gas and even considered nuclear. Now it’s phasing out the last coal furnace and replacing it with the world’s largest combined heat and power generator that will burn just wood chips and timber scraps by next year.




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UK Coal-to-Biomass Conversion Project to Be Probed by EU

U.K. subsidies for RWE AG’s Lynemouth power plant face a European Union probe amid concerns government aid would give the company too much to convert the site from coal to biomass and may hamper competition.




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Clean Energy Makes Up Record Share of UK Power with Coal-to-Biomass Conversions

U.K. electricity from low-carbon sources accounted for almost a quarter of the country’s generation in the fourth quarter as Drax Group Plc converted a second coal-power plant to burn wood.




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Financing Sustainable Business with Biomass Technology

As a carbon-neutral energy source, biomass technology is helping organizations generate electricity and heat while reducing their carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions.




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Ohio Edison Agrees to Repower Power Plant with Renewable Biomass Fuel

Ohio Edison Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has agreed in a consent decree to repower one of its coal-fired power plants using primarily renewable biomass fuels.



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Waste Biomass Charcoal is Solution to Toxic Fertilizers, Says Kickstarter Project (Interview)

Jason Aramburu is trying to revolutionize how we garden by expanding the production of "Black Revolution" biochar, a soil-less growing medium made from farm waste.




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This robotic lawnmower fuels itself with the grass it cuts, then harvests excess biomass for later use

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?




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Burning biomass is not green - II


Keeping in mind the characteristics of Indian municipal solid waste, a Supreme Court committee had recommended composting and recycling. Still, in our cities and towns, on an average, only 60 per cent of solid wastes are even collected. Gopal Krishna on what is holding better waste management back.




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Burning biomass is not green


The Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Timarpur Waste Management Company Pvt. Ltd., have proposed a waste incineration plant to treat the city's solid waste and generate 6 MW of electricity. TWMPCL has applied to a United Nations body for tradable carbon credits. Gopal Krishna finds much wrong in the proposal.




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Australian bioenergy roadmap : setting the direction for biomass in stationary energy to 2020 and beyond




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Solar thermal and biomass energy / G. Lorenzini, C. Biserni & G. Flacco

Lorenzini, G. (Giulio)




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Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of biomass-derived levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over Sn/Al-SBA-15 catalysts

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01288B, Paper
Sakthivel Kumaravel, Sivakumar Thiripuranthagan, Mani Durai, Elangovan Erusappan, Thanigaivel Vembuli
The synthesized inexpensive catalysts show high catalytic transfer hydrogenation activity at ambient N2 pressure under non-corrosive conditions. The Sn/Al-SBA-15 (25) catalyst exhibited the highest catalytic activity with 99% conversion of levulinic acid and 100% selectivity towards GVL.
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Iron and chromium MOFs as sustainable catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds and biomass conversions

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00552E, Paper
Punitharaj Vasanthakumar, Dharmalingam Sindhuja, Duraisamy Senthil Raja, Chia-Her Lin, Ramasamy Karvembu
Fe and Cr based MOFs (MIL-88B) act as efficient and reusable catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds including bio-derived substrates.
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[ASAP] Chemical Looping Gasification of Torrefied Biomass Using NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> as an Oxygen Carrier for Syngas Production and Tar Removal

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00584




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[ASAP] Optimization of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapor Upgrading Using a Laminar Entrained-Flow Reactor System

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00649




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Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources / Zhen Fang, Richard L. Smith, Jr., Xiao-Fei Tian, editors

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Biorefinery: Integrated Sustainable Processes for Biomass Conversion to Biomaterials, Biofuels, and Fertilizers / Juan-Rodrigo Bastidas-Oyanedel, Jens Ejbye Schmidt, editors

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Water hyacinth: a potential lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol / Anuja Sharma, Neeraj K. Aggarwal

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Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes / edited by Jay Cheng

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Biomass gasification, pyrolysis and torrefaction: practical design and theory / Prabir Basu

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Fuel property estimation and combustion process characterization: conventional fuels, biomass, biocarbon, waste fuels, refuse derived fuel, and other alternative fuels / Yen-Hsiung Kiang

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Pyrolysis of biomass / Shurong Wang, Zhongyang Luo

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Sustainable biofuel and biomass: advances and impacts / edited by Arindam Kuila

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Biomass Burning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Chemical Issues and Action Outreach / Liliana Mammino, editor

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Handbook on Characterization of Biomass, Biowaste and Related By-Products editor, Ange Nzihou

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[ASAP] HZ-ZrP Catalysts with Adjustable Ratio of Brønsted and Lewis Acids for the One-Pot Value-Added Conversion of Biomass-Derived Furfural

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01259




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[ASAP] One-Pot Synthesis of Cyclic Biofuel Intermediates from Biomass in Choline Chloride/Formic Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07300




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[ASAP] Effect of Biomass Properties and System Configuration on the Operating Effectiveness of Biomass to Biofuel Systems

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06551




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Microalgal production for biomass and high-value products / edited by Stephen P. Slocombe, John R. Benemann




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Diversity, abundance, biomass, and the presence of certain families of aquatic insects as bioindicators of stream recovery from a pollution source




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Simplifying levulinic acid conversion towards a sustainable biomass valorisation

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04306C, Paper
Chiara Defilippi, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Rafael Luque, Cristina Giordano
In the range of biomass valorisation, hydroconversion of levulinic acid (one of the products of the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass) was tested for the first time using nanosized Ni3N and Ni0 catalysts, with very promising results alongside high stability.
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One-pot hydrodeoxygenation of biomass furan derivatives into decane under mild conditions over Pd/C combined with phosphotungstic acid

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00428F, Paper
Song Li, Long Yan, Qiying Liu, Jianguo Liu, Qiyu Liu, Wei Fan, Xuelai Zhao, Xinghua Zhang, Chenguang Wang, Longlong Ma, Qi Zhang
One-pot hydrodeoxygenation of δ-furfurylidenelevulinic acid over Pd/C combined with phosphotungstic acid through successive hydrogenolysis and HDO of furans and lactones.
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Methylation-triggered fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass to afford cellulose-, hemicellulose-, and lignin-based functional polymers via click chemistry

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00451K, Paper
Kentaro Miki, Hiroshi Kamitakahara, Arata Yoshinaga, Yuki Tobimatsu, Toshiyuki Takano
This paper reports a new concept for the biorefinery of lignocellulosic biomass where the derivatisation and fractionation of lignocellulose are accomplished at the same time.
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Ga/ZSM-5 catalyst improves hydrocarbon yields and increases alkene selectivity during catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass with co-fed hydrogen

Green Chem., 2020, 22,2403-2418
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC03408K, Paper
Kristiina Iisa, Yeonjoon Kim, Kellene A. Orton, David J. Robichaud, Rui Katahira, Michael J. Watson, Evan C. Wegener, Mark R. Nimlos, Joshua A. Schaidle, Calvin Mukarakate, Seonah Kim
An integrated experimental and computational study to understand the catalytic upgrading of biomass vapors into high yield of alkenes.
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Novel insights into biomass delignification with acidic deep eutectic solvents: a mechanistic study of β-O-4 ether bond cleavage and the role of the halide counterion in the catalytic performance

Green Chem., 2020, 22,2474-2487
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC02569C, Paper
André M. da Costa Lopes, José R. B. Gomes, João A. P. Coutinho, Armando J. D. Silvestre
The potentiality of acidic deep eutectic solvents for β-O-4 ether bond cleavage is herein demonstrated from a mechanistic point of view.
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Double-metal cyanide as an acid and hydrogenation catalyst for the highly selective ring-rearrangement of biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol to cyclopentenone compounds

Green Chem., 2020, 22,2549-2557
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04432A, Paper
Xiang Li, Qiang Deng, Lian Yu, Rui Gao, Zhikun Tong, Chenxi Lu, Jun Wang, Zheling Zeng, Ji-Jun Zou, Shuguang Deng
Herein, novel green synthetic routes to 4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone (HCP) and 2-cyclopentenone (CPE) from biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol via double-metal cyanide catalysis are proposed.
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Role of life-cycle externalities in the valuation of protic ionic liquids – a case study in biomass pretreatment solvents

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00058B, Paper
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Husain Baaqel, Ismael Díaz, Víctor Tulus, Benoît Chachuat, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, Jason P. Hallett
The combination of LCA and monetization has revealed that protic ionic liquids can be sustainable alternatives to conventional solvents.
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Ethyl lactate participated three-component dehydrogenative reactions: biomass feedstock in diversity oriented quinoline synthesis

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00738B, Communication
Lu Yang, Jie-Ping Wan
Ethyl lactate participated three-component dehydrogenative reactions: biomass feedstock in diversity oriented quinoline synthesis
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