Sentences with phrase «as plant biomass»

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Coal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellets.

As a fast growing plant and source of biomass, Hemp will play a huge part in this green revolution.

(263) Biodegradable is defined in the standard as «capable of microbial decomposition within 24 months in soil (with the exception of plant biomass), one month in aerated water, two months in anaerobic water, with minimal impact on the environment» (see 3.10 in CAN / CGSB -32.310).

Conversion of natural vegetation to agriculture is a major source of CO2, not only due to losses of plant biomass but also, increased decomposition of soil organic matter caused by disturbance and energy costs of various agricultural practices such as fertilization and irrigation.

The city - owned utility has invested in and jointly runs some of the renewable energy facilities, such as the McNeil Generating Station, a biomass plant located near the city capable of producing more than 50 MW of power.

In another experiment, bagasse was used as a starting plant biomass for ethanol production without washing / separation processes.

The CHP plant will use biomass, such as wood, for fuel.

In nature, plant or animal tissues are formed as new biomass is added to existing structures.

The plants help prevent erosion, and their accumulating biomass after they die keeps the wetlands from drowning as the delta subsides.

He found that, as expected, plant biomass decreased while the reindeer were grazing, but it bounced back a few weeks after the animals left the area.

Elizabete Carmo - Silva, LEC lecturer in plant sciences for food security, said: «Both jointed grass and barley are regarded as valuable genetic resources for improving wheat disease resistance, our research suggests that they can also be used to improve biomass production.»

As productivity continues to increase, as in boreal forests, plant biomass (the total mass of living matter of a particular type) increases, herbivore biomass increases, and ecosystems become capable of sustaining a third trophic level — the predators — with this level controlling herbivoreAs productivity continues to increase, as in boreal forests, plant biomass (the total mass of living matter of a particular type) increases, herbivore biomass increases, and ecosystems become capable of sustaining a third trophic level — the predators — with this level controlling herbivoreas in boreal forests, plant biomass (the total mass of living matter of a particular type) increases, herbivore biomass increases, and ecosystems become capable of sustaining a third trophic level — the predators — with this level controlling herbivores.

In order to characterize the biological properties of soil treated with biochar, the team incorporated torrefied plant residual biomass from the biodiesel crop Jatropha curcas into aridisol, a type of soil found in arid regions such as Botswana, and compared several soil properties with samples that had not been treated.

In writing about the use of second - generation biomass, such as plant waste and paper, to produce biofuels, Helen Knight did...

Published in Scientific Reports, the study showed that adding torrefied biomass to poor soil from Botswana increased water retention in the soil as well as — the amount of plant growth.

Even though this increases the amount of plants consumed, the plant biomass remains approximately at the same level as in species - poor ecosystems.

The EPSRC Energy Programme will build on the large amount of research already being conducted through a number of consortia and research programs at various institutions working in areas such as biomass and bioenergy, marine energy, and extending the lifetime of conventional power plants through the Supergen programme.

The results are surprising, for even in the presence of many different herbivorous animals, plants produced the same amount of biomass as in simulations with a low diversity of herbivore species.

This enables plants to maintain their level of biomass at an approximately equal level in species - poor as well as species - rich ecosystems.

Hybrid plants have qualities useful in farming, such as increase of biomass and being stress resilient.

Today a similar panel is reviewing proposed EPA guidelines for how states or businesses can calculate the carbon footprint of power plants using biomass such as wood.

The amount of biomass available from corn and food crops is very small; for biofuels to have a large impact, we must harness energy from nonedible plants, also known as cellulosic biomass — wood and wood waste, agricultural waste, and energy crops.

«Plants supply biomass which forms the beginning of the food chain, but insects act as pollinators and soil organisms increase soil fertility through the breakdown and retention of chemical elements such as phosphorus.

They showed a smaller effect for small invertebrates, such as termites, that also contribute to decomposition of plant biomass.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits or the introduction of taxes or other restrictions on fossil fuel usage or emissions of GHGs and other pollutants.

The bulk of Winning Our Energy Independence is devoted is describing how solar technologies — sun, wind, and biomass — and garbage are abundant and can provide virtually all of our energy as coal and nuclear plants and gasoline - fueled transportation are phased out.

VärmlandsMetanol AB has selected Uhde, a ThyssenKrupp company, as technology supplier and engineering partner for a biomass - to - methanol plant in Hagfors, Sweden, with an annual production of 100,000 tonnes of fuel - grade methanol from forest - residue biomass.

Scientists employed methods developed in this study to tag each source of aerosol, such as fossil - fuel burning from vehicles and power plants, or biomass burning, and follow its path in the model.

However, it is clear that in the world dominated by humans certain ecological «rules,» such as the correlation between large mammal diversity and plant biomass, no longer apply in the same way as they used to do for millions of years.

Second generation bioethanol uses the non-food fibres of the plant (biomass), as well as agricultural waste and forestry residues.

... A healthy plant will have at least as much root biomass below ground as there is plant biomass above ground.

The work as I understand it, (I have little contact it, and my closest colleague in biofuels, Prof Alex Farrell, met an unexpected death last month) makes quite ao constrast with the Exxon $ $ to Stanford, as the BP funds really hope to pry loose a way to mimic the way plants or termites or other organisms make sugars and alcohols or another form of usable biomass WITHOUT disrupting food, land water etc..

And nothing goes to waste; the ashes left over from this biomass fuel conversion process is used as fertilizer for future plants.

Conversion of coal plants to burn wood, dedicated new - build wood burning power plants as well as combined heat and power and biomass boilers for heating are creating huge new demand for wood pellets.

Some renewable energy technologies are thermoelectric as well, including certain types of concentrating solar, geothermal, and biomass power plants.

Coal use for power generation fell even more, by at least 4 %, as power plant efficiency improved and gas and biomass displaced coal in thermal power generation.

«Even if we were able to use productive plants such as poplar trees or switchgrass, and store 50 % of the carbon contained in their biomass, in the business - as - usual scenario of continued, unconstrained fossil fuel use, the sheer size of the plantations for staying at or below 2 °C of warming would cause devastating environmental consequences,» Boysen says.

As with plants this means more photosynthesis it means more biomass production and a higher CO2 uptake.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

Biomass gasification could be used either to produce electricity (e.g., use biomass instead of coal in a power plant application) or as the first step in a liquid - fuels pBiomass gasification could be used either to produce electricity (e.g., use biomass instead of coal in a power plant application) or as the first step in a liquid - fuels pbiomass instead of coal in a power plant application) or as the first step in a liquid - fuels program.

The plan would also allow biomass power plants to continue to burn some coal so long as they operate under the emissions limit.

But the results from projects like the Nyabyeya biomass energy plant are renewing interest in wood and biomass as larger scale energy sources, and an alternative to fossil fuels.

VärmlandsMetanol AB has selected Uhde, a ThyssenKrupp company, as technology supplier and engineering partner for a biomass - to - methanol plant in Hagfors, Sweden, with an annual production of 100,000 tonnes of fuel - grade methanol from forest - residue biomass.

This analysis focuses on perennial biomass, and models both woody and herbaceous plants as the main source of feedstock for dedicated electricity generation and combined heat and power generation.

Feedstocks can include more durable material such as woody biomass and wastes that are not broken down in traditional anaerobic digester plants.

The algae is then expected to be harvested and used as biomass fuel in the plant's cement kiln.

Biomass - The total mass of living organisms in a given area or volume; dead plant material can be included as dead bBiomass - The total mass of living organisms in a given area or volume; dead plant material can be included as dead biomassbiomass.

biomass the total quantity of living matter in a particular habitat; plant and organic waste materials used as fuel and feedstock in place of fossil fuels

Furthermore, the Protocol does not mention other factors that affect the climate, such as sulfate aerosols from coal - fired power plants, soot from diesel engines, and smoke from the burning of biomass (mostly in developing countries).