Aston University led a successful bid to continue the UK Bioenergy R&D consortium, SUPERGEN Bioenergy, for a further four years. The new money will enable the group to build on the findings of the first four years of the project and extend the work into new areas of bioenergy, including renewable transport fuels and biorefineries.
The research funded by the programme focuses on nine themes spanning the bioenergy chain: resources - including marine biomass; characterisation and pretreatment; nitrogen;
thermal conversion; power and heat; transport fuels and biorefinery; ammonia; and
systems analysis.
SUPERGEN II will work on developing lower cost and more varied sources of biomass, like rape straw and bark, because growing competition for high quality biomass is expected to drive up prices in future.
As it announced the new funding the consortium welcomed three new academic partners, while the number of industrial partners is set to grow from six to eleven companies.
The research funded by the programme focuses on nine themes spanning the bioenergy chain: resources - including marine biomass; characterisation and pretreatment; nitrogen;
thermal conversion; power and heat; transport fuels and biorefinery; ammonia; and
systems analysis.
SUPERGEN II will work on developing lower cost and more varied sources of biomass, like rape straw and bark, because growing competition for high quality biomass is expected to drive up prices in future.
As it announced the new funding the consortium welcomed three new academic partners, while the number of industrial partners is set to grow from six to eleven companies.
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