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Social, environmental, and economic impacts from biomass use - Coggle…
Social, environmental, and economic impacts from biomass use
Bioeconomy
- Encompasses the production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources and waste streams into value added products
Expected Impact
Economic / Social
- New business based on local usage of co-products of forest and agriculture-based industries
- Business opportunities for local SMEs in the production chain generally controlled by big companies
- Local (non de-localizable) jobs created in rural areas
Technological
- Development of mobile advanced technological solutions to valorize locally unexploited biomasses resources, while minimizing final waste production and integrating energy management and efficiency in operating processes.
- Upgrade of forest-based products not used for other usages
- Upgrade of agricultural residues, green leaves at farms, residues from food processing industry
Environmental
- Carbon valorized as molecules or materials instead of only energy source and CO2 release.
- Substitution of non-renewable soil fertilizers by the HTC biochar
- Biobased diseases/pests controls agents issued from HTC liquid fraction
Challenges
Logistical - The bulky in nature and lack of technology to compacting biomass in low cost to facilitate transport
Technical - Variety in physical and chemical properties is low density, bulky, high moisture and ash content, difficult to transport and not suitable for direct use such as co-firing with coal or natural gas power plants
Economic
- Competition with fossil fuels on a direct production cost basis such as excluding externalities
International trade barrier - The levies and duties on import; risk of contamination; biotechnology issues
Social - Employment (increase or decrease? child labour, health problems)
Competition with other end uses -Raw materials for pulp and paper, animal fodder, ethanol for other industrial uses
Ecological - Monocultures, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, nutrient leaching
Methodological - Lack of clear international accounting rules like who will get the CO2 credits?, methodology to evaluate avoided emissions, etc.
Benefits for the economy, society and the environment
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Long term, quality jobs near to people’s homes
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