BIOCONCENS

This interdisciplinary project aims at developing new methods and processes for co-production of bioethanol, biogas and animal feed based on resources from organic agriculture and associated food processing, and suggests the outline of a medium-sized plant for co-production of biogas, bioethanol, and animal feed.  The project will also design and test a new cropping system for biomass production to be used for bioenergy, while at the same time safeguarding soil quality. The project will analyze the effects of remains from bioenergy production on soil fertility, greenhouse gas emissions, survival of parasites and weed seeds in the manure as affected by bioenergy production. Corporate and socio-economic analysis of the co-production of biogas and bioethanol at different scales will be carried out.

Sub-projects within BIOCONCENS:
BIOCONCENS - Greenhouse
BIOCONCENS - Strip Cropping

Participants
Risø-DTU: Biosystems Division, Programmes of Bioprocesses and Ecosystems, System Analysis Division. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University. Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen. National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University
 
Risø Role:
Coordinator. For other roles see sub-projects.

Resources:
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, DARCOF III (http://www.icrofs.org/Pages/Research/research_darcofIII.html)
 
Duration
2007-2010
 
Web: 
http://www.icrofs.org/Pages/Research/darcofIII_bioconcens.html