by Helen Bunting | Nov 5, 2024
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods are increasingly used for policy decision-making in the context of identifying and scaling up sustainable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) interventions. This article critically reviews CDR LCA case-studies through three key lenses...
by Caroline Kennedy | Jul 10, 2024
Miscanthus is a high-yielding lignocellulosic perennial biomass crop. The low multiplication rate of clonal rhizome propagation is a bottleneck to upscaling plantation areas of feedstock needed to supply and expand the bioeconomy. Novel seeded Miscanthus hybrids are...
by Caroline Kennedy | Jul 10, 2024
The UK sixth carbon budget has recommended domestic biomass supply should increase to meet growing demand, planting a minimum of 30,000 hectares of perennial energy crops a year by 2035, with a view to establishing 700,000 hectares by 2050 to meet the requirements of...
by Caroline Kennedy | May 20, 2024
Miscanthus, a C4 perennial rhizomatous grass, is a low-input energy crop suitable for marginal land, which cultivation can improve soil quality and promote soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. In this study, four promising Miscanthus hybrids were chosen to...
by Helen Bunting | Jan 17, 2024
In early 2024, the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators (GGR-D) programme responded to the Climate Change Committee’s call for evidence to inform the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget, which sets out a recommended limit for the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions...
