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How UK plantations can help mitigate the climate crisis

March 16, 2020

Professor Patricia Thornley, Director of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub, responds to Patrick Barkham’s article in The Guardian on 10 March 2020: Trees on commercial UK...

Important notice for all academic journal reviewers

March 13, 2020

Patricia Thornley from Aston University has published an article on LinkedIn with a personal reflection on the value of peer review in science and the...

What is needed to tackle the climate emergency, and who is responsible?

December 18, 2019

Supergen Bioenergy Hub Director Patricia Thornley answers these burning questions in The Conversation’s ‘I Need To Know’ series. In just one day, the article had...

Are biofuels the answer to kick-start decarbonisation in the shipping sector?

October 21, 2019

Andrew Welfle, representative for our Vectors and Resources topic groups, has published a new blog looking at the current state of the global shipping sector...

Rice growing produces tonnes of excess straw – can we turn it into ‘bioenergy’?

October 11, 2019

Our Systems Topic Group lead, Mirjam Röder, writes in The Conversation about the work of the Rice Straw to Biogas project in The Philippines.

Urgent tree planting and agricultural policy reform needed to achieve zero greenhouse gases by 2050

August 2, 2019

Patricia Thornley, Director of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub and the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University, pens this month’s Aston Angle, offering...

Retire all existing and planned fossil fuel power plants to limit warming to 1.5°C

July 2, 2019

Vectors Topic Group Leader, Marcelle McManus, writes in The Conversation about the urgent need to decommission fossil fuel power plants.

Wales’s past was in coal but its future is in carbon farming

May 11, 2019

Iain Donnison, our Resources Topic Group Leader, writes in The Conversation on alternative land use in Wales.

Is bioenergy really sustainable?

May 28, 2017

Words by Patricia Thornley, SUPERGEN Hub Director The use of wood for electricity generation has grown rapidly in recent years and this has led to...

Seeing the wood for the trees: Forest bioenergy and greenhouse gas emissions

May 28, 2017

Words by Carly Whittaker, Rothamsted Research There are a number of key points of concern that are raised by Chatham House that surround the calculation...

Bioenergy – A Low Carbon Renewable Energy Pathway

May 28, 2017

Words by Andrew Welfle, University of Manchester The UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and renewable energy generation targets have led to increased focus on...

Sustainability of forest bioenergy: Integrating bioenergy into forest value chains

May 28, 2017

Words by Mirjam Roeder, University of Manchester The UK consumes about 25% of all globally produced forest-based wood pellets mainly to produce electricity in large-scale power stations...

Uncovering the mystery of the wood chip

February 28, 2017

Gina Castell investigates mysterious disappearances, talking to Ian Shield about research uncovering the mystery of the wood chip ‘Streamlining the Supply Chain’ project is focused...

Capturing the Invisible

January 28, 2017

Gina Castell investigates Research Encompassing Both Old and New Power through discussions with Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian Reducing CO2. One of the big climate change challenges....

Sugar, Oh Honey Honey. You Are My Candy Girl…Or Should I Say Energy Girl?

December 28, 2016

Although The Archies were definitely talking about sweet treats, Gina Castell talks to Miriam Röder about hub research using the sweet stuff for its own...

This Glasgow project turns your concept of control inside-out

November 28, 2016

Gina Castell explains why. ‘What goes up, must come down.’ – Isaac Newton. The famous quote resonates with the project ‘Real Time Control of Gasifiers’,...

Searching for the new 'fossil fuel'

October 26, 2016

Gina Castell collects bite-size version of innovate hub research going on at Newcastle. Find out how Professor Adam Harvey searches for the new ‘fossil fuel’...

Picking at the fine grains of the SUPERGEN Rice Straw Project, Southeast Asia.

September 26, 2016

Gina Castell in conversation with Prof. Patricia Thornley at Aston University, exposes the environmental issues, climate change benefits and social impacts. The Rice Straw project...

How UK plantations can help mitigate the climate crisis

Important notice for all academic journal reviewers

What is needed to tackle the climate emergency, and who is responsible?

Are biofuels the answer to kick-start decarbonisation in the shipping sector?

Rice growing produces tonnes of excess straw – can we turn it into ‘bioenergy’?

Urgent tree planting and agricultural policy reform needed to achieve zero greenhouse gases by 2050

Retire all existing and planned fossil fuel power plants to limit warming to 1.5°C

Wales’s past was in coal but its future is in carbon farming

Is bioenergy really sustainable?

Seeing the wood for the trees: Forest bioenergy and greenhouse gas emissions

Bioenergy – A Low Carbon Renewable Energy Pathway

Sustainability of forest bioenergy: Integrating bioenergy into forest value chains

Uncovering the mystery of the wood chip

Capturing the Invisible

Sugar, Oh Honey Honey. You Are My Candy Girl…Or Should I Say Energy Girl?

This Glasgow project turns your concept of control inside-out

Searching for the new 'fossil fuel'

Picking at the fine grains of the SUPERGEN Rice Straw Project, Southeast Asia.

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