Abouelela, A.R., Al Ghatta, A., Verdia, P., Shan Koo, M., Lemus, J., Hallett, J.P., “Evaluating the Role of Water as a Cosolvent and an Antisolvent in [HSO4]-Based Protic Ionic Liquid Pretreatment.” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 9, (2021), 10524-10536

Abouelela, A.R., Hallett, J.P., “Hazardous Creosote Wood Valorization via Fractionation and Enzymatic Saccharification Coupled with Simultaneous Extraction of the Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Protic Ionic Liquid Media.” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 9, (2021), 704-716.

Abouelela, A.R., Tan, S., Kelsall, G.H., Hallett, J.P., “Toward a Circular Economy: Decontamination and Valorization of Postconsumer Waste Wood Using the ionoSolv Process.” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8, (2020), 14441-14461.

Baaqel, H., Díaz, I., Tulus, V., Chachuat, B., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Hallett, J.P., “Role of life-cycle externalities in the valuation of protic ionic liquids–a case study in biomass pretreatment solvents.” Green Chem., 22, (2020), 3132-3140.

Chambon, C.L., Verdia, P., Fennell, P.S., Hallett, J.P., “Process intensification of the ionoSolv pretreatment: effects of biomass loading, particle size and scale-up from 10 mL to 1 L.” Sci. Rep.-UK, 11, (2021), 15383.

Chambon, C.L., Fitriyanti, V., Verdia, P., Yang, S.M., Herou, S., Titrici, M.-M., Brandt-Talbot, A., Fennell, P.S., Hallett, J.P., “Fractionation by sequential anti-solvent precipitation of grass, softwood and hardwood lignins isolated using low-cost ionic liquids and water.” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8, (2020), 3751-3761

Chen, M., Malaret, F., Firth, A.E.J., Verdía, P., Abouelela, A.R., Chen, Y., Hallett, J.P., “Design of a combined ionosolv-organosolv biomass fractionation process for biofuel production and high value-added lignin valorisation.” Green Chem., 22, (2020), 5161-5178.

Cooper, S., Lowe, B., Minter, T., & McManus, M. GHG assessment of Bore Hill Farm Biodigester (2021)

Cooper SJG, Green R, Hattam L, Röder M, Welfle A, McManus M, “Exploring temporal aspects of climate-change effects due to bioenergy”, Biomass and Bioenergy 142, 105778 (Oct 2020)

Corton J, Donnison I, Ross A, Lea-Langton A, Wachendorf M, Fraser M. Product yields and characterisation following hydrothermal conversion of conservation biomass. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 110462. (2020).

C.W.J. Murnaghan, N. Skillen, C. Hardacre , J. Bruce , G. N Sheldrake, P.K.J Robertson, J., Exploring lignin valorisation: the application of photocatalysis for the degradation of the β-5 linkage,  Phys. Energy 3 (2021) 035002

De Vega J, Peel N, Purdy SJ, Hawkins S, Donnison I, Dyer S, Farrar K. Differential expression of starch and sucrose metabolic genes linked to varying biomass yield in Miscanthus hybrids. Biotechnology for Biofuels 14: 98. (2021).

De Vega J, Donnison I, Dyer S and Farrar K. Draft genome assembly of the biofuel grass crop Miscanthus sacchariflorus. F1000Research 10: 29. (2021)

Element Energy, A report for Zemo Partnership,  Low Carbon Hydrogen Well-to-Tank Pathways Study (2021)

Firth, A.E.J., Mac Dowell, N., Fennell, P.S., Hallett, J.P., “Assessing the economic viability of wetland remediation of wastewater, and the potential for parallel biomass valorisation.” Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 6, (2020), 2103-2121.

Jensen E, Shafiei R, Ma X-F, Serba DD, Smith DP, Slavov GT, Robson P, Farrar K, Thomas-Jones S, Swaller T, Flavell R, Clifton-Brown J, Saha MC, Donnison I. Linkage mapping evidence for a syntenic QTL associated with flowering time in perennial C4 rhizomatous grasses Miscanthus and switchgrass. GCB Bioenergy 13: 98-111. (2021).

Joule A Bergerson, Adam Brandt, Joe Cresko, Michael Carbajales‐Dale, Heather L MacLean, H Scott Matthews, Sean McCoy, Marcelle McManus, Shelie A Miller, William R Morrow, I Daniel Posen, Thomas Seager, Timothy Skone, Sylvia Sleep Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: Evaluation techniques at different stages of market and technical maturity. Journal of Industrial Ecology 24 (1), 11-25 (2020)

Gomez-Marín N and Bridgwater  AV, Mapping bioenergy stakeholders: A systematic and scientometric review of capabilities and expertise in bioenergy research in the United Kingdom . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. March (2021)

Gschwend, F.J.V., Hallett, J.P., Brandt-Talbot, A., “Exploring the Effect of Water Content and Anion on the Pretreatment of Poplar with Three 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Ionic Liquids.” Molecules, 25, 2318. (2020)

Gschwend, F.J.V., Hennequin, L.M., Brandt-Talbot, A., Bedoya-Lora, F., Kelsall, G.H., Polizzi, K., Fennell, P.S., Hallett, J.P., “Towards an environmentally and economically sustainable biorefinery: heavy metal contaminated waste wood as a low-cost feedstock in a low-cost ionic liquid process.” Green Chem., 22, (2020), 5032-5041.

Hurst, G.; González-Carballo, J.M.; Tosheva, L.; Tedesco, S. Synergistic Catalytic Effect of Sulphated Zirconia—HCl System for Levulinic Acid and Solid Residue Production Using Microwave Irradiation. Energies (2021), 14, 1582.

L. Lan, H. Daly, Y. Jiao, Y. Yan, C. Hardacre, X. Fan. Comparative study of the effect of TiO₂support composition and Pt loading on the performance of Pt/TiO₂photocatalysts for catalytic photoreforming of cellulose, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol 46, iss 60, 31054, (2021)

Malaret, F., Gschwend, F.J.V., Lopes, J.M., Tu, W.-C., Hallett, J.P., “Eucalyptus red grandis pretreatment with protic ionic liquids: effect of severity and influence of sub/super-critical CO2 atmosphere on pretreatment performance.” RSC Adv., 10, (2020), 16050-16060.

Malinowska M, Donnison I, Robson P. Morphological and Physiological Traits that Explain Yield Response to Drought Stress in Miscanthus. Agronomy 10: 1194. (2020).

Manhongo, T. T., Chimphango, A., Thornley, P. & Röder, M. An economic viability and environmental impact assessment of mango processing waste-based biorefineries for co-producing bioenergy and bioactive compounds. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 148, 111216,(2021).

Mitros T, Session A, James B, Wu G, Belaffif M, Clark L, Shu S, Dong H, De Vega J, Barling A, Holmes J, Mattick J, Bredeson J, Liu S, Głowacka K, Jeżowski S, Barry K, Chae WB, Gifford J, Oladeinde A, Yamada T, Grimwood J, Putnam N, Barth S, Juvik J, Klaas M, Hodkinson T, Li L, Jin X, Peng J, Yu C, Heo K, Yoo JH, Ghimire B, Farrar K, Donnison I, Schmutz J, Sacks E, Hudson M, Moose S, Swaminathan K, Rokhsar D. Genome biology of the paleotetraploid perennial biomass crop Miscanthus. Nature Communications 11: 5442. (2020).

Nogueira, G.P., McManus, M.C., Leak, D.J., Franco, T.T., de Souza Dias, M.O., et al. Are eucalyptus harvest residues a truly burden-free biomass source for bioenergy? A deeper look into biorefinery process design and Life Cycle Assessment. (2021) Journal of Cleaner Production 299, 126956

Razaq, I.; Simons, K.E.; Onwudili, J.A. Parametric Study of Pt/C-Catalysed Hydrothermal Decarboxylation of Butyric Acid as a Potential Route for Biopropane Production. Energies (2021), 14, 3316.

Röder, M., Mohr, A. & Liu, Y. Sustainable bioenergy solutions to enable development in low- and middle-income countries beyond technology and energy access. Biomass and Bioenergy 143, 105876,  (2020).

Uttam K. Roy, Tanja Radu, Jonathan L. Wagner, Carbon-negative biomethane fuel production: Integrating anaerobic digestion with algae-assisted biogas purification and hydrothermal carbonisation of digestate, Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 148, (2021), 106029, ISSN 0961-9534.

YiFanga LiMab, ZhiyiYaoc, WangliangLid, SimingYou. (2022) Process optimization of biomass gasification with a Monte Carlo approach and random forest algorithm. Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 264, 15 July 2022, 115734

Mapping the sustainability of bioenergy to maximise benefits, mitigate risks and drive progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals

Soil carbon stock impacts following reversion of Miscanthus × giganteus and short rotation coppice willow commercial plantations into arable cropping

Environmental trade-offs associated with bioenergy from agri-residues in sub-tropical regions: A case study of the Colombian coffee sector

(Stop) burning for biogas. Enabling positive sustainability trade-offs with business models for biogas from rice straw

A review of the role of bioenergy modelling in renewable energy research and policy development

 

Publications 2013-2018

• Adams, P.W.R., McManus, M.C (2014) Small-scale biomass gasification CHP utilisation in industry: Energy and environmental evaluation. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 6, pp. 129-140
• Adams, P.W.R. Shirley, J.E.J.& McManus, M.C. (2015) Comparative cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of wood pellet production with torrefaction Applied Energy Volume 138, 15 January 2015, Pages 367–380
• Adams, P. W. R., Lindegaard, K. (2015). A critical appraisal of the effectiveness of UK perennial energy crops policy since 1999
• Adams, P. W. R., Mezzullo, W.G. and McManus, M. C., (2015). Biomass sustainability criteria: Greenhouse gas accounting issues for biogas and biomethane facilities. Energy Policy, 87, 95-109.
• Al-Qayim, K., Nimmo, W., & Pourkashanian, M. (2015). Comparative Techno-economic assessment of biomass and coal with CCS technologies in a pulverised combustion power plant in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
• Banks SW, Nowakowski DJ, Bridgwater AV (2015). Fast pyrolysis processing of surfactant washed biomass. Fuel Processing Technology. 128 94-103
• Baxter, X.C, Darvell, L.I, Jones,  J.M, Barraclough, T., Yates, N.E and Shield I. (2014) Miscanthus combustion properties and variations with Miscanthus agronomy. Fuel. 117, 851- 869
• Bennett J (2014) Heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable biodiesel production via esterification and transesterification”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2014
• Bennett J (2015) Catalytic upgrading of bio‐oils by esterification”, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2015
• Castellanos, J. G., Walker, M., Poggio, D., Pourkashanian, M., & Nimmo, W. (2015). Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion. Renewable Energy, 74, 390-398.
• Elliott, D.C, Oasmaa, A., Preto F, Meier D, Bridgwater, A.V (2013) Results of the IEA Round Robin on Viscosity and Aging of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-oils: Long-Term Tests and Repeatability in Energy and Fuels
• Fei, Y. S. Black, J. Szuhánszki, L. Ma, D.B. Ingham, P.J. Stanger, M. Pourkashanian. 2015. Evaluation of the potential of retrofitting a coal power plant to oxy-firing using CFD and process co-simulation. Fuel Processing Technology (131) 45–58.
• Fischer, M. and Jiang, X. (2015) An investigation of the chemical kinetics of biogas combustion. Fuel 150: 711-720
• Gilbert, P., Alexander, S., Thornley, P., Brammer, J.(2014) “Assessing economically viable carbon reductions for the production of ammonia from biomass gasification“, Journal of Cleaner Production
• Gómez-Marín, N., Bridgwater, AV. Mapping bioenergy stakeholders: A systematic and scientometric review of capabilities and expertise in bioenergy research in the United Kingdom, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 137.
• Greenhalf, C., Nowakowski, D.J., Yates, N.E., Titiloye,  J., Bridgwater, A.V. and Shield IF. (2013) The influence of harvest and storage on the properties of and fast pyrolysis products from Miscanthus x giganteus.  Biomass and Bioenergy, 56, 247-259
• Gudka, Bijal,  Jenny M. Jones, Amanda R. Lea-Langton, Alan Williams, and Abby Saddawi (2015) A review of the mitigation of deposition and emission problems during biomass combustion through washing pre-treatment., Journal of The Energy Institute
• Horschig T, Adams PWR, Röder M, Thornley P, Thrän D. Reasonable potential for GHG savings by anaerobic biomethane in Germany and UK derived from economic and ecological analyses. Applied Energy 2016.
• Jiang, Ying, Abiba Ameh, Mei Lei, Lunbo Duan, Philip Longhurst (2015) Solid–gaseous phase transformation of elemental contaminants during the gasification of biomass
• Jiang, Ying,  Mei Lei, Lunbo Duan, Philip Longhurst (2015) Integrating phytoremediation with biomass valorisation and critical element recovery: A UK contaminated land perspective
• Lea-Langton, A., Baeza-Romero, M.T., Boman, G.V., Brooks, B.  Wilson, A.J.M., Atika, F., Bartle, K.D., Jones, J.M, Williams, A. (2014) A Study of Smoke Formation from Wood Combustion. Fuel Processing Technology Volume 137, September 2015, Pages 327–332
• Levidow, L., and Upham, P. (2017) Socio-technical change linking expectations and representations: Innovating thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW), Science and Public Policy 44(2): 211-224, http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/105465/1/Levidow%20Upham%20SPP%20gasification.pdf
• Levidow, L., and Upham, P. (2017) Linking the multi-level perspective with social representations theory: MSW gasifiers  as a niche innovation reinforcing the energy-from-waste (EfW) regime, Technology Forecasting and Social Change  120: 1-13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.03.028, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162517303906
• Lesur, C., Jeuffroy, M.H, Makowski, D., Riche, A.B, Shield, I., Yates, N., Fritz, M., Formowitz, B., Grunert, M., Jorgensen, U., Laerke, P.E and Loyce, C. (2013) Modelling long-term yield trends of Miscanthus × giganteus using experimental data from across Europe. Field Crops Research. Volume 149, Pages 252–260
• McManus, M.C & Taylor, C.M. (2014) The Changing Nature of LCA. Biomass and Bioenergy
• McManus, M.C., Caroline M. Taylor, Alison Mohr, Carly Whittaker, Corinne D. Scown, Aiduan Li Borrion, Neryssa J. Glithero, and Yao Yin. (2015) “Challenge clusters facing LCA in environmental decision-making—what we can learn from biofuels.” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 20, no. 10: 1399-1414.
• McNamee, P., Darvell, L. , Jones, J. and Williams, W. (2014) The combustion characteristics of high-heating-rate-chars from raw and torrefied biomass fuels.  Biomass & Bioenergy.
• Meier D, van de Beld B, Bridgwater AV, Elliott DC, Oasmaa A, Preto F. (2013). State-of-the-art of fast pyrolysis in IEA Bioenergy member countries.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews  Volume 20, April 2013, Pages 619–641
• Mitchell, E.J.S., A.R. Lea-Langton, J.M. Jones, A. Williams, P. Layden and R. Johnson. (2015) The Impact of Fuel Properties on the Emissions from the Combustion of Biomass and other Solid Fuels in a Fixed Bed Domestic Stove.  Submitted to Fuel Processing Technology.
• Murozuka, E., Laursen, K.H, Lindedam, J., Shield, I.F, Bruun, S., Magid, J., Møller, I.S & Schjoerring, J.K. (2014) Nitrogen fertilization affects silicon concentration, cell wall composition and biofuel potential of wheat straw. Biomass and Bioenergy 64 291-298
• Nguyen V.H., Topno, S., Balingbing, C., Nguyen V.C.N., Röder, M., Quilty, J., Jamieson, C., Thornley, P., Gummert, M. (2015) Energy Balance Analysis of Rice Straw for Anaerobic Digestion, Energy for sustainable development, under review
• Patel, M.A, Baldanza, M.A.S, Teixeira da Silva V and Bridgwater AV (2013). In-situ catalytic upgrading of bio-oil using molybdenum carbide catalyst. Applied Catalysis A: General 458 48-54
• Purdy, S.J., Cunniff, J., Maddison,  A.L., Jones, L.E., Barraclough, T., Castle, M., Davey, C.L., Jones, C.M, Shield, I., Gallagher J, Donnison I & Clifton-Brown J. (2014) Seasonal Carbohydrate Dynamics and Climatic Regulation of Senescence in the Perennial Grass, Miscanthus. Bioenergy Research. DOI 10.1007/s12155-014-9500-2
• Purkus, A., Röder, M., Gawel, E., Thornley, P., (2014) Handling Uncertainty in Bioenergy Policy Design – A Comparative Case Study Analysis of the UK and Germany. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy. 2014
• Röder M., Thornley P (2015) Bioenergy as Climate Change Mitigation Option within a 2C Target – Uncertainties and Temporal Challenges of Bioenergy Systems. Energy, Sustainability and Society, “Thematic Series “The broader view – systems analysis for sustainable bioenergy”, 2015, under review
•  Röder, M., Thornley, P., (2014) How certain are greenhouse gas reductions from bioenergy? Life cycle assessment and uncertainty analysis of a forest residues-to-electricity supply chain. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy. 2014
• Röder M. More than food or fuel. Stakeholder perceptions of anaerobic digestion and land use; a case study from the United Kingdom. Energy Policy 2016; 97:73-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.07.003
• Shield, I.F, Barraclough TJP, Riche AB & Yates NE. (2014) The yield and quality response of the energy grass Miscanthus x giganteus to fertiliser applications of nitrogen, potassium and sulphur, when grown on a sandy soil. Biomass and Bioenergy , 68, 184-19
•  Shemfe, Mobolaji B.Carly Whittaker, Sai Gu, Beatriz Fidalgo, Comparative evaluation of GHG emissions from the use of Miscanthus for bio-hydrocarbon production via fast pyrolysis and bio-oil upgrading, Applied Energy, Volume 176, 15 August 2016, Pages 22-33, ISSN 0306-2619,
• Thornley, P., Gilbert, P. (2013) “Biofuels: Balancing Risks and Rewards”, Interface Focus
• Thornley P, Chong K, Bridgwater AV. (2014) European biorefineries: implications for land, trade and employment. Environmental Science and Policy. 37. 255-265
• Thornley P, Gilbert P, Shackley S, Hammond J, (2015) Maximizing the greenhouse gas reductions from biomass: the role of life cycle assessment, Biomass and Bioenergy, vol 81, pp 35-43
• Welfle, A., Gilbert, P., Thornley, P., Stephenson, A (2017): Generating Low-Carbon Heat from Biomass: Life Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy Scenarios (a 2 page summary can be found here: Generating low-carbon heat from biomass
• Welfe, A., Gilbert, P., Thornley, P., (2014) Increasing biomass resource availability through supply chain analysis, Biomass and Bioenergy,
• Welfle, A., Gilbert, P., Thornley, P. (2014) “Securing a bioenergy future without imports”, Energy Policy, 2014
• Whittaker, C, Yates, NE, Powers, SJ, Misselbrook, T and Shield, I. (2015) Dry matter losses and greenhouse gas emissions from outside storage of short rotation coppice willow chip. Bio-energy Research. In Press.
• Whittaker, C., Macalpine, W., Yates, N, E. & Shield, I. (2015) Dry matter losses and methane emissions during wood chip storage: The impact on full life cycle greenhouse gas savings of short rotation coppice for heat. Bioenergy Research. In Review
• Whittaker,C,  Borrion, A.L, Newnes, L and McManus, M (2014) The renewable energy directive and cereal residues. Applied Energy. Volume 122, Pages 207–215
• Whittaker, C., Yates, N., Powers, S.J., Misslebrook, T and Shield, I. (2015) Dry Matter Losses and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Outside Storage of Short Rotation Coppice Willow Chip  Bioenergy Research
• Whittaker, Carly, John Hunt, Tom Misselbrook, Ian Shield, How well does Miscanthus ensile for use in an anaerobic digestion plant?, Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 88, May 2016, Pages 24-34, ISSN 0961-9534,
• Zhang, G., Ni, C., Huang, X., Welgamage, A., Lawton, L. A., Robertson P. K. J., Irvine, J.T.S (2015)., Simultaneous cellulose conversion and hydrogen production from pure water driven by solar photocatalysis, Energy & Environmental Science (SUBMITTED).

Report: ‘Land use decision-making for biomass deployment, bridging the gap between national scale targets and field scale decisions’. 2022

Bioenergy Technologies for a Net Zero Transition UK India Final Report 2022

Bioeconomy Sustainability Indicator Model, 2022

Opportunities and challenges for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) systems supporting net zero, 2021

Response to call for evidence on Net Zero Governance, 2021

Supergen cross-hub equality, diversity and inclusion post-Covid 19 survey report, 2021

Development of modern bioenergy approaches in low- and middle-income countries, 2021

Marginal lands: Concept, classification criteria and management 2021

Market assessment and toolkit to advance bioenergy development in Africa, 2021

Bridging the gap between climate science and policy, 2021

Supergen Bioenergy Hub response to the biomass strategy call for evidence

Research and innovation needs for biomass to energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) 2021

Harmonising greenhouse gas and sustainability criteria for low-carbon transport fuels, bioenergy and other bio-based sectors 2020

Fuel Standards Summary Report 2020

UK Biomass Availability Modelling Scoping Report 2020

Supergen Bioenergy Hub Case Studies Report 2020

Accounting whole life cycle bioenergy emissions within the UNFCCC emission accounting framework 2020

Greenhouse gas emissions – timing matters! 2020

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) 2020

Bioenergy and waste gasification in the UK report: Barriers and research needs 2020

Land use: Policies for a Net Zero UK, 2020

Sustainable synthetic carbon based fuels for transport 2019

Renewable Energy Association Bioenergy Strategy 2019

Bioenergy and waste gasification report 2019

Supergen Bioenergy Hub response to Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry into agriculture, achieving net-zero emissions

Mapping UK Bioenergy Research Stakeholders: A Systematic Review of Bioenergy Capabilities and Expertise in Academia and Research Centres in the UK, 2016-2017

Gasification workshop report 2013

Greenhouse gases balances report 2013

Bioenergy Research Prospectus for Southern Africa 2015

Supergen Net Zero Conference, September 2021

Biomass and Bioenergy: a vital component of the UK’s green economy? February 2021

Supergen Bioenergy Hub Annual Assembly 2020

Exploring the role of catalysis in delivering sustainable bioenergy and bioproducts, August 2020

Webinar on temporal and accounting aspects of greenhouse gas emissions, 3 June 2020

Policy briefing on biomass availability, April 2020

Building a sustainable European biofuel industry’ conference, November 2019

Event outputs 2013-2018

• PT Presentation at Sustainability Live – April 2013
• Integration of Chemical, Biochemical and Thermal Processes Workshop – Presentations 2018
• Supergen Bioenergy Hub Annual Assembly – Presentations 2017
• Adams, P.W.R.A. & McManus, M.C. (2014) International Bioenergy Conference; 11 Mar 2014-13 Mar 2014; Manchester, UK
• Broderick, J., Thornley, P. (2014), “Sustainable Power Generation from Biomass: The SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub”, invited presentation to  Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum, London 2014
• Dooley, B., J. M. Jones, M. Pourkashanian and A. Williams (2014) Oral presentation/ poster: “Oxy-fuel Combustion of Coal and Biomass”. RCUK International Bioenergy Conference 11-13th March, 2014 in Manchester
• Dooley, J. M. Jones, M. Pourkashanian and A. Williams (2013) Poster presentation: “Oxyfuel combustion of coal and biomass blends” B. at the Supergen Bioenergy Hub Assembly and the Early Careers Research and Networking Day in Leeds, 19 and 20th Nov 2013.
• Finney, K (2014) Air/Oxy Biomass Combustion with CO2 Capture Technology, UK Study  10th September 2014 – UKCCSRC Biannual, Cardiff
• Lea-Langton, A.  F.A. Atiku, K.D. Bartle, J.M. Jones, M Pourkashanian, A Williams (2014) ERI Oral presentation/ poster  Soot Formation in Diffusion Flames of Some Biomass Pyrolysis Oils, RCUK International Bioenergy Conference 11-13th March, 2014 in Manchester
• Lea-Langton, A.L., F. Atiku,  A.Williams, J.M. Jones and K.D.Bartle (2014) Pyrolysis of Soot from Biomass, Pyro 2014
• Lea-Langton, A.R., M.T.Baeza-Romero, G.V.Boman, B. Brooks, A.J.M.Wilson  F.Atika  K.D.Bartle J.M.Jones, A.Williams (2014) Some Aspects of Smoke Formation from Wood Combustion. Combustion institute Joint British and Scandinavian meeting. Cambridge
• Macalpine, W.J., Shield, I.F., Walsh, L.R.E., Johnston, C., McCracken, A.R., Gilliland, J., Wilson, H., Finnan, J., Power, R., Hartmann, H., Weitz, M., White, R. P., Karp, A. (2014). Rothamsted Research Willow (Salix Spp.) Breeding Programme; Multi-Site Yield Trial Results 2014. In: 22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany. 23-26 June 2014: 116-121. DOI: 10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-1DO.1.2
• McManus, M.C & Taylor, C.M. (2014) The Changing Nature of LCA.  International Bioenergy Conference; 11 Mar 2014-13 Mar 2014; Manchester, UK.
• McNamee, P. Leilani I. Darvell, Ben Dooley, Jenny M. Jones and A. Williams (2014) Oral presentation/ poster: “The combustion characteristics of fast-heating rate chars from raw and torrefied fuels” RCUK International Bioenergy Conference 11-13th March, 2014 in Manchester.
• Mitchell, E.J.S.,  Jones, J.M. , Williams, A. and  Lea-Langton, A. (2014) Oral presentation/ poster: The Impact of Feedstock Parameters on Airborne Emissions from Biomass Combustion in Small Scale Heating Applications and their Associated Impacts on Air Quality and Climate.. RCUK International Bioenergy Conference 11-13th March, 2014 in Manchester.
• Pukrus, A., Roeder, M., Gawel, E., Thran, D., Thornley, P. (2014), “Handling uncertainty in bioenergy policy design – a case study analysis of UK and German Bioelectricity Policy Instruments”, European Biomass Conference, Hamburg, 2014
• Roeder, M., Thornley, P., Whittaker, C.(2014), “How certain are greenhouse gas reductions from biomass: Life-cycle assessment and uncertainty analysis of a forest-residue to electricity supply chain”, European Biomass Conference, Hamburg, 2014
• Röder, M., ‘How certain are greenhouse gas reductions from bioenergy? Life cycle assessment and uncertainty analysis of a forest residues-to-electricity supply chain’, International Bioenergy Conference, Manchester, UK, March 2014
• Röder, M., ‘Biobridges. Collating bioenergy activity at Aston University’, Bioenergy at Manchester day, 10 September 2014, Manchester
• Röder, M., ‘How certain are greenhouse gas reductions from bioenergy? Life cycle assessment and uncertainty analysis of a forest residues-to-electricity supply chain’, Bioenergy at Manchester day, 10 September 2014, Manchester
• Röder, M., ‘How certain are greenhouse gas reductions from bioenergy? Life cycle assessment and uncertainty analysis of a forest residues-to-electricity supply chain’, European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EU BC&E), June 2014
• Röder, M., ‘How certain are greenhouse gas reductions from bioenergy? Life cycle assessment and uncertainty analysis of a forest residues-to-electricity supply chain’, Biomass for energy – lessons from the Bioenergy Boom, November 2014, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
• Thornley, P., Eggar, D., (2014) “Growing greener markets: Opportunities in Bioenergy”, invited presentation to Great Britain House, British Council, Sao Paulo 2014
• Thornley, P., Roeder, M., Jamieson, C.(2014), “Understanding the greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems: the case of rice straw”, invited plenary at World Renewable Energy Conference, London 2014
• Thornley, P.,(2014) “Temporal aspects of greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems”, European Biomass Conference, Hamburg, 2014
• Whittaker, C (2014) How the renewable energy directive penalises renewable energy production. International Bio-energy Conference Manchester. Röder, M., Energy from Rice Straw, Social and institutional issues’, Energy from Rice Straw workshop, IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines, March 2014

 

• All Energy 2016

Review of UK policy framework to deliver biomass heating and steps needed to accelerate implementation Patricia Thornley

How much sustainable biomass will the UK have to sustain the future renewable heat sector: where does it come from and what form is it in?
Andrew Welfle

Can bioenergy heating really reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to the UK meeting its carbon reduction targets
Mirjam Röder

What are the key air quality impacts associated with biomass combustion and how can they be controlled?
Edward Mitchell

What types and scales of technologies can be used to deliver bioheating and what have we learnt from practical implementation to date?
Gunter Woltron

The Hub delivers a diverse range of bioenergy research projects from fundamental science to engineering challenges, social responses to technologies, economic context and policy development.

The latest phase of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub launched in November 2018 and will run until October 2022, with 17 new research projects being successfully funded under the Supergen Bioenergy Hub flexible funding allocation.

For information on current research, visit our Research section.

From the period 2013 – 2017, 19 bioenergy research projects were directly funded by EPSRC, You can read about each of the projects on their individual pages, with details of the principal investigators and partners involved. Projects 20 – 43 have been funded through the Supergen Bioenergy Hub flexible funding allocation.

Emissions from solid biomass combustion led by Newcastle University

Impact of feedstock parameters on airborne emissions led by University of Leeds

Evaluation of synthetic natural gas led by University of Bath

Streamlining the supply chain led by Rothamsted Research

Carbon uncertainties in the supply chain led by Aston University

Gasification integration led by Newcastle University

Torrefaction integrated assessment led by University of Bath

Carbon capture and storage led by University of Leeds

Bio-oil partial upgrading led by Aston University

Whole system analysis of novel biofuel technologies led by Aston University

Clean energy utilisation from biogas and biomass gasification led by Lancaster University

Bioenergy value chains: Whole systems analysis and optimisation led by Imperial College

Development of fast pyrolysis based advanced biofuel technologies led by University of Surrey

Increasing energy yield from the integration of anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis led by Aston University

Photocatalytic bioethanol production led by Robert Gordon University

Clean energy from rice straw led by Aston University and IRRI

Measurement and analysis of bioenergy greenhouse gases (MAGLUE) led by Southampton University

Real time control of gasifiers to increase tolerance to biomass variety and reduce emissions led by the University of Glasgow

Plasma/catalytic gas cleaning to deliver high quality syngas from the gasification of biomass led by Leeds University

Feasibility study to assess how opinions and perspectives differ of AD bioenergy between intra-and inter-community stakeholder groups of a well-received versus a controversial AD plant led by University of Durham (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award).

Fugitive methane measurements led by Bath University (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

Contaminated land biomass compositions led by Cranfield University (SUPERGEN Bioenergy hub – Small Grant Award)

Socio-economic aspects of Brazilian bioenergy led by UCL and the University of Leeds (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

Cookstove emissions led by Aston University and the University of Leeds (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

UK and German biomethane markets (researcher exchange) led by Aston University (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

Advanced fuel research (researcher exchange) led by University of Leeds (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

Ultrasound enhanced esterification led by the University of Hull (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

AD monitoring led by Loughborough University (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

AD integration with hydrothermal carbonization led by the University of Leeds (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

AD ~Biomass type testing in Scotland led by SRUC (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub – Small Grant Award)

Managing the condition and storage of biomass wood chip supply chain led by Rothamsted Research (Flexible funded project)

Impact of biomass supply on carbon stocks led by Rothamsted Research (Flexible funded project)

Temporal aspects of GHG emission led by Aston University (Flexible funded project)

Techno-economic assessment tool led by Aston University (Flexible funded project)

Composition of UK Wood Supply Chain led by Rothamsted Research (Flexible funded project)

Integrating UK bioenergy research led by Aston University and Aston University (Flexible funded project)

Building research capacity and international links led by Aston University (Flexible funded project)

Aviation biofuels led by Aston University and Aston University (Flexible funded project)

Interfaces between feedstocks and processes led by Aston University (Flexible funded project)

Organic carbon characterization led by the University of Leeds (Flexible funded project)

Plasma emission abatement led by Newcastle University (Flexible funded project)

Contamined land led by Rothamsted Research (Flexible funded project)

Air Quality led by the University of Leeds and Aston University (Flexible funded project)