Assessing the sustainability of emerging green biorefinery technology : a literature study

Sammanfattning

Green biorefinery (GBR) systems could play a pivotal role in enabling the transition to sustainable production systems by provisioning renewable bio-based product alternatives to existing non-renewable products, while avoiding increasing the pressure on environmental systems due to land use change free green feedstocks, such as crop residues, service crops and intermediate crops. Through the production of protein, for food or feed, biofuels, and fertilizers, GBR systems could provide a regional solution to address novel concerns of energy and food security driven by recent shocks to global supply chains. As an emerging technology, ongoing research into GBR system technology, covering process design, i.e. process sequence, operating conditions, and product development, i.e. secondary processing, expanding the product portfolio, and novel feedstocks is necessary. Technical, economic, and environmental analysis tools can help bridge the gap between innovation and market implementation and avoid unsustainable outcomes. Therefore, in addition to research into GBR innovations, there is a need for concurrent investigations into the technical, economic, and environmental performance of these systems and into tools that can synthesize these results into actionable insights.

Nyckelord

Green biorefinery; Techno-economic assessment; Life Cycle Assessment

Publicerad i

Introductory paper at the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science
2024, nummer: 2024:5
Utgivare: Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

SLU författare

• Wedgwood, Cristian

  • Institutionen för biosystem och teknologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Energisystem

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/139769