Miscanthus rhizomes harvesting and planting 2020
We are happy to announce that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine restrictions, we’ve managed to harvest rhizomes from our Miscanthus giganteus nursery plantations.
First users of our miscanthus mulch and bedding!
We recently informed you how we have successfully completed biomass harvesting of our miscanthus fields. Shortly after, a portion of that biomass successfully found its’ users – and they are thrilled. Therefore, we are bringing you a short video where you can see the first media clips from the user’s yards and stables.
Miscanthus harvesting Field day 2020
We’ve prepared everything for miscanthus field day 2020, to show farmers how ordinary agricultural machinery, which can be found in every large village, works perfectly at miscanthus biomass harvesting.
Drax to stop use of coal, implement new biomass strategy
Drax Group plc announced on Feb. 27 that the company will stop burning coal by March 2021, far ahead of the U.K. government’s 2025 deadline. Drax also released full year 2019 financial results on Feb. 27 and provided an update of its biomass strategy.
The United Kingdom and Sweden are paving the way for negative emissions from land use
Two public reports on land use contribution to climate mitigation have recently been published showing the case for bioenergy as a driver towards a climate-friendly use of land. Bioenergy not only provides direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction by providing renewable and low carbon energy, but also provides economic incentives to land uses enhancing carbon …
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Europe’s biomass problem
Wood-fired power will actually increase emissions over timescales relevant to the Paris Agreement
Solving the coal puzzle
Europe is on a journey to phase out coal. Fifteen countries have announced an end to coal burning in their power sectors since 2015. This gives a wealth of policy experience to learn from. This report contains insight from 20 experts across 10 countries. Together, the policies suggested fit together to solve the puzzle of …
Revitalization of abandoned agricultural lands in Croatia using the energy crop Miscanthus x giganteus
For the purpose of Croatian abandoned agricultural areas revitalization, experts from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb (Prof. Neven Voća, Ph.D., Assist. Prof. Nikola Bilandžija, PhD, Luka Cerovečki, Mag. Ing. Agr., And Prof. Tajana Krička, Ph.D.) have analysed current state and identified the possibilities of introducing miscanthus to these areas. They concluded that biomass …
Coal phase-out
Coal is the most carbon intensive fossil fuel and phasing it out is a key step to achieve the emissions reductions needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as enshrined in the Paris Agreement. Most emissions from coal are in the electricity sector and, as we already have the technologies that can replace coal, phase …
The strategic vision of agricultural development in Croatia after 2020: Sub-sector: energy crops
On October 11, 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia and the World Bank began joint implementation of the project “Agriculture and Fisheries Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia 2020”. As part of the project, they recently published a presentation of the Strategic Vision for the Development of the Republic of …
