Development of Bioenergy and Biorefinery in China – 2015

Prof. Mo Xian, who is the Assistant Director of Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology at Chinese Academy of Sciences, commented current developments of bioenergy and biorefinery in China in the September issue of Trends in Renewable Energy that was released last week. (Trends in Renewable Energy, vol. 1, pp. 129-130. doi: 10.17737/tre.2015.1.3.0015)

“China has abundant biomass resources that are about 0.4 billion tons per year – if totally utilized for generating bioenergy, it can satisfy 10% of total energy consumption in China. However, the current utilization of bioenergy in China is of low efficiency due to immature technologies, small-scale productions, and limited market channels.” said Professor Xian. Further he pointed out that bioelectricity is the main form of bioenergy in China, but large quantities of biomass are burned without efficient conversion.

Up-to-date, many national projects are prompted in both research and pilot levels to improve the quantity and quality of Chinese bioenergy framework, such as integrated processes for co-generating bio-heat and electricity, super biogas projects, bio-ethanol demonstration, etc. “Moreover, biorefinery and bioconversion of the biomass to value added products are in early stages of development. Exploration of advanced bio-fuels and value-added chemical building blocks using modern techniques are future trends in the business of bioenergy and biorefinery.” said Professor.

Contact: Dr. Mo Xian, Email: xianmo@qibebt.ac.cn

More information: http://futureenergysp.com/index.php/tre/article/view/15

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