Land availability is a major factor which limits the production of bioenergy and bio-based products. Land use competition is likely to intensify worldwide over the coming decades. Against this background, the increasing use of marginal land, i.e. land which is currently not used for agricultural or any other purposes, has been suggested as an alternative with few associated negative environmental and socio-economic impacts. ifeu investigates the environmental impacts of biomass production on marginal land in projects including the EU-funded projects OPTIMA, Global-Bio-Pact, SEEMLA and MAGIC.
Contact
Guido Reinhardt
PhD Mathematician, Chemist, Biologist
Scientific Director
+49 (0)6221 4767 31
guido.reinhardt@ifeu.de
Nils Rettenmaier
Dipl. Geoecology
+49 (0) 6221 4767 24
nils.rettenmaier@ifeu.de
MAGIC
Marginal lands for Growing Industrial Crops: Turning a burden into an opportunity
Industrial Crops can provide valuable resources for high added value products and bioenergy. MAGIC aims to promote the sustainable development of resource-efficient and economically profitable…
SEEMLA
Sustainable exploitation of biomass for bioenergy from marginal lands
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, the three-year project is focusing on the reliable and sustainable use of biomass from marginal land.
COSMOS
COSMOS aims at reducing the dependence on imported coconut and palm kernel oils and fatty acids and on castor oil as sources for medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA, C10–C14) and medium-chain polymer…
OPTIMA
The project, coordinated by the University of Catania, focused on the Mediterranean region where marginal lands are usually characterised by poor water availability.
Global-Bio-Pact
The main objective of the Global-Bio-Pact project was the development and harmonisation of global sustainability certification schemes for biomass production, conversion systems and trade in order to…
Screening Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrotreated Jatropha Oil
The objective of this screening life cycle project was to evaluate the environmental advantages and disadvantages of Jatropha HVO in comparison to conventional diesel.
Screening Life Cycle Assessment of Jatropha Biodiesel
Within this project, ifeu was commissioned by Daimler AG to evaluate the environmental impacts of using the promising plant Jatropha for biofuels
H. Keller, N. Rettenmaier, G. Reinhardt: Integrated sustainability assessment of bioenergy and bio-based products from perennial grasses cultivated on marginal land. In: OPTIMA project reports, supported by the EU’s FP7 under GA No. 289642, ifeu, Heidelberg, Germany, 2015
N. Rettenmaier, S. Gärtner, H. Keller, M. Müller-Lindenlauf, G. Reinhardt, T. Schmidt, A. Schorb: Life cycle assessment of bioenergy and bio-based products from perennial grasses cultivated on marginal land. In: OPTIMA project reports, supported by the EU’s FP7 under GA No. 289642, ifeu, Heidelberg, Germany, 2015 N. Rettenmaier, A. Schorb, G. Hienz, R. Diaz-Chavez: Report on sustainability impacts of the use of marginal areas and grassy biomass. In: Global-Bio-Pact project reports, supported by the EU’s FP7 under GA No. 245085, ifeu, Heidelberg, Germany, 2012 N. Rettenmaier, S. Köppen, S. Gärtner, G. Reinhardt: Screening Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrotreated Jatropha Oil. Commissioned by Daimler AG, Stuttgart, 2008G.A. Reinhardt, S. Gärtner, N. Rettenmaier, J. Münch, E. v. Falkenstein: Screening Life Cycle Assessment of Jatropha Biodiesel. Commissioned by Daimler AG, Stuttgart, 2007