environmental impact; ecosystem service; biomass; bioenergy; Renewable Energy Directive; certification schemes … to test for biomass production for bioenergy (i) whether certification schemes as major governance mechanism allow a …-scale drivers and impacts of biomass production on the environment. For case studies in the Southeastern US, more than 30 % of the …

BCAP.The issue network and legislative history are intended to aid future policy makers withthe re-authorization of the …

) renewable energy system, the focus of this thesis is biomass-based energy for: 1) The prominent contextual relevance these … construction and microeconomic interpretation of three case studies.First, the Brazilian biomass-based renewable industry is … influencing key-parameters of the proposed model, matching ex-ante expectations based on the regional policy-history of the …

With the shift from petroleum-based to biomass-based economies, global biomass demand and trade is growing. This trend … voluntary certification standards to ensure that biomass is sustainably produced, food security aspects are hardly addressed as … adequate Food (RtaF), which is applicable in over 100 countries, can be ensured in local biomass production and in …

biomass supply and of heat demand limits the potentials of CHP production. This paper assesses CHP potentials using a mixed … are modeled as a function of heat demand densities, which can differ substantially. Gasification of biomass in a combined … locations of plants are clustered around big cities in the East of Austria. At current power prices, biomass based CHP …