Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #biomass

🚨NEW PAPER🚨

"A comprehensive #bioenergy accounting model with a multi-dimensional analysis was
developed in a new study based in #China by combining spatial, life-cycle, and multi-path analyses."

Summary in a 🧵 below ⬇️
1/6

Accordingly, "the #bioenergy production potential and #GHG emission reduction for each distinct type of #biomass feedstock through different conversion pathways were estimated in the study."
2/6

"The sum of all available organic waste (21.55EJ/yr) & energy plants on marginal land (11.77EJ/yr) in China produced 23.30EJ of #bioenergy & reduced 2535.32Mt CO2-eq emissions, accounting for 19.48% & 25.61% of China’s T energy production & C emissions in 2020, respectively."
3/6

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Geoengineering Info

@geoengineering1

🚨REVIEW PAPER🚨
#Hydrogen, a green energy carrier, is one of the most promising energy sources. However, it is currently mainly produced from depleting #FossilFuels with high #carbon emissions, which has serious -ve effects on the economy and environment.
#HyBECCS
#ATT
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1/6

To address this issue, sustainable hydrogen production from bio-energy with #carbon capture and #storage (#HyBECCS) is an ideal technology to reduce global carbon emissions while meeting energy demand.
2/6

So, a recent review presents an overview of "the latest progress in alkaline thermal treatment (#ATT) of #biomass for #hydrogen production with #carbon storage, mainly focusing on the technical characteristics & related challenges from an industrial application perspective."
3/6

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Forest Defenders

@ForestDefence

Why is this sign in Romania important?
Because it hides the lie.
The lie that burning trees for energy is good for the climate.
The sign says "Our most precious value is nature. Let's take care of her."
See thread below to find out what's behind it.
@SteffiLemke @lgewessler
1/

Behind the sign above is a pellet plant.
Stacked in the yard are giant piles of trees including massive old trees, ready to be crushed into pellets.
The EU calls this renewable energy.
The sign said to take care of nature. This is not care, this is abuse.
@Heunicke @RobJetten
2/

These trees are not by-products, they are targeted to be logged to make pellets.
Without incentives, they would still be alive in a forest.
This is a scandal.
Tomorrow, Wed March 29th, EU leaders can help stop this.
@ambiente_pt @Teresaribera @MariaOhisalo @markuspieperMEP
3/

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Yan Boulanger

@yboulanger2

Very proud of this team effort "A regional integrated assessment of the impacts of #climatechange and of the potential #adaptation avenues for #Quebec’s #forests" is now published

A (very long) thread. Buckle up!

cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.113…

@cflscf @NRCan

1/n

First, I would like to acknowledge the work of all my colleagues including Jesus, Annie Claude, Yves, @mariehbrice, @DominicCyr, Louis, Daniel, @GauthierSylvie9 , Pierre, @Guillemette_L , Mathieu, Maryse, Tadeusz, Martin-Hugues, @ethiffault , @Tremblay_Jun and Stephen
2/n

Quebec’s #forests goes from northern hardwood with sugar #maple, beech, hemlock in the south, to pure boreal black #spruce forests up north. Natural #disturbances, go from single-tree windthrow or mortality in the south, to large stand-replacing #fires in the north.
3/n

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systembuster

@stlsystembuster

Plants As Water Protectors for Toxic Cleanup. @EPA @EPAregion7 @DOESBIR I have solutions to help clean the #OhioTrainDisaster Water Issues. Why is it so hard to work w/ your organizations???

https://twitter.com/stlsystembuster/status/1629158850464038913?s=20

The Pollution Solution Call for Assistance Invitation To the World - I just added an invitation for anyone who wants to help clean the pollution up on our planet.
thepollutionsolution.org/employment-per…

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GreensForNuclear.Energy 💚🌱🌳☮️🕊️🇺🇦

@Greens4Nuclear

I wasn't really intending to announce the results of our most recent poll on nuclear until after the appropriate page on our website was uploaded, but I guess - needs-must and-all-that, so let me tell you a story - in numbers & graphics, but lets start at the beginning..🧵

1/24

https://twitter.com/CarolineLucas/status/1597557986234630146

Between the 11th and the 15th of November 2022, @Ipsosuk conducted their 2nd online survey on our behalf, among a nationally representative quota sample of 3,236 participants aged 16‐75 in the UK, with the data weighted to a nationally representative profile...

2/24

Of this group of participants (n=3,236), 19% (a base size of n=642 of those interviewed) said they were at least to some extent “involved in an environmental campaigning organisation, for example..."

3/24

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systembuster

@stlsystembuster

@cureworks @OgiBarereba @ChaosProvidez @KKowalski1212 @HempTodayNews @NIISH13 @NatHempAssoc @LetsTalkHemp @NoCoHempExpo @Time4Hemp @YatYas1776 @Hilario18631186 @StLHandyMan @StLouisHandyman nayer how many times have i explained why this worked? its not the soil its the microbes in the soil. Therefore skip the tractor work and disrupting the ground. just throw the plants in a digester full of microbes. faster easier less money.

@cureworks @OgiBarereba @ChaosProvidez @KKowalski1212 @HempTodayNews @NIISH13 @NatHempAssoc @LetsTalkHemp @NoCoHempExpo @Time4Hemp @YatYas1776 @Hilario18631186 @StLHandyMan @StLouisHandyman I appreciate your praise on cleaning up the planet. its gonna take a bunch more people than me to remove the pollution that effect everyone everywhere. we all live "downsteam" as @ChaosProvidez has been pointing out for years.

@cureworks @OgiBarereba @ChaosProvidez @KKowalski1212 @HempTodayNews @NIISH13 @NatHempAssoc @LetsTalkHemp @NoCoHempExpo @Time4Hemp @YatYas1776 @Hilario18631186 @StLHandyMan @StLouisHandyman Read The Science Papers to understand why the microbes in the soil solved the prior mentioned activities @cureworks quoted that removed nuclear rads by plowing into the soil. #gotscience #bioremediation whats kool they also make electricity! a win win

academia.edu/10455976/Geoba…

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Martin Pigeon

@marpinoir

EU Member States are negotiating renewable energy incentives these days, and in particular whether they should end current market incentives for using wood in the energy sector, as these are driving the destruction of forests in Europe and abroad. A thread. #biomass

Two recent investigations showed that even primary forests are crushed into wood pellets. Billions of euros in public funds reward energy companies for burning wood, which creates an enormous incentive to log more.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

And a new criminal case in Italy just shows how bad things can go: 5 biomass plants have been producing electricity out of wood mixed with waste, asphalt… and never double-checked their suppliers’ paperwork stating everything was cool and sustainable!
ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/10/05/rif…

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Fenna Swart

@fenokkio

Desperate response of CEO Drax Will Gardiner ⁦@ddwg⁩ to ⁦@BBC⁩ Panorama “Green scandal exposed” shows great opportunism. But repeating the so-called 'sustainability credo' of energy industry does not make industrial tree burning ‘green’ or ‘clean’ (2-8)
#biomass

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Under current Brussels incentives for biomass in the RED, many Member States fund their energy companies to cut down and burn forests for energy production. Total financing amounted more than €20 billion. But the ability of forests to fulfill their functions as..3
#biomass

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.. a carbon sink, purifier of #air and water, and hotspot for #biodiversity are chronically undermined, as a result. In several Member States, #forests have become #carbon emitters as a result of this policy. #Sweden showed a loss of 18% of carbon storage in 1 year
#biomass

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Australian Forests and Climate Alliance

@AFCA_Forests

Please submit an objection to @DCCEEW consultation by 21 Oct 2022:
"Native forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Target"
consult.industry.gov.au/native-forest-…
🧵 Information & links follow...

https://twitter.com/AFCA_Forests/status/1286508026174697472

Report Sept 2022:
Burning forest biomass for energy: Not a source of clean energy and harmful to forest ecosystem integrity
research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/4…
'We argue that a global ban on using forest biomass for industrial scale bioenergy is urgently needed ..."
#science #cleanenergy

Why Native Forest Logging And Clearing Must End And Forests Not Be Burnt For Energy
forestsandclimate.org.au/national-overv…
#biomass #forestbioenergy

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BioCompounding

@BioCompounding

The US Govt just announced and EO for advancing #biotechnology and #biomanufacturing for a #Sustainable , safe and secure #bioeconomy.
There are 11 areas they will be looking to fund and develop within this niche.
Read the full article here - whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Here is a quick summary:
1) Coordinate investment in key R&D areas to further societal goals
2)Foster a biological data ecosystem, while adhering to principles of security, privacy, and responsible conduct of research

3) Expand domestic #biomanufacturing production capacity and processes, including #piloting and #prototyping efforts to accelerate the translation of basic research results into practice
4) Boost #sustainable #biomass production

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Gary Graham Hughes

@VozSilvestre

New briefing from Griffith University in #Australia argues that a major shift to using forest #biomass burning for energy comes with grave risks of highly perverse outcomes, including increased CO2 emissions and negative impacts on forest integrity. research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/4…

A rethink of the role of forest #biomass burning for energy in national decarbonization policy is therefore urgently needed. Forest #biomass is not clean energy because burning it releases CO2 emissions and so does not contribute to a decarbonization pathway.

The emissions from burning forest #biomass are instantaneous, but their removals from the atmosphere are not and take a long time. This means there is a significant time lag between when carbon is emitted and when it is removed and stored.

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Ferran Dalmau - Rovira

@ferrandalmau78

Dear @GretaThunberg
I've read in Spanish press ur article and I'd like to tell u, with all due respect for ur work in the fight against #ClimateEmergency, that the approach seems to me to be a mistake. If you will allow me, I would like to explain why 👇

eldiario.es/internacional/…

#biomass IS a #renewable #resources
Well managed, it's perfectly #sustainable

Obviously, there r places where things r done badly. For sure.

The situation isn't the same in northern Europe, where u r from, as it's in the south, where I'm from
We've broken the trophic chain...

and it must be recovered, because now, we've we have in many areas of Europe an accumulation of energy due to a lack of herbivores, and a lack of a natural fire regime. Because fire, in a large part of Europe, is part of the natural system

You don't have to take my word for it

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Staci Rubin

@Staci__Rubin

As we face yet another #heatwave in MA, let’s talk about this NEW #ClimateLaw that @MassGovernor Baker just signed. This is a major step to help protect our communities from the devastating impacts of #ClimateChange. Here’s why: 1/13
clf.org/newsroom/mass-…

Why do we need more climate laws & policies on top of our Global Warming Solutions Act and Next Generation Roadmap law? While these two laws set mandatory goals to slash climate damaging pollution, we need other laws and policies to dictate HOW to accomplish these goals. 2/13

The new law sets a target of installing enough #OffshoreWind to power 2.5 million homes by 2027 and various other policies to make #CleanEnergy easier to supply to MA residents. 3/13

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mark belan - scientific illustrator

@markabelan

After a successful weekend with Biomass again, I figured I'd share a bit about its inception 🧵⬇️

HOW I MADE THIS: Visualizing the Biomass of Life #biomass #wip #process #art #science #datavisualization #dataviz #infographic #biodiversity

The original paper that this graphic is based on was published by @yinonbaron @MiloLabWIS @WeizmannScience. It came across my desk working at Visual Capitalist and the crew wanted to see what I could do with it. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

There was already a graphic explaining the key findings in the paper, shown here. It's a really nice Treemap visualization using a #voronoi pattern (random Fun Fact: voronois are everywhere in biology: bone matrices, cell shapes, wing scales, etc.)

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lina burnelius

@LBurnelius

Read this lobbyletter:
"Keeping in mind the significant role of bioenergy for our energy and climate objectives...."
The ministers knows their audience: politicians writing to politicians, who care about (insufficient and counterproductive) climate 'objectives', not the climate.

Read the above lobby letter on #forest #biomass sent by ministers from #Sweden Finland, Slovenia, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic & Hungary.
#StopFakeRenables

Burning forest biomass for energy is a counterproductive climate policy in two senses: According to the JRC report, it increases emissions compared to fossil fuels over the next crucial decades & reduces the EU's land-based carbon sink; forests.
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/han…

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mark belan - scientific illustrator 🔬⚛️✍🏼

@markabelan

And here we go...
PART TWO: Visualizing the Accumulation of Human-Made Mass ⚖️🏗️🛠️🧱🔩 (incl. 🧵) #anthropogenicmass #biomass #construction #mining #dataviz #infographics #sciart #datavisualization #visualjournalism #science #scicomm #scienceillustration #anthropocene

Since 1900, we've been making a LOT of stuff...and it's been piling up. In 2020, the material output of humans on Earth SURPASSED the total (dry) weight of all living things on Earth!

One grim part to this story (there's many 😵‍💫) is that we've now produced double the weight of plastic than the entire Animal Kingdom.

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Deano...

@Frugal_ways

Did you know that the #EST (#energy saving trust) that advised you all to remove old back boilers, replaced by combis (at a net cost to you) promising bill savings "up to £300 a year" (only £85 a year actual) are the same people now pushing heat pumps...
#ripoffbritain

#EST on #biomass
"Biomass heating systems burn wood pellets, chips or logs to provide warmth in a single room or to power central heating and hot water boilers"
The hot water boilers you told millions to get rid of?
Burning more wood to heat your water is good?

"If you have room for a large fuel store that will accept several tonnes of pellets at a time, delivered in bulk by tanker, you can keep the cost below £300 per tonne in most parts of the UK."
If using one tonne per month the cost per year would be £3600 (assuming £300 a tonne)

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Rauli Partanen

@Kaikenhuippu

I recently finished a report ”One Billion Tons – CO2 emissions and a Faster Coal Exit for Germany.” onebilliontons.org. This is a thread of the key points and findings. Report was commissioned by @oekomoderne and done by our non-profit think tank @think_atom 1/n

The study explores the CO2 emissions that could be avoided if Germany kept their #nuclear fleet (#GER6) open and closed coal/lignite, and later fossil gas, production instead. The result is in the name of the report: #onebilliontons 2/n

The remaining nuclear reactors, or #GER6, avoid roughly 60 million tons of CO2 per year. To date, the early, political closures since 2011 have released an extra 500 million tons of CO2 (and much more in the future) as fossil fuel production has been kept running instead. 3/n

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Victoria Seabrook

@SeabrookClimate

Exclusive: energy plant paid £800m a yr by taxpayer for generating electricity classed as #renewable is biggest CO2 emitter in UK, 3rd highest in Europe. Analysis may spark debate about classing of #biomass as renewable #ClimateAction #Drax
news.sky.com/story/climate-…

Electricity bill-payers were "in effect paying to increase carbon emissions to the atmosphere" 🌏 said Duncan Brack, a policy analyst who has authored a report questioning #biomass policy #climate

Drax claims to have reduced its emissions by 90% since replacing coal with sustainable biomass, calling Ember's interpretation of the figures "completely at odds with what... UN IPCC say about sustainable biomass being crucial to delivering global climate targets"

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