Bioenergy and Biorefinery | Barrier ► Opportunity
Biomass is the Major Challenge: Availability – Homogeneity – Cost – Sustainable
The main obstacle to the success of Bioenergy, Biofuels and Biorefinery projects globally is located in the upstream stage, primarily due to the scarcity of competitive and sustainable biomass sources, particularly in sub-tropical regions.
The biomass feedstock that is more competitive must have the best performance compared to all other energy crops in terms of:
- Yield
- Homogeneity
- Scalability
- Agriculture knowledge
- Implantation flexibility
- Production cost
- Handling cost
- Transportation cost
- Bio-safety
- Climate change adaptability
- Others
All current research and development efforts focused on the upstream stage are centered around utilizing costly and limited biomass sources, with the goal of achieving high efficiency and low costs.
Opportunity: The availability of proven, competitive, and sustainable biomass sources could immediately make existing downstream processing technologies commercially viable. Energy Cane stands out as the best proven alternative of advanced and sustainable biomass feedstock, suitable for use in the major biomass-based conversion technologies pathways.
