On 26th November 2017 Dr Jeanette Whitaker was invited to give a presentation on Bioenergy and Land Use Change at the Energy Technologies Institute "10 Years of Innovation" Event. The presentation highlighted the results from the ELUM: Ecosystem Land Use Modelling project and the impact of the work in policy and research terms. The presentation is available
This publication draws together the current state-of knowledge on the greenhouse gas savings which can be achieved through the cultivation of perennial bioenergy crops. The paper is the output from the ELUM workshop in 2015 and frames the consensus of opinion, remaining uncertaintes and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops with respect to land use and management.
Rebecca Rowe and Jeanette Whitaker presented research at the European Biomass Conference & Exhibition in Stockholm this June.
Two new papers have been published in Global Change Biology Bioenergy from the Aberystwyth Miscanthus experiment:
McCalmont JP, McNamara NP, Donnison IS, Farrar K, Clifton-Brown JC (2016) An interyear comparison of CO2 flux and carbon budget at a commercial-scale land-use transition from semi-improved grassland toMiscanthus x giganteus. GCB Bioenergy, doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12323
A new paper has been published from the ELUM modelling team describing high-resolution modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from land use change to energy crops in the UK. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12360
The Energy Technologies Institute have released a Bioenergy Insights report highlighting outcomes from the ELUM project. The report titled "Delivering greenhouse gas savings through UK bioenergy value chains" is available on the ETI website along with an introductory film.
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the brand new ELUM website
Rebecca Rowe and John McCalmont will be presenting research from ELUM at the AAB Biomass & Energy Crops meeting in Brussels on 20-22 October 2015
Jeanette Whitaker writes blog about Bioenergy and Land Use Change Workshop
This project was commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute
The ELUM Consortium is led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and includes the following organisations:
