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Recently added Papers and Reports

Biodiversity impacts of Energy Crop Production on Land Use and Farmland Habitats, B.S. Elbersen, H.W. Elbersen and R.R. Bakker, 14th European Biomass Conference, 17-21 October 2005, Paris, France, p.p. 28 - 33
Oil Palm By-products as a Biomass Source: Availability and sustainability, H.W. Elbersen, J.v.Dam, R.R. Bakker, Proceedings 14th European Biomass Conference 17-21 October 2005, Paris, France, p.p. 511-514
A Simple Method to estimate practical field yields of Biomass Grasses in Europe, 14th European Biomass Conference, 17-21 October 2005, Paris, France, p.p. 476-479
Switchgrass Variety Choice In Europe, Elbersen, H. W., D. G. Christian, N. El Bassen, W. Bacher, G. Sauerbeck, E. Aleopoulou, N. Sharma, I.Piscioneri, P. De Visser, and D. Van Den Berg. 2001. Aspects of Applied Biology 65:21-28.
Fermentative hydrogen production from pretreated biomass: A comparative study, I.A. Panagiotopoulos, R.R. Bakker, M.A.W. Budde, T. de Vrije, P.A.M. Claassen, E.G. Koukios, Bioresource Technology, Volume 100, Issue 24, December 2009, Pages 6331-6338
Biofuel production from Lignocellulosic Biomass, I.A. Panagiotopoulos, R.R. Bakker, T. de Vrije, P.A.M. Claassen, E.G. Koukios, Proceedings 17th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany, pp 1481-1484
Efficient hydrogen production from the lignocellulosic energy crop Miscanthus by the extreme thermophilic bacteria Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus and Thermotoga neapolitana, T. de Vrije, R.R. Bakker, M.A.W. Budde, M.H. Lai, A.E. Mars and P.A.M. Claassen, Biotechnology for Biofuels, Biotechnology for Biofuels 2009, 2:12
Pilot-scale conversion of lime-treated wheat straw into bioethanol: quality assessment of bioethanol and valorization of side streams by anaerobic digestion and combustion, R.H.W. Maas, R.R. Bakker, A.R. Boersma, I. Bisschops, J.R. Pels, E. de Jong, R.A. Weusthuis, and H. Reith, Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1:14
Opportunities for Dutch Biorefineries, Wageningen UR (E. Annevelink, J. Broeze & R. van Ree, editors) &
ECN (J.H. Reith & H. den Uil, editors), Report-# AFSG 1022
Biodiesel in Brazil (2.1Mb)
Wolter Elbersen, Rolf Blaauw, Prem Bindraban and Rob Jongman, Biodiesel from Brazil, Report for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, BO-CI-35, November 2008, Wageningen UR-Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, Report-# AFSG 985
Valorisation scan for the Industry in Gelderland (205 k, in Dutch)
B.Annevelink, Ketenscan Gelderse industrie: biobased economy in de energietransitie, Mei 2008, Wageningen UR-Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, Report-# AFSG 921
Report on the Valorisation Options for Onion Skins (2.4Mb; in Dutch)
Marieke Meeusen, Joyce Schroot, Wim Mulder en Wolter Elbersen, Verwaarding Reststroom Uienbewerking, Januari 2008, Wageningen UR-Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group/Landbouw Economisch Instituut, Report-# AFSG 886
Status Report Biorefinery 2007 (2.7 Mb)
R.v. Ree and B. Annevelink, Status Report Biorefinery 2008, Wageningen UR-Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, Report-# AFSG 847
Application of a GIS-BioLoco tool for the Design and Assessment of Biomass Delivery Chains (1.1 Mb)
Geijzendorffer, I.R. et al., 2008. Paper presented at the 16th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, 2-6 June 2008, Valencia Spain
Definition study Energy and Climate (1441k; in Dutch)
Elbersen, W., H.J.M. de Vries, A. P. C. Faaij, B. Annevelink, J. Sanders, B. Elbersen, P. Smeets, T. d. Lange, I. M. Lewandowski, M. K. Patel, H. Cleijne, and R. Kalf, Energie & Ruimte; Definitiestudie Energie binnen klimaat en ruimte, report commissioned by Climate and Space Programme, published by: Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, WUR, ECN, Alterra, KEMA, Juli 2007, 52 pp. + appendices.
Biomass in the Dutch Energy Economy (558k; in Dutch)
Rabou, L.P.L.M., E.P. Deurwaarder, H.W. Elbersen en E.L. Scott. 2006. Biomassa in de Nederlandse energiehuishouding in 2030. Een rapport voor het Platform Groene Grondstoffen door ECN/WUR.
Managing Ash content and quality in Herbaceous Biomass: an Analysis from Plant to Product
Authors: R.R. Bakker and H.W. Elbersen, 14th European Biomass Conference, 17-21 October 2005, Paris, France, p.p. 210-213

Poster Presentations:
Alternative Concepts and Technologies for Beneficial Utilisation of Rice Straw, R.R.Bakker, E.R. Keijsers and H.v.d.Beek, Poster presented at the Euro-Med Innovation Exhibition, Cairo, January 2010, Egypt
Bio-butanol from Wheat Straw, Ana M. López-Contreras, Robert R. Bakker, Hetty van der Wal, Bwee Houweling-Tan and Pieternel A. M. Claassen
Biobutanol: Butanol from Cellulosic Biomass, Robert Bakker, Ana López Contreras, Pieternel Claassen, Jeroen Willemsen, Hetty vd Wal, Verena Eisner
Claudia Raza, Herman den Uil, Jan Pels, and Hans Reith; Poster presented at the 15th European Biomass Conference, Hamburg, May 2009
Combining goals in the logistics of Bio-energy chains
Authors: W.H. Diekema, R.M. de Mol, E. Annevelink & H.W. Elbersen
Proceedings 14th European Biomass Conference Paris, France, p.p. 495 - 498
Finding new Applications for By-products: A systematic approach
Authors: M.Meeusen and H.W. Elbersem
Proceedings 14th European Biomass Conference (in press)
Biobased chemical building blocks for Industrial Products: Nature at its Best
Authors: E.Scott and J. Sanders
Proceedings 14th European Biomass Conference (in press)

Journal and Conference Papers, and Posters

Bio-energy research at Wageningen University & Research Center (49k)
General poster on WUR bioenergy activities
Biorefinery of Verge grass to produce Bio-fuel (140k)
Manuscript prepared for the "5th Biomass Conference of the Americas, Orlando, Florida. 2001.
Perspectives for Bioethanol Production in the Netherlands: feedstock selection and pretreatment options (112k)
Poster presented at the 25th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and chemicals, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2003.
Switchgrass variety choice in Europe (32k)
Paper presented at the 1st World Conference on Biomass for Energy and Industry, Sevilla, Spain, 2000
Utilisation of biomass for the supply of Energy carriers (223k)
Review paper, Appl Microb Biotechn 52: 741-755, 1999
Pretreatment of Miscanthus for hydrogen production by Thermotoga elffi (140k)
Paper published in Int J Hydrogen Energy 27:1381-1390, 2002
Spatial distribution of whole-tree carbon stocks and fluxes across the forests of Europe: where are the options for bio-energy? (677k)
Paper published in Biomass & Bioenergy, 24:311-320, 2003
Sustainable management regimes for Europe's forests a projection with EFISCEN until 2050 (595k)
Paper published in Forest Policy & Economics, 3:155-173, 2001
Bioloco: An optimisation model for the biomas-to-energy chain (111k)
Poster presentation
Feasibility of collecting naturally leached rice straw for thermal conversion, (405k)
Paper accepted for publication in Biomass & Bioenergy
Simulation and optimization of the logistics of biomass fuel collection, (162k)
Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science 45 (1997) 219-228
A Management Guide for planting and production of switchgrass as a Biomass Crop, (378k)
Proceedings 2nd World Conference on Biomass for Energy, Rome, 2004, p. 140-142
Biomass Biochemical data in Phyllis Database, (378k)
Proceedings 2nd World Conference on Biomass for Energy, Rome, 2004, p. 217-220
Biofuel Production from Acid-impregnated Willow and switchgrass, (537k)
Proceedings 2nd World Conference on Biomass for Energy, Rome, 2004, p. 1467-1470
Biological hydrogen production from Sweet Sorghum by Thermopilic Bacteria, (213k)
Proceedings 2nd World Conference on Biomass for Energy, Rome, 2004, p. 1522-1525
Hydrolysis & Pretreatment of Lime-pretreated Biomass, 2005 (453k)
Poster presented at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, Florida, April 2005
Production of Lactic Acid from Xylose by Rhizopus oryzae, 2005 (60k)
Poster presented at the 27th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals, Colorado, May 2005

Project Reports

Adding value to byproducts from the Food processing industry (in Dutch, 640k)
Final report for Ministery of Agriculture, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 2002
Switchgrass as an alternative Energy Crop in Europe
Final report for EU, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 2001
Future Wood Supply from European Forests (604k)
Alterra-Cepi final report, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 2001
Energy crop production in bufferzone (in Dutch, 495k)
LEI-report 3.00.02 (2001)
Switch On! Introducing energy crop cultivation in the landscape (1541k)
Project brochure of prize-winning entry in the "Living Design" Competition, the Netherlands, 1999
Feasibility of multi-functional energy crop production in Hardenberg (926k, in Dutch)
Final project report, 2001
Phyllis Compositional Database-extension (in Dutch, 614k)
final report ECN-ATO (2003)
Availability of oilseed rape for biodiesel (in Dutch with English summary, 544k)
final report WUR-LEI (2005)

Presentations

Availability of Dutch Biomass for electricity, heat (and gas) in 2020. Wolter Elbersen, Beschikbaarheid van Nederlandse
biomassa voor elektriciteit, warmte. CoP “Valorisatie biomassa uit natuur en landschap. February 19th, 2010 (in Dutch)
Rice Straw for Electricity and Heat production, Robert Bakker, Egyptian-Netherlands Rice Straw Seminar, Cairo, June 9th 2009
Sustainable Building Materials from rice straw, Edwin Keijsers, Egyptian-Netherlands Rice Straw Seminar, Cairo, June 9th 2009
Industrial development: Biofuels for transportation, Robert Bakker, Egyptian-Netherlands Rice Straw Seminar, Cairo, June 9th 2009
"Inventory of Bioenergy activities at Wageningen UR" (in Dutch)
"Overview of SEO Project"(in Dutch; 1110k)
"Optimizing Harvesting and Storage systems for Energy Crops in the Netherlands" (4560k)
"Bioenergy options that give new perspectives to Agriculture" presentation for Platform Bioenergy (in Dutch, 856k)
"Bioethanol: now and in the future" Presentation for projectgroup BioWKK (in Dutch, 959 k)
"A Management Guide for Planting and Production of switchgrass as a biomass crop in Europe" (310k)
Biodiversity impacts of energy crop production on agricultural land use and farmland habitats in Europe (959k)