Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
Time: 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Session code 1AO.7
Biomass feedstocks to meet biomass demand for bioenergy and biorefieneries
Sustainable Biodiversity-friendly Intercropping for Bio-Based Products in Central Northern Spain Under Marginal Land Conditions: Firsts Results of the MIDAS Project
Short Introductive summary
The demand for renewable biomass sources is expected to increase in the near future to transform the fossil economy into a resilient bioeconomy. Marginal land has been identified as an important source of low ILUC land for non-food crop production. The MIDAS project has the aim of exploring alternatives on marginal lands to develop sustainable and biodiversity-friendly industrial crops feedstock for the production of innovative bio-based products, following the concept of circular economy. Within this purpose, we have stablished in Spain two new intercropping demo trials (2*0.5 ha) for the production of bio based products that combine perennial and rotating annual crops on marginal agricultural land, enhancing the biodiversity in a climate resilient manner. The rotating crops selected were, safflower, crambe and melilot (a legume) for both trials. Additionally, Siberian elm and Seville lavender were selected as perennials to be combined with the rotating crops to complete the two demo trials. In the first year, only the annuals safflower and crambe were harvested, yielding on average 1.2 MgDM·ha-1 and 0.35 MgDM·ha-1 respectively.
Presenter
Carlos Sixto CIRIA RAMOS
CIEMAT, Biomasa Dpt.
Presenter's biography
Agricultural Engineer at Lérida University. phD researcher in Energy Department of Centre for Energetic Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), Biomass Unit in the Centre for the Development of Renewable Energy Sources (CEDER). Research activity is close to biomass production, economic,
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Co-authors:
C. Martin-Sastre, CIEMAT, Lubia (Soria), SPAIN
L.S. Esteban, CIEMAT, Lubia (Soria), SPAIN
J. Perez, CIEMAT, Lubia (Soria), SPAIN
P. Ciria, CIEMAT, Lubia (Soria), SPAIN
Session reference: 1AO.7.1