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The low carbon bioenergy industry is evolving rapidly and while first generation technology, such as transesterification of vegetable oils into biodiesel, will be dominant through the next decade, the second and third generation of technologies and feedstocks are on the horizon.
Canadian Bioenergy is actively participating and developing projects in the following renewable energy categories:
Advanced Biofuels
Biofuels with lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions at least 50% less than baseline emissions for gasoline or diesel. Advanced biofuels, such as canola-based biodiesel, include diesel-equivalent fuels derived from vegetable oil and animal fat; biogas; butanol or other alcohols produced through the conversion of organic matter from renewable biomass; and biofuels from cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, waste materials, and from sugar and starch other than cornstarch.1 Learn more...
Biomass Heat & Power
The use of biomass, such as forestry and agricultural residues, to efficiently produce heat and power by fueling combined heat and power (CHP) systems. Utilizing biomass for heat and power generation has several benefits, including greenhouse gas reductions through the displacement of fossil fuel and significantly higher utilization of the energy value embodied in biomass feedstocks. Learn more...
1 United States Deparment Of Agriculture, 2009
